Pass rate
77.0%
Around average — 3.2 pts behind the 80.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 7,749 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£75
2014 Dacia Logan MOT pass rate
- 2014
- typical 85,879 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
22.1% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
5.6 pts down across model years — 10.6% in 2013, 5.0% in 2020.
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 88.9% pass
- Avoid 2014 77.0% pass · this year
Across the 8 years on record, a spread of 11.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 70.8%
- Typical mileage
- 86k mi
The 2014 Dacia Logan MOT pass rate is 77.0% of its MOT tests — 3.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.1% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Falls short of its own age and mileage
Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 80.2%; this one manages 77.0% — 3.2 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2014 Dacia Logan compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 80.2%, so this figure is 3.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 70.8%. The median 2014 Dacia Logan in this dataset had covered 85,879 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 63% of tests, with a 77.1% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 76.5% of the time, April–September 77.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 6.05% of tests.
- 7,749 recorded tests behind this page.
- 77.0% overall pass rate, 70.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Dacia Logan, the average is 81.5% — best year 2020 (88.9%), worst 2014 (77.0%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 7,749
- Typical mileage (median)
- 85,879 mi
- Make and model
- Dacia Logan
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Logan MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 66% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (63% of tests).
Where the Dacia Logan is most common
Across all Logan model years on record (2013–2020): 20,090 Dacia Logan cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 54,592 tests. Glasgow (G) has the most, with 590 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasgow (G) | 590 | 78.1% |
| 2 | Swansea (SA) | 541 | 82.1% |
| 3 | Cardiff (CF) | 481 | 78.4% |
| 4 | Birmingham (B) | 411 | 85.9% |
| 5 | Edinburgh (EH) | 399 | 74.6% |
| 6 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 399 | 83.9% |
| 7 | Manchester (M) | 337 | 84.4% |
| 8 | Sheffield (S) | 325 | 84.4% |
| 9 | Portsmouth (PO) | 321 | 82.6% |
| 10 | Bristol (BS) | 319 | 80.7% |
| 11 | Aberdeen (AB) | 315 | 74.5% |
| 12 | Exeter (EX) | 291 | 82.3% |
| 13 | Peterborough (PE) | 280 | 85.6% |
| 14 | Dundee (DD) | 277 | 75.0% |
| 15 | Basildon (SS) | 275 | 86.4% |
| 16 | Nottingham (NG) | 272 | 79.8% |
| 17 | Norwich (NR) | 258 | 82.6% |
| 18 | Stoke On Trent (ST) | 256 | 80.2% |
| 19 | Inverness (IV) | 254 | 75.1% |
| 20 | Ashford (TN) | 251 | 83.5% |
The twenty areas with the most Dacia Logan cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Logan
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1,292 | 70.9% |
| South East | 1,133 | 79.1% |
| North West | 962 | 77.8% |
| South West | 929 | 78.0% |
| Yorkshire | 695 | 76.0% |
| West Midlands | 663 | 79.0% |
| East of England | 612 | 81.7% |
| Wales | 600 | 76.0% |
| East Midlands | 445 | 77.1% |
| North East | 318 | 76.7% |
| London | 100 | 86.0% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2014 Logan
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2014 Logan
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 6.0% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the suspension joints 3.5% of tests
“ball joint excessively worn”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the horn 3.4% of tests
“horn not working”
Press it. That is the whole check, and a surprising number of cars fail on it.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2014 Logan through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£75 — and 37% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £28–£75
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 37%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 7,749 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Logan, side by side
8 model years on record, from 2013 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 77.0% to 88.9% — a spread of 11.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2013 77.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 77.0%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 77.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 82.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 83.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 83.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2019 86.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2020 88.9% wipers does not clear the…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2014 Dacia Logan with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2014 cars with a similar record
- Kia Ceed 77.0%
- Toyota Hilux 76.9%
- Fiat 500 77.2%
- Vauxhall Insignia 76.8%
- Isuzu D-Max 76.8%
- SEAT Ibiza 76.7%
Closest pass rates among 2014 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2014 Dacia Logan 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 12,512 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 2,818 | 22.10% | 19.76% | +2.34 |
| Brakes | 2,728 | 21.40% | 20.89% | +0.51 |
| Suspension | 2,387 | 18.70% | 20.98% | −2.28 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1,964 | 15.40% | 12.21% | +3.19 |
| Visibility | 873 | 6.90% | 4.97% | +1.93 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 459 | 3.60% | 5.57% | −1.97 |
| Non-component advisories | 429 | 3.40% | 4.18% | −0.78 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 412 | 3.20% | 5.52% | −2.32 |
| Steering | 316 | 2.50% | 2.57% | −0.07 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 126 | 1.00% | 0.82% | +0.18 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.0% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.5% | £18–45 |
| Horn not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.4% | £8–25 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.9% | £80–200 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 1.9% | £60–150 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.9% | £30–80 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.4% | £30–80 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 1.4% | £18–45 |
| Linkage pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.4% | £40–150 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 19.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.4% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 8.5% | £45–95 |
| Linkage pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 8.0% | £40–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 5.0% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 3.1% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 230 | 90.4% | 22,993 mi |
| 30-60k | 1,478 | 83.0% | 48,125 mi |
| 60-90k | 2,476 | 76.5% | 75,096 mi |
| 90-120k | 1,782 | 74.1% | 103,574 mi |
| 120k+ | 1,766 | 74.1% | 165,326 mi |
Source: 7,749 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2014 Logan MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2014 Dacia Logan?
77.0% of the 7,749 2014 Dacia Logan tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 80.2% for cars first used in 2014. First-attempt pass rate: 70.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2014 Dacia Logan?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (6.05%), ball joint excessively worn (3.48%), horn not working (3.41%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2014 Dacia Logan MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.4% of the time, falling to 74.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2014 Dacia Logan in this dataset had covered 85,879 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2014 Dacia Logan?
Diesel: 77.1% pass rate across 4,852 tests. Petrol: 76.9% pass rate across 2,892 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2014 Dacia Logan MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 76.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 77.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.