Dacia Sandero Essential Lpg MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Dacia Sandero Essential Lpg MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Dacia Sandero Essential Lpg passed on its first attempt in 89.7%, and its overall record sits +9.5 percentage points above the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Dacia Sandero Essential Lpg in the 2023–2025 data: 1,120 tests across 3 model years (2020–2022). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Dacia Sandero Essential Lpg MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Dacia Sandero Essential Lpg, the Visibility section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Dacia Sandero Essential Lpg's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Dacia Sandero Essential Lpg DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Dacia Sandero Essential Lpg, each with how many of the model's 1,120 tests it was noted on.

• "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively" (Major) — noted on about 50 Dacia Sandero Essential Lpg tests, 4.5% of the model's MOT record.
• "Wipers blade defective" (Minor) — noted on about 23 Dacia Sandero Essential Lpg tests, 2.1% of the model's MOT record.
• "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords" (Major) — noted on about 13 Dacia Sandero Essential Lpg tests, 1.2% of the model's MOT record.
• "Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm" (Major) — noted on about 12 Dacia Sandero Essential Lpg tests, 1.1% of the model's MOT record.
• "Headlamp aim too low" (Rectified) — noted on about 10 Dacia Sandero Essential Lpg tests, 0.9% of the model's MOT record.
• "Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick" (Major) — noted on about 9 Dacia Sandero Essential Lpg tests, 0.8% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Dacia Sandero Essential Lpg Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Dacia Sandero Essential Lpg model year on record is 2022 (91.5% across 655 tests), and the weakest is 2020 (85.5%). The gap between them is 6.0 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Dacia Sandero Essential Lpg reliability is improving in the DVSA data — the pass rate moves about 3.0 points a year across the most recent model years shown above.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Dacia Sandero Essential Lpg Owners

These checks follow this Dacia Sandero Essential Lpg's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Dacia Sandero Essential Lpg.

• the wipers and washers — “wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”

  Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.

• the tyre tread — “tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”

  Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.

• the lights — “headlamp aim too low”

  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.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Dacia Sandero Essential Lpg. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Frequently Asked Questions: Dacia Sandero Essential Lpg MOT & Reliability