Common problems

Nissan Juke common problems

What MOT testers find on the Nissan Juke: the parts that fail or get advisories most often at each age, against all cars of the same age. From 1,225,209 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 28 September 2026

At 8 years, the most tested age

Suspension fails per 100 MOTs (n=150,122)11.5

All cars at 8 years (n=10,440,457)6.1

Tyres advisories and minor defects per 100 MOTs (n=150,122)28.5

All cars, same age (n=10,440,457)25.2

What stands out

Suspension fails show up on 11.5 of every 100 MOTs of a Nissan Juke at 8 years old (n=150,122), against 6.1 for all cars of that age (n=10,440,457).
Lights and electrics fails are less common: 4.6 per 100 MOTs against 7.3 for all cars at the same age.
The fail item testers record most often at 8 years: suspension ball joint worn, on 8.0 per 100 MOTs (all cars 1.0).
The most common advisory or minor defect: tread depth: worn close to legal limit/worn on edge, on 16.3 per 100 MOTs.

Problems by part at 8 years

How many of every 100 MOTs found a fail, or an advisory or minor defect, in each area. A test with faults in two areas counts in both.

Nissan Juke at 8 years (n=150,122) against all cars at 8 years (n=10,440,457). Per 100 MOTs.
Area	Fails	All cars	Advisories	All cars
Suspension	11.5	6.1	15.9	11.8
Windscreen, wipers and mirrors	6.5	3.7	4.1	3.4
Brakes	6.2	4.8	23.1	19.1
Tyres	5.8	6.3	28.5	25.2
Lights and electrics	4.6	7.3	2.6	3.4
Steering	2.4	1.2	3.2	1.5
Exhaust, emissions and leaks	2.3	2.1	3.3	2.3
Body and structure	1.8	1.8	2.0	2.2
Seat belts and airbags	0.7	0.5	0.9	0.3
Road wheels	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.7
Number plates and VIN	0.2	0.3	1.9	1.4

What testers fail most on the Juke at 8 years

Fail items on the Nissan Juke at 8 years (n=150,122), per 100 MOTs, with all cars at the same age (n=10,440,457).
Item	Area	Per 100 MOTs	All cars	Typical repair (estimate)
Suspension ball joint worn	Suspension	8.0	1.0	£75 to £237 per side (rough guide)
Wipers not clearing screen	Windscreen, wipers and mirrors	3.8	1.7	£15 to £30 per blade
Brake pads under 1.5 mm	Brakes	2.7	2.0	£72 to £174 per axle (rough guide)
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm	Tyres	2.7	2.3	£88 to £145 per tyre
Steering track rod end: ball joint play	Steering	2.0	0.7	£54 to £128 per side (rough guide)
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid	Windscreen, wipers and mirrors	1.9	1.1	£2 to £14 per car (rough guide)
Suspension arm bush worn	Suspension	1.2	0.9	£92 to £237 per arm (rough guide)
Headlamp aim: too low	Lights and electrics	1.2	1.0	£16 to £39 per car (rough guide)
Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded	Brakes	1.1	0.2	£137 to £392 per car (rough guide)
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords	Tyres	1.0	1.3	£88 to £145 per tyre

Early warnings: advisories and minor defects at 8 years

Advisories and minor defects are recorded, but the car still passes. Across all cars, a part with an advisory or minor defect failed at the next MOT 5.5 times in 100 (n=88,666,940 pairs of consecutive MOTs), against 0.3 times in 100 when the same part had none (n=12,936,860,350).

