3,058 tests in 2025
Dacia Jogger reliability and MOT pass rate
87.2% passed first time. The 12.8% fail rate is 9.8 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 3 years old with 25,105 miles.
Pass rate
87.2%
22.6% of all cars failed; 12.8% of these did.
Fixed on the day
3.1%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
25,105 mi
3 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 2,471 | 14% |
| 6-9 years | 0 | — |
| 10-13 years | 0 | — |
| 14+ years | 0 | — |
What the Jogger fails on
Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.
- Tyres232 dangerous58.7%
- Visibility18.7%
- Brakes38 dangerous12.6%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment11.5%
- Suspension2 dangerous9.7%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems2 dangerous8.5%
- Body, chassis, structure1 dangerous3.1%
- Noise, emissions and leaks2.1%
The exact defects that fail it
Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Jogger in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Condition: has ply or cords exposed130 tests
- 2Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords52 tests
- 3Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively50 tests
- 4Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm38 tests
- 5Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick30 tests
- 6Ball joint: ball joint excessively worn26 tests
- 7SRS malfunction indicator lamp: warning lamp indicates a fault13 tests
- 8Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid13 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Jogger collects 1.97 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.
- 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm476 tests
- 2Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick218 tests
- 3Non-component advisories: Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt141 tests
- 4Brake discs: significantly and obviously worn110 tests
- 5Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened95 tests
- 6Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure92 tests
- 7Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm70 tests
- 8Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre38 tests
Questions
What is the Dacia Jogger MOT pass rate?
87.2% of the 3,058 Dacia Jogger first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 12.8% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 3.1% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Dacia Jogger usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Condition: has ply or cords exposed", recorded on 130 failed tests, followed by "Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords" and "Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively". By section, tyres appears in 58.7% of failures, visibility appears in 18.7% of failures, brakes appears in 12.6% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 14%; at 3-5 years it was 14%. The median Dacia Jogger tested in 2025 was 3 years old with 25,105 miles.
First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every Jogger trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
Other Dacia models
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