Nissan Navara MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Nissan Navara in Great Britain in 2025 — 69,015 tests. Figures cover every Navara first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. The Navara is a van, tested in the car MOT class (class 4) to the same standard. How the Navara ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
67.0%
5.3 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
69,015
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
6.8%
of Navara first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
98,750
middle half: 76,250–126,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How the Navara ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Navara vs all cars, 2025.

Nissan NavaraAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Nissan Navara, vehicle age 4: 82.4%Nissan Navara, vehicle age 5: 77.9%Nissan Navara, vehicle age 6: 74.2%Nissan Navara, vehicle age 7: 70.2%Nissan Navara, vehicle age 8: 68.2%Nissan Navara, vehicle age 9: 70.3%Nissan Navara, vehicle age 10: 61%Nissan Navara, vehicle age 11: 58.7%Nissan Navara, vehicle age 12: 58.3%Nissan Navara, vehicle age 13: 53.6%Nissan Navara, vehicle age 14: 56.2%Nissan Navara, vehicle age 15: 56.3%Nissan Navara, vehicle age 16: 55%Nissan Navara, vehicle age 17: 56.3%Nissan Navara, vehicle age 18: 56.2%Nissan Navara, vehicle age 19: 55.8%Nissan Navara, vehicle age 20: 55%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%All cars 57.6%Nissan Navara 55%
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Age (years)Navara testsNavara pass rateAll cars
46,88182.4%87.2%
54,14377.9%86.0%
67,17474.2%83.5%
77,65370.2%80.9%
88,66468.2%78.2%
97,56870.3%74.9%
103,79461.0%71.9%
113,35458.7%68.6%
123,26458.3%65.8%
133,07353.6%63.5%
143,50756.2%61.2%
151,67556.3%59.3%
161,50155.0%58.3%
171,42156.3%57.2%
181,76156.2%57.4%
191,49855.8%57.0%
2096455.0%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

The Navara's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the Navara beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

Navara behind
-12-6+0+6+12Age 4: -4.8 points vs the average carAge 5: -8.1 points vs the average car5Age 6: -9.3 points vs the average carAge 7: -10.7 points vs the average car7Age 8: -10.0 points vs the average carAge 9: -4.6 points vs the average car9Age 10: -10.9 points vs the average carAge 11: -9.9 points vs the average car11Age 12: -7.5 points vs the average carAge 13: -9.9 points vs the average car13Age 14: -5.0 points vs the average carAge 15: -3.0 points vs the average car15Age 16: -3.3 points vs the average carAge 17: -0.9 points vs the average car17Age 18: -1.2 points vs the average carAge 19: -1.2 points vs the average car19Age 20: -2.6 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
4-4.8
5-8.1
6-9.3
7-10.7
8-10.0
9-4.6
10-10.9
11-9.9
12-7.5
13-9.9
14-5.0
15-3.0
16-3.3
17-0.9
18-1.2
19-1.2
20-2.6

The Navara fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the Navara fleet still in use.

02k4k6k9kAge 4: 6k4Age 5: 4kAge 6: 7k6Age 7: 7kAge 8: 8k8Age 9: 7kAge 10: 3k10Age 11: 3kAge 12: 3k12Age 13: 3kAge 14: 3k14Age 15: 1kAge 16: 1k16Age 17: 1kAge 18: 1k18Age 19: 1kAge 20: 96420Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
46,881
54,143
67,174
77,653
88,664
97,568
103,794
113,354
123,264
133,073
143,507
151,675
161,501
171,421
181,761
191,498
20964

What a Navara fails on

Where the failure items land when a Navara fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Suspension24.4%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment23.0%
Brakes14.8%
Body, chassis, structure10.7%
Visibility6.8%
Noise, emissions and leaks6.6%
Tyres5.7%
Steering4.2%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (96.3% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a Navara, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Brakes: 27.0% of advisories27.0%Suspension: 23.3% of advisories23.3%Tyres: 21.9% of advisories21.9%Body, chassis, structure: 9.9% of advisories9.9%Noise, emissions and leaks: 7.6% of advisories7.6%Non-component advisories: 3.5% of advisories
BrakesSuspensionTyresBody, chassis, structureNoise, emissions and leaksNon-component advisories
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes27.0%
Suspension23.3%
Tyres21.9%
Body, chassis, structure9.9%
Noise, emissions and leaks7.6%
Non-component advisories3.5%

What mileage is normal for a Navara?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Navara; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical Navara (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k468101214161820Vehicle age (years)Age 4: typical 48,750 miles (middle half 33,750–68,750)Age 5: typical 58,750 miles (middle half 41,250–78,750)Age 6: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 48,750–93,750)Age 7: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 56,250–103,750)Age 8: typical 83,750 miles (middle half 61,250–111,250)Age 9: typical 93,750 miles (middle half 71,250–118,750)Age 10: typical 98,750 miles (middle half 76,250–126,250)Age 11: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 83,750–133,750)Age 12: typical 116,250 miles (middle half 91,250–146,250)Age 13: typical 123,750 miles (middle half 98,750–151,250)Age 14: typical 133,750 miles (middle half 106,250–161,250)Age 15: typical 131,250 miles (middle half 106,250–161,250)Age 16: typical 123,750 miles (middle half 98,750–148,750)Age 17: typical 128,750 miles (middle half 106,250–153,750)Age 18: typical 128,750 miles (middle half 101,250–153,750)Age 19: typical 141,250 miles (middle half 111,250–168,750)Age 20: typical 138,750 miles (middle half 103,750–168,750)138k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
433,75048,75068,750
541,25058,75078,750
648,75068,75093,750
756,25078,750103,750
861,25083,750111,250
971,25093,750118,750
1076,25098,750126,250
1183,750106,250133,750
1291,250116,250146,250
1398,750123,750151,250
14106,250133,750161,250
15106,250131,250161,250
1698,750123,750148,750
17106,250128,750153,750
18101,250128,750153,750
19111,250141,250168,750
20103,750138,750168,750

What fails at each age

The Navara's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

SuspensionBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentTyresVisibilityNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureSteeringEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsSuspension24.5%
3-5 yrsBrakes23.9%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.6%
3-5 yrsTyres14.1%
3-5 yrsVisibility8.5%
3-5 yrsEverything else12.4%
6-9 yrsSuspension39.1%
6-9 yrsBrakes16.3%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.1%
6-9 yrsTyres9.4%
6-9 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks8.3%
6-9 yrsEverything else10.8%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment21.4%
10-13 yrsSuspension19.8%
10-13 yrsBrakes15.7%
10-13 yrsBody, chassis, structure12.8%
10-13 yrsSteering8.2%
10-13 yrsEverything else22.1%
14+ yrsSuspension21.5%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment20.2%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure19.7%
14+ yrsBrakes15.0%
14+ yrsVisibility6.5%
14+ yrsEverything else17.1%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.