Nissan Kubistar MOT reliability

Nissan Kubistars passed their MOT first time 52% of the time across 789 tests in 2025. 623 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

52%

MOTs analysed

789

Still licensed (GB)

623

Body type

Hatchback

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

143 MOTs

Passed first time 54%. Typical mileage 124,367 (most between 91,332 and 150,116).

2008: 100% → 2009: 70% → 2010: 64% → 2011: 62% → 2012: 52% → 2013: 50% → 2014: 50% → 2015: 48% → 2016: 51% → 2017: 48% → 2018: 52% → 2019: 49% → 2020: 46% → 2021: 49% → 2022: 45% → 2023: 52% → 2024: 47% → 2025: 54%

Most common failures

Steering rack: gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (7.0%)
Ball joint excessively worn (6.3%)
Position lamp: not working (4.9%)
Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (4.9%)
Service brake performance: excessively binding (4.2%)

2007 petrol

3 MOTs

These figures come from only 3 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 100%. Typical mileage 104,762 (most between 65,083 and 125,218).

2010: 78% → 2011: 50% → 2012: 63% → 2013: 63% → 2014: 67% → 2015: 70% → 2016: 63% → 2017: 63% → 2018: 71% → 2019: 57% → 2020: 67% → 2021: 67% → 2022: 50% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 67% → 2025: 100%

Most common failures

Where 2007 Kubistars fail

Lights & electrics

25.9%

Suspension & axles

15.4%

Brakes

11.9%

Steering

11.2%

Body, structure & corrosion

8.4%

Wheels & tyres

7.7%

Seat belts & other equipment

5.6%

Visibility & wipers

5.6%

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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.