26.3%fail rate
Nissan MOT failure rates by model
Nissan cars fail 26.3% of MOT tests. Here is every Nissan model ranked by failure rate, and the item each loses most tests to.
What is the MOT failure rate for Nissan cars?
Across 36,461,634 MOT tests in the DVSA record, 26.3% of Nissan cars fail. That is 0.6 points above the 25.7% national average across all cars. The Nissan models below are ranked worst to best by failure rate, each with the failure area it loses most tests to.
| Model | Failure rate | Tests | Top failure area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nissan 100 | 38.8% | 9,587 | Suspension |
| Nissan Prairie | 37.9% | 19,086 | Suspension |
| Nissan Sunny | 37.5% | 362,664 | Suspension |
| Nissan Vanette | 37.5% | 206,378 | Brakes |
| Nissan D21 | 35.8% | 30,834 | Suspension |
| Nissan S-Cargo | 35.8% | 1,015 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Cabstar | 35.7% | 347,607 | Brakes |
| Nissan Serena | 35.6% | 148,406 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Urvan | 34.7% | 7,334 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Homy | 34.7% | 2,135 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Caravan | 34.5% | 2,086 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Largo | 34.0% | 13,542 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Primastar | 33.9% | 383,507 | Suspension |
| Nissan Kubistar | 33.8% | 69,563 | Suspension |
| Nissan Cherry | 33.3% | 5,964 | Suspension |
| Nissan Bluebird | 32.9% | 72,465 | Other |
| Nissan Highway | 32.8% | 1,129 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Terrano | 32.7% | 436,455 | Suspension |
| Nissan Interstar | 32.4% | 49,346 | Brakes |
| Nissan Qx | 32.4% | 6,140 | Brakes |
| Nissan Pao | 32.4% | 1,946 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Stanza | 32.2% | 1,048 | Suspension |
| Nissan Maxima | 32.1% | 29,399 | Brakes |
| Nissan Mistral | 32.1% | 6,204 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Primera | 31.9% | 1,770,694 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Figaro | 31.6% | 98,998 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Mpv | 31.6% | 1,632 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan El | 31.5% | 3,221 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan 4x4 | 31.4% | 1,035 | Brakes |
| Nissan Tida | 30.8% | 1,781 | Suspension |
| Nissan Nissan | 30.7% | 1,235 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Nivara | 30.5% | 1,376 | Brakes |
| Nissan Figero | 30.4% | 1,326 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Pickup | 30.3% | 139,656 | Brakes |
| Nissan Tiida | 30.1% | 13,219 | Suspension |
| Nissan 200 | 29.8% | 72,382 | Suspension |
| Nissan 300 | 29.6% | 32,221 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Pathfinder | 29.4% | 197,766 | Suspension |
| Nissan Altima | 29.0% | 1,595 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Almera | 28.9% | 2,984,751 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Nv200 | 28.9% | 355,900 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Tilda | 28.9% | 1,085 | Suspension |
| Nissan 280 | 28.8% | 1,839 | Suspension |
| Nissan Pick | 28.7% | 3,691 | Brakes |
| Nissan Micra | 28.5% | 10,702,529 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan 300zx | 28.3% | 1,998 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Patrol | 28.1% | 80,924 | Brakes |
| Nissan D22 | 27.8% | 72,721 | Brakes |
| Nissan X | 27.7% | 2,887 | Suspension |
| Nissan Nv400 | 27.4% | 75,407 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Coupe | 27.4% | 1,137 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Xtrail | 26.9% | 1,592 | Suspension |
| Nissan Laurel | 26.8% | 3,078 | Suspension |
| Nissan Murano | 26.6% | 45,683 | Suspension |
| Nissan Elgrand | 26.2% | 147,100 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan 240k | 26.2% | 6,772 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Navara | 26.0% | 1,346,883 | Suspension |
| Nissan Note | 24.6% | 2,804,707 | Suspension |
| Nissan Stagea | 24.5% | 3,521 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan March | 24.5% | 2,975 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Cube | 24.0% | 42,184 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan X-Trail | 23.9% | 1,780,312 | Suspension |
| Nissan Nv250 | 23.9% | 8,895 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Fairlady | 23.4% | 1,943 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Silvia | 23.3% | 12,391 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Qashqai | 22.6% | 6,914,543 | Suspension |
| Nissan Np300 | 22.5% | 2,418 | Brakes |
| Nissan Skyline | 22.4% | 77,617 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Pixo | 22.1% | 223,459 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Unknown | 21.7% | 9,991 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Nv300 | 21.6% | 19,346 | Suspension |
| Nissan 350 | 21.0% | 158,163 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan E-Nv200 | 20.6% | 30,132 | Tyres |
| Nissan Juke | 20.2% | 3,331,606 | Suspension |
| Nissan 350z | 19.8% | 2,110 | Lamps & electrical |
| Nissan Pulsar | 17.6% | 209,618 | Suspension |
| Nissan Leaf | 15.6% | 336,334 | Tyres |
| Nissan Dynamo | 12.8% | 1,452 | Other |
| Nissan 370 | 11.7% | 25,728 | Tyres |
| Nissan Ariya | 8.9% | 3,648 | Tyres |
| Nissan Gt-R | 7.8% | 31,902 | Tyres |
| Nissan 370z | 7.1% | 1,273 | Tyres |
Which Nissan fails its MOT most, and which least?
The Nissan 100 has the highest failure rate at 38.8%, and the Nissan 370z the lowest at 7.1%. A higher rate reflects how old and how hard a model tends to be used as much as how it was built, so the oldest models in the range usually sit near the top.
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Failure rates for other makes with a large MOT sample.
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Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain