Perodua Nippa MOT reliability

Perodua Nippas passed their MOT first time 67% of the time across 33 tests in 2025. 26 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 33 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

67%

MOTs analysed

33

Still licensed (GB)

26

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

1998 petrol

2 MOTs

These figures come from only 2 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.

Passed first time 50%. Typical mileage 42,260 (most between 39,820 and 44,700).

2005: 58% → 2006: 61% → 2007: 57% → 2008: 57% → 2009: 56% → 2010: 49% → 2011: 56% → 2012: 56% → 2013: 60% → 2014: 47% → 2015: 57% → 2016: 50% → 2017: 44% → 2018: 67% → 2019: 39% → 2020: 67% → 2021: 75% → 2022: 43% → 2023: 67% → 2024: 75% → 2025: 50%

Most common failures

Catalyst emissions: emissions likely to be affected by an exhaust leak (50.0%)

Where 1998 Nippas fail

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

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.