Advisories and minor defects on the Nissan Juke at 8 years (n=150,122), per 100 MOTs, with all cars at the same age (n=10,440,457).
Item	Area	Per 100 MOTs	All cars	If it needs replacing (estimate)
Tread depth: worn close to legal limit/worn on edge	Tyres	16.3	15.7	£88 to £145 per tyre
Tyre condition: slightly damaged/cracking or perishing	Tyres	13.1	8.6	£88 to £145 per tyre
Brake pads: wearing thin	Brakes	11.5	8.6	£72 to £174 per axle (rough guide)
Suspension arm pins and bushes: pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement	Suspension	8.5	4.0	£92 to £237 per arm (rough guide)
Brake discs: worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened	Brakes	7.4	8.6	£148 to £376 per axle (rough guide)
Rigid brake pipes: corroded, covered in grease or other material	Brakes	5.3	1.4	£137 to £392 per car (rough guide)
Suspension arm ball joint: ball joint has slight play	Suspension	5.2	0.9	£75 to £237 per side (rough guide)
Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt	Other	3.0	2.3
Engine oil leaks: leak, but not excessive	Exhaust, emissions and leaks	2.9	1.8
Nail in tyre	Other	2.8	1.9

Repair estimates are a guide for an independent garage: labour at the national median local garage rate (median £78 an hour from 65 garages, ONS price quotes) times estimated labour hours, plus a parts band. Labour hours and most parts bands are estimates, not quotes, and prices vary by model, engine and region. A warning light fault shows the cost of the diagnosis only.

How problems change with age

Fails per 100 MOTs in the three most common areas at 8 years. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
Age	Tests (n)	Suspension	Windscreen, wipers and mirrors	Brakes
3 years	75,703	0.6	3.6	1.1
4 years	81,058	0.8	9.0	1.9
5 years	98,565	1.2	7.4	3.1
6 years	118,052	3.2	6.3	3.7
7 years	137,280	6.9	6.2	4.8
8 years	150,122	11.5	6.5	6.2
9 years	147,330	16.2	6.8	7.7
10 years	136,530	18.4	7.0	9.2
11 years	117,786	20.2	7.4	10.2
12 years	85,086	21.1	7.6	10.6
13 years	49,798	21.6	7.7	11.2
14 years	23,391	22.3	7.9	11.4
15 years	4,508	22.6	7.7	11.5

Mileage

At 8 years, Nissan Juke cars showing under 30,000 miles failed 14.4% of MOTs (n=13,832); the band that failed most, 120,000 to 150,000 miles, failed 45.1% (n=1,565). For pass and fail rates by age, see Nissan Juke MOT fail rates.

What to check on a viewing

On the Nissan Juke, testers most often record suspension ball joint worn; wipers not clearing screen; brake pads under 1.5 mm. Look at these first, then the areas below.

Suspension

Listen for knocks or clonks over speed bumps and rough roads on the test drive.
Push down hard on each corner: the car should settle at once rather than keep bouncing.
Look behind the wheels for broken or heavily rusted coil springs and split rubber bushes.
Check that the car sits level and that no tyre is worn on one edge only.

Windscreen, wipers and mirrors

Look for chips or cracks in the windscreen, above all in front of the driver.
Run the wipers and washers: they should clear the screen without smearing.
Check that the mirrors are present, secure and not cracked.

Brakes

On the test drive the car should stop in a straight line without pulling, juddering or grinding.
Look at the discs through the wheels for a deep lip, heavy rust or scoring.
Check that the handbrake or electronic parking brake holds the car on a slope.
Ask when the pads, discs and brake fluid were last changed, and for the receipts.

Ask for the car's MOT history and service record: advisories that repeat from one year to the next show what has been left. GOV.UK MOT history.

Questions

What are the most common problems on the Nissan Juke?

At 8 years, the age with the most MOT tests (150,122), the fail items testers record most often on the Nissan Juke are suspension ball joint worn (8.0 per 100 MOTs), wipers not clearing screen (3.8 per 100 MOTs), brake pads under 1.5 mm (2.7 per 100 MOTs). The most common advisories or minor defects are tread depth: worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (16.3) and tyre condition: slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (13.1).

Which parts of the Nissan Juke fail more often than on other cars?

At 8 years: suspension (11.5 per 100 MOTs against 6.1 for all cars); windscreen, wipers and mirrors (6.5 per 100 MOTs against 3.7 for all cars); brakes (6.2 per 100 MOTs against 4.8 for all cars). Compared with 10,440,457 MOTs of all cars the same age.

Nissan Juke problems by area

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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 28 September 2026.

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