Nissan Note MOT pass rate and common failures
What the MOTs of 141,970 Nissan Note cars in 2025 show. These are patterns across all tests recorded by DVSA, not a verdict on any one car.
How often does a Nissan Note pass its MOT first time?
In 2025, 62.9% of the 141,970 Nissan Note cars tested passed their MOT first time. Cars of all makes from the same registration years passed 64.3% of the time, so the Nissan Note was 1.4 points below them.
Pass rate by registration year
First-time pass rate in 2025 for each year the car was first registered, next to all cars registered in the same year. Older cars fail more often, so compare like with like. Years with fewer than 1,000 cars tested are not shown.
Compared with all cars registered in the same year, the Nissan Note did best for 2016 registrations (6.4 points above all cars of that year) and worst for 2006 registrations (7.2 points below all cars of that year).
See the figures
| Registered | Nissan Note | All cars | Cars tested |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 81.7% | 78.9% | 5,027 |
| 2016 | 81.9% | 75.5% | 10,463 |
| 2015 | 78.3% | 72.4% | 14,496 |
| 2014 | 72.1% | 68.9% | 21,068 |
| 2013 | 63.3% | 65.9% | 11,398 |
| 2012 | 58.4% | 63.5% | 11,143 |
| 2011 | 56.6% | 61.3% | 11,196 |
| 2010 | 55.2% | 59.1% | 13,004 |
| 2009 | 54.3% | 57.9% | 13,504 |
| 2008 | 51.0% | 56.7% | 13,223 |
| 2007 | 50.3% | 56.9% | 10,075 |
| 2006 | 49.4% | 56.6% | 7,318 |
What the Nissan Note failed on most
Of the 52,720 Nissan Note cars that failed first time in 2025, the share with each fault on the MOT. One car can fail on several faults.
- 1.Worn suspension joint or bush27.8%
- 2.Sidelight or rear light not working18.3%
- 3.Headlight aim out of line15.9%
- 4.Broken or weak suspension spring13.9%
- 5.Brake light not working13.3%
By area of the car: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 52.2%, suspension 46.0%, tyres 15.8%, brakes 15.0%, visibility 14.9%.
Typical mileage by age
The median odometer reading at the MOT, by the car's age at the test to the nearest year, up to 20 years. Half the cars had covered more and half less. A rough guide when a car's mileage looks high or low for its age.
| Age | Nissan Note | All cars |
|---|---|---|
| 8 years | 43,100 | 58,200 |
| 9 years | 47,000 | 65,200 |
| 10 years | 55,600 | 72,100 |
| 11 years | 63,200 | 78,800 |
| 12 years | 70,100 | 84,700 |
| 13 years | 75,000 | 90,400 |
| 14 years | 83,000 | 95,900 |
| 15 years | 88,400 | 97,900 |
| 16 years | 91,000 | 98,600 |
| 17 years | 97,100 | 103,500 |
| 18 years | 100,600 | 104,800 |
| 19 years | 103,800 | 104,100 |
| 20 years | 111,200 | 103,100 |
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Source
Calculated by Carhealth from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2025: 28,468,316 cars. How we worked it out.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).