Nissan Pickup MOT reliability

Nissan Pickups passed their MOT first time 59% of the time across 1,024 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

59%

MOTs analysed

1,024

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

2008 diesel

38 MOTs

These figures come from 38 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 53%. Typical mileage 95,140 (most between 86,045 and 138,822).

2011: 63% → 2012: 58% → 2013: 56% → 2014: 59% → 2015: 61% → 2016: 57% → 2017: 63% → 2018: 64% → 2019: 54% → 2020: 63% → 2021: 60% → 2022: 56% → 2023: 54% → 2024: 61% → 2025: 53%

Most common failures

Position lamp: not working (15.8%)
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (7.9%)
Ball joint excessively worn (7.9%)
Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play (7.9%)
Service brake performance: excessively binding (5.3%)

Where 2008 Pickups fail

Lights & electrics

34.2%

Brakes

15.8%

Suspension & axles

13.2%

Body, structure & corrosion

10.5%

Steering

7.9%

Visibility & wipers

7.9%

Wheels & tyres

5.3%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

5.3%

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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.