Nissan Qashqai years to avoid: the early ones

Based on 553,432 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 2007 to 2013. The worst is the 2009, which fails its MOT 44% more often than other cars of the same age. The 2020 is the strongest, failing 31% less often than average.

Found a Nissan Qashqai 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 Qashqai 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 Qashqai
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2007	11,008	46.0%	31% worse
2008	14,336	48.0%	37% worse
2009 Worst	24,173	48.1%	44% worse
2010	31,902	44.3%	38% worse
2011	34,047	41.8%	39% worse
2012	40,992	39.0%	40% worse
2013	45,759	33.9%	33% worse
2014	45,124	24.8%	about average
2015	56,240	20.3%	about average
2016	58,313	17.0%	about average
2017	59,527	13.9%	about average
2018	47,334	11.9%	about average
2019	50,515	9.0%	about average
2020	32,486	6.4%	31% better
2021	1,676	6.0%	about average

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Nissan Qashqai, 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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