Nissan Qashqai MOT pass rate and common failures
What the MOTs of 563,509 Nissan Qashqai 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 Qashqai pass its MOT first time?
In 2025, 68.3% of the 563,509 Nissan Qashqai cars tested passed their MOT first time. Cars of all makes from the same registration years passed 74.2% of the time, so the Nissan Qashqai was 5.9 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 Qashqai did best for 2022 registrations (0.5 points above all cars of that year) and worst for 2009 registrations (15.6 points below all cars of that year).
See the figures
| Registered | Nissan Qashqai | All cars | Cars tested |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 89.6% | 89.1% | 32,190 |
| 2021 | 87.8% | 88.2% | 28,472 |
| 2020 | 87.0% | 86.8% | 31,521 |
| 2019 | 83.3% | 84.2% | 47,673 |
| 2018 | 79.4% | 81.7% | 45,117 |
| 2017 | 76.0% | 78.9% | 57,212 |
| 2016 | 71.3% | 75.5% | 55,751 |
| 2015 | 68.2% | 72.4% | 53,335 |
| 2014 | 64.6% | 68.9% | 41,862 |
| 2013 | 52.2% | 65.9% | 42,250 |
| 2012 | 49.5% | 63.5% | 36,756 |
| 2011 | 47.2% | 61.3% | 29,126 |
| 2010 | 45.1% | 59.1% | 26,164 |
| 2009 | 42.3% | 57.9% | 18,193 |
| 2008 | 42.3% | 56.7% | 10,306 |
| 2007 | 44.2% | 56.9% | 7,157 |
What the Nissan Qashqai failed on most
Of the 178,682 Nissan Qashqai 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 bush24.4%
- 2.Worn steering ball joint16.4%
- 3.Brake pads or shoes worn too thin12.3%
- 4.Sidelight or rear light not working11.8%
- 5.Split driveshaft (CV joint) boot11.0%
By area of the car: suspension 41.9%, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 30.8%, brakes 23.8%, steering 20.7%, tyres 18.6%.
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 Qashqai | All cars |
|---|---|---|
| 3 years | 23,000 | 23,200 |
| 4 years | 29,500 | 30,600 |
| 5 years | 35,600 | 36,100 |
| 6 years | 43,900 | 42,400 |
| 7 years | 53,700 | 50,100 |
| 8 years | 61,100 | 58,200 |
| 9 years | 69,200 | 65,200 |
| 10 years | 78,100 | 72,100 |
| 11 years | 86,900 | 78,800 |
| 12 years | 92,500 | 84,700 |
| 13 years | 100,800 | 90,400 |
| 14 years | 108,000 | 95,900 |
| 15 years | 114,900 | 97,900 |
| 16 years | 118,300 | 98,600 |
| 17 years | 119,800 | 103,500 |
| 18 years | 121,800 | 104,800 |
| 19 years | 120,900 | 104,100 |
Looking at a Nissan Qashqai?
Averages describe thousands of cars. The one you are looking at has its own history.
- Nissan Qashqai buyer's guideCommon problems and what to check before you buy.
- Free MOT history checkEvery MOT result, failure and advisory for one registration.
- Full car history checkFinance, write-off, stolen and mileage records for the exact car.
- MOT league tableMakes and models ranked against cars of the same age.
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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).