Nissan Navara: every year fails more than average

Based on 69,638 real MOT tests from DVSA records. Each year is compared against every other car first registered the same year — otherwise the numbers would only tell you that older cars fail more, which you knew.

The short answer

Avoid 2009 to 2020. The worst is the 2017, which fails its MOT 76% more often than other cars of the same age.

Found a Nissan Navara you like?

Averages tell you what to expect. Its registration tells you what actually happened — every MOT, every advisory, and whether the mileage adds up.

Every Navara model year

Shaded rows are the years that differ most from other cars of the same age — worse, better.

MOT failure rate by registration year for the Nissan Navara
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2005	1,630	36.9%	about average
2006	2,381	37.6%	about average
2007	2,716	36.9%	about average
2008	2,117	38.0%	about average
2009	2,074	40.5%	21% worse
2010	2,134	37.1%	15% worse
2011	4,338	36.4%	21% worse
2012	3,498	35.7%	28% worse
2013	3,562	32.3%	26% worse
2014	3,676	29.6%	30% worse
2015	3,999	27.4%	40% worse
2016	7,911	21.1%	25% worse
2017 Worst	9,072	25.1%	76% worse
2018	8,252	20.9%	74% worse
2019	7,780	16.2%	58% worse
2020	4,498	13.1%	43% worse

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Nissan Navara, grouped by the year the car was first registered. Retests are excluded, so a car that failed and was fixed still counts as a failure. Each year's rate is then divided by the rate for all cars first registered that year — so 120 means 20% more failures than its contemporaries, not 20% more than a brand new car.

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