Nissan Cabstar MOT reliability

Nissan Cabstars passed their MOT first time 50% of the time across 8,856 tests in 2025. 3,816 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

50%

MOTs analysed

8,856

Still licensed (GB)

3,816

Body type

–

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

2017 diesel

623 MOTs

Passed first time 53%. Typical mileage 72,460 (most between 48,538 and 98,814).

2018: 100% → 2019: 67% → 2020: 72% → 2021: 55% → 2022: 56% → 2023: 53% → 2024: 54% → 2025: 53%

Most common failures

Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (16.1%)
Position lamp: not working (7.7%)
Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (7.1%)
Headlamp: not working on dipped beam (6.7%)
Shock absorbers: has an excessively worn bush (6.4%)

Where 2017 Cabstars fail

Lights & electrics

27.0%

Suspension & axles

21.7%

Brakes

18.5%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

17.5%

Visibility & wipers

12.0%

Body, structure & corrosion

5.9%

Wheels & tyres

5.8%

Seat belts & other equipment

4.0%

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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.