Nissan D22 MOT reliability

Nissan D22s passed their MOT first time 56% of the time across 578 tests in 2025. 704 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

56%

MOTs analysed

578

Still licensed (GB)

704

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

2007 diesel

20 MOTs

These figures come from 20 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 45%. Typical mileage 104,048 (most between 84,372 and 122,722).

2009: 0% → 2010: 77% → 2011: 82% → 2012: 71% → 2013: 54% → 2014: 61% → 2015: 66% → 2016: 76% → 2017: 62% → 2018: 55% → 2019: 56% → 2020: 56% → 2021: 48% → 2022: 56% → 2023: 52% → 2024: 42% → 2025: 45%

Most common failures

Service brake imbalance: across an axle (10.0%)
Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively (10.0%)
Ball joint excessively worn (10.0%)
Joints: so worn it is likely to fail (5.0%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (5.0%)

Where 2007 D22s fail

Body, structure & corrosion

20.0%

Brakes

20.0%

Lights & electrics

20.0%

Suspension & axles

20.0%

Wheels & tyres

10.0%

Steering

10.0%

Visibility & wipers

10.0%

Seat belts & other equipment

5.0%

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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.