Nissan Stanza MOT reliability

Nissan Stanzas passed their MOT first time 60% of the time across 5 tests in 2025. 4 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from only 5 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.

First-time pass rate

60%

MOTs analysed

5

Still licensed (GB)

4

Body type

Sedan

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

1984 petrol

2 MOTs

Passed first time 0%. Typical mileage 92,480 (most between 85,308 and 99,651).

2005: 39% → 2006: 49% → 2007: 35% → 2008: 77% → 2009: 64% → 2010: 63% → 2011: 100% → 2012: 83% → 2013: 67% → 2014: 86% → 2015: 100% → 2016: 75% → 2017: 83% → 2018: 50% → 2019: 71% → 2020: 67% → 2021: 43% → 2022: 80% → 2023: 33% → 2024: 75% → 2025: 0%

Most common failures

Rbt (sp): efficiency less than 50% of the required value (50.0%)
Stop lamp: all not working (50.0%)
Position lamp: not working (50.0%)

Where 1984 Stanzas fail

Brakes

50.0%

Lights & electrics

50.0%

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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.