Does the Dacia Logan fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?

The Dacia Logan records 0.14 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.28 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (−0.14, 95% interval −0.18 to −0.11). It ranks 345 of 516 models on road wheels (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on road wheels · check a Dacia Logan by registration

What exactly fails on road wheels?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Dacia Logan is “A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud”, recorded 63 times in 2019–2024.

Dacia Logan: most frequent road wheels defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud	63	0.08
A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting	40	0.05

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 81,342 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

Does the Dacia Logan fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?

What exactly fails on road wheels?

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