Nissan Tilda MOT reliability

Nissan Tildas passed their MOT first time 56% of the time across 34 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 34 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

56%

MOTs analysed

34

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

2009 petrol

26 MOTs

Passed first time 46%. Typical mileage 88,814 (most between 60,787 and 98,981).

2012: 82% → 2013: 78% → 2014: 70% → 2015: 64% → 2016: 67% → 2017: 54% → 2018: 50% → 2019: 45% → 2020: 60% → 2021: 46% → 2022: 50% → 2023: 60% → 2024: 64% → 2025: 46%

Most common failures

Condition: has ply or cords exposed (7.7%)
Stop lamp: not working (7.7%)
Lever: has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (7.7%)
Exhaust system: has a major leak of exhaust gases (7.7%)
Position lamp: not working (7.7%)

Where 2009 Tildas fail

Lights & electrics

26.9%

Body, structure & corrosion

15.4%

Wheels & tyres

15.4%

Brakes

15.4%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

15.4%

Seat belts & other equipment

7.7%

Suspension & axles

7.7%

Visibility & wipers

3.8%

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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.