Nissan Navara MOT reliability

Nissan Navaras passed their MOT first time 67% of the time across 70,769 tests in 2025. 57,107 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

67%

MOTs analysed

70,769

Still licensed (GB)

57,107

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

2020 diesel

4,218 MOTs

Passed first time 78%. Typical mileage 57,732 (most between 41,363 and 80,058).

2021: 88% → 2022: 85% → 2023: 83% → 2024: 80% → 2025: 78%

Most common failures

Coil spring: fractured or broken (6.7%)
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (2.7%)
Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively (2.4%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (2.4%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (1.7%)

Where 2020 Navaras fail

Suspension & axles

7.5%

Brakes

6.0%

Lights & electrics

5.6%

Wheels & tyres

3.1%

Visibility & wipers

2.8%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

2.5%

Steering

0.4%

Seat belts & other equipment

0.4%

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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.