Technical inspection reports They can be a good scale to choose a used car. Especially if it is very old, due to the recurring problems that a given model may experience as it ages. Although maintenance is always important, there are brands and models that appear more in the photo.
In the case of latest report from the German TÜVthe equivalent of the MOT here, the profile of car that passes inspections the least for serious defects is a Dacia between six and 13 years old. Several models of the Romanian firm fail between 25% and 41% of inspections.
Almost all Dacia models from a decade ago are the ones that fail the MOT the most
In this analysis, the TÜV has evaluated more than 10 million car inspections between July 2023 and June 2024. One of its main conclusions is that 20.6% of cars had serious or very serious defectsso they did not pass the inspection. It is 0.1% more than the previous year.
The Dacia Logan, Dokker, Sandero and Duster: the cars that pass the MOT the least. In the range between six and 13 years old, Dacia models appear the most in the ranking of cars with the most serious defects that failed inspections. And in turn, the older you were, the higher the percentage of failures.
The cars that fail technical inspections the most, by age group. Source: TÜV/ADAC
In the age group between 12 and 13 years, we find the Dacia Logan: 41% of cars of this model did not pass the inspection for serious or very serious defects. Logan is also present in cars between 10 and 11 years old, with the highest percentage of failures: 39.6%. And the second in this group has been the Dacia Duster with 34.1% of failed inspections.
If we look at cars between 8 and 9 years old, they are all models from the Romanian firm: the Dacia Dokker (30.9%), the Dacia Duster (29.7%) and the best-selling Dacia Sandero (28. 6%). And in the six to seven year old category we again have two models from the brand: the Dacia Dokker (26.5%) and the Dacia Duster (24.3%).
The most common breakdowns recorded by the German ADAC in Logan models in their first generationsand over the last ten years, problems have been detected in the battery, the timing belt, the spark plugs or problems in the starting system. On the Dokker at the fuel pump and spark plugs. And in the Dacia Sandero in the opening and closing system.
The older they are, the less safe they are. Beyond specific models, age is determining when it comes to the percentage of failures in the ITV. The older the cars, the higher the defect rate: the higher, the 28,1 %, It is for cars between 12 and 13 years old.. In this age group, nearly 15,000 cars were immobilized because they were not considered safe for circulation. The gap is considerable considering that only 6.4% of cars between two and three years old did not pass the inspection.
Proportion of vehicles with major defects during the general inspection by age. Source: TÜV/ADAC
Increasingly aging vehicle fleets can also pose a problem for road safety. According to the latest annual report from AECA-ITV, the association of technical inspection stations in Spain, “between 2019 and 2021, the number of passenger cars involved in road accidents with deaths who were over 10 years old and without ITV increased by 24%. vigor”. The average age of our vehicle fleet is almost 15 years.
With new cars becoming more expensive, precisely because of their greater technological load and largely focused on active and preventive safety, it is estimated that The second-hand market will continue to grow in the next decade. In Spain, twice as many used cars are sold as new ones: last year 1.94 million transfers were registered compared to almost 950,000 new models registered. The average age of used cars sold in our country was 11.1 years.
Source: www.motorpasion.com
