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Nissan Primastar MOT pass rate by year

How the Nissan Primastar's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 2002 to 2023, across the DVSA record.

What is the Nissan Primastar MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Nissan Primastar model year, from the DVSA record. Only years with at least 1,000 tests are shown, so each figure is a real average rather than a handful of cars. The Nissan Primastar averages 33.9% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
200265.0%35.0%3,692
200365.0%35.0%38,200
200465.0%35.0%52,068
200565.3%34.7%54,596
200665.3%34.7%51,399
200766.2%33.8%53,422
200866.8%33.2%33,095
200967.4%32.6%23,401
201066.7%33.3%10,909
201166.6%33.4%21,728
201267.9%32.1%12,111
201367.9%32.1%10,775
201467.6%32.4%11,588
202279.8%20.2%2,201
202380.0%20.0%1,583

Does age change how often a Nissan Primastar fails?

Older Nissan Primastars fail more often, as expected. The 2002 cars fail 35.0% of tests against 20.0% for the 2023. Across every year the model averages 33.9%. The 2002 is the weakest year at 35.0%, and the 2023 the strongest at 20.0%.

More on the Nissan Primastar

The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.

See also
Nissan Primastar: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them
All Nissan models compared by MOT failure rate
MOT failure rates across Britain

Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain