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Nissan Navara MOT fail rate by age

How often the Nissan Navara fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 286,820 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 6 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 6 (n=32,503)26.1%
All cars at 6 years (n=10,382,720)17.8%
Median mileage at test66,466
All cars, median mileage44,951

299 of 340 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 6 years.

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Nissan Navara fails 16.5% of MOTs (19,620 tests), 4.5 points above the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 21 years it fails 42.4% (1,164 tests), about the same as the 42.1% average.
  • The gap is widest at 10 years: 9.7 points above all cars.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 6 years: Coil spring broken, at 11.3 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 21 years 49.7%

Solid line: this model. Dashed line: all cars at the same age.

Nissan Navara: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
AgeMOT fail rateTests (n)All carsDifferenceMedian mileage
3 years16.5%19,62012.1%+4.5 pts36,364 miles
4 years19.7%27,62713.4%+6.3 pts47,335 miles
5 years23.8%29,24815.3%+8.5 pts56,656 miles
6 years26.1%32,50317.8%+8.3 pts66,466 miles
7 years29.2%28,83420.6%+8.6 pts75,453 miles
8 years31.2%24,37623.8%+7.4 pts84,181 miles
9 years34.0%19,00027.1%+6.9 pts93,319 miles
10 years40.0%14,67730.3%+9.7 pts101,812 miles
11 years42.2%15,04233.3%+9.0 pts112,131 miles
12 years43.8%13,38736.0%+7.8 pts120,603 miles
13 years45.2%11,67638.3%+7.0 pts123,926 miles
14 years44.6%10,03540.3%+4.4 pts126,189 miles
15 years44.7%8,95341.6%+3.1 pts124,280 miles
16 years44.8%9,05442.6%+2.3 pts128,767 miles
17 years44.5%8,30143.1%+1.4 pts132,365 miles
18 years43.4%6,65943.3%+0.1 pts130,164 miles
19 years44.0%4,31943.2%+0.8 pts130,887 miles
20 years42.9%2,34542.8%+0.2 pts126,964 miles
21 years42.4%1,16442.1%+0.3 pts121,563 miles

Most common fail items at 6 years

Split into structural or mechanical items and wear items. Wear items (tyres, brake pads, wipers, bulbs) say more about upkeep than about the design.

Structural and mechanical

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Coil spring broken Major11.3
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction Major3.8
Anti-roll bar pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn Major1.7
Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded Major1.3
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction Major1.2

Out of 32,503 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous3.6
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous3.2
Wipers not clearing screen Major2.2
Side/position light not working Major1.8
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Major1.5

Out of 32,503 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 6 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Nissan Qashqai17.3%215,76917.8%
Nissan Juke18.2%118,05217.8%
Nissan X-Trail18.6%46,87917.8%

MOT fail rate by first-use year

Each year has its own page: the fail rate for cars first used that year at each MOT from 2022 to 2025 with at least 1,000 tests, the most common faults at that age, and the car tax and ULEZ rules for that year.

First-use year data updated .

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First usedAge at testMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
200519 years in 202445.3%1,28543.2%
200619 years in 202543.1%1,53743.2%
200718 years in 202543.1%1,78943.3%
200817 years in 202542.7%1,45343.1%
200916 years in 202543.9%1,53942.6%
201015 years in 202543.0%1,70341.6%
201114 years in 202543.2%3,55640.3%
201213 years in 202545.7%3,12238.3%
201312 years in 202541.2%3,30136.0%
201411 years in 202540.9%3,38733.3%
201510 years in 202538.6%3,83030.3%
20169 years in 202529.5%7,62627.1%
20178 years in 202531.6%8,72423.8%
20187 years in 202529.6%7,70120.6%
20196 years in 202525.7%7,21417.8%
20205 years in 202522.0%4,17515.3%
20214 years in 202517.5%6,91413.4%

More on the Nissan Navara

Read this with care. A fail rate is not a measure of build quality. How far cars are driven, how they are used and how well owners maintain them all change it, and wear items such as tyres and brake pads are common fails. Compare a model only with cars of the same age. Methodology and limits.

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal MOT tests, 2022 to 2025. MOT data updated 22 September 2026.

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