Isuzu Nseries MOT reliability

Isuzu Nseriess passed their MOT first time 54% of the time across 196 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

54%

MOTs analysed

196

Still licensed (GB)

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Body type

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Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2010 diesel

53 MOTs

These figures come from 53 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 49%. Typical mileage 110,373 (most between 87,751 and 147,095).

2011: 100% → 2012: 40% → 2013: 71% → 2014: 63% → 2015: 59% → 2016: 70% → 2017: 58% → 2018: 65% → 2019: 57% → 2020: 64% → 2021: 54% → 2022: 64% → 2023: 49% → 2024: 58% → 2025: 49%

Most common failures

Position lamp: not working (9.4%)
Rear fog lamp: not working (9.4%)
Service brake performance: efficiency below requirements (7.5%)
Exhaust system: has a major leak of exhaust gases (7.5%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (5.7%)

Where 2010 Nseriess fail

Lights & electrics

30.2%

Suspension & axles

17.0%

Brakes

15.1%

Visibility & wipers

11.3%

Body, structure & corrosion

9.4%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

7.5%

Wheels & tyres

5.7%

Steering

5.7%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.