Nissan Primastar MOT reliability

Nissan Primastars passed their MOT first time 52% of the time across 9,744 tests in 2025. 19,514 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

52%

MOTs analysed

9,744

Still licensed (GB)

19,514

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

2017 diesel

1 MOT

These figures come from only 1 MOT test. 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 0%. Typical mileage 72,995 (most between 72,995 and 72,995).

2021: 0% → 2022: 0% → 2023: 0% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 0%

Most common failures

Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play (100.0%)

Where 2017 Primastars fail

Steering

100.0%

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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.