Nissan Note MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Nissan Note in Great Britain in 2025 — 146,834 tests. Figures cover every Note first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Note ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
63.1%
9.2 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
146,834
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
7.6%
of Note first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
56,250
middle half: 38,750–73,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Nissan Note cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 145,537 Nissan Note cars that were taxed or on SORN: 140,447 taxed and 5,090 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Nissan Note vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
140,447
96.5% of the 145,537 Note cars taxed or on SORN; 66 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
5,090
declared off the road by their keepers — 3.5% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Note cars peaked at 172,849 at the end of 2017 and has since fallen by 32,402 (18.7%) to 140,447 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 767 at the end of 2014 to 5,090 at the end of 2025, up 563.6%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed Note cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

050k100k150k200k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Note cars, year 2014: 144kTaxed Note cars, year 2015: 158kTaxed Note cars, year 2016: 169kTaxed Note cars, year 2017: 173kTaxed Note cars, year 2018: 171kTaxed Note cars, year 2019: 168kTaxed Note cars, year 2020: 165kTaxed Note cars, year 2021: 162kTaxed Note cars, year 2022: 158kTaxed Note cars, year 2023: 153kTaxed Note cars, year 2024: 147kTaxed Note cars, year 2025: 140k140k
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YearTaxed Note cars
2014143,543
2015157,990
2016169,164
2017172,849
2018170,518
2019168,353
2020164,930
2021162,145
2022158,223
2023153,470
2024147,394
2025140,447

Note cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

02k4k6k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Note cars on SORN, year 2014: 767Note cars on SORN, year 2015: 1kNote cars on SORN, year 2016: 1kNote cars on SORN, year 2017: 1kNote cars on SORN, year 2018: 2kNote cars on SORN, year 2019: 2kNote cars on SORN, year 2020: 3kNote cars on SORN, year 2021: 3kNote cars on SORN, year 2022: 3kNote cars on SORN, year 2023: 3kNote cars on SORN, year 2024: 4kNote cars on SORN, year 2025: 5k5k
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YearNote cars on SORN
2014767
20151,330
20161,054
20171,197
20181,514
20191,933
20202,646
20212,865
20222,986
20233,462
20244,393
20255,090

Which model years survive

Taxed Note cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 140,447 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 1 taxed Note car has no recorded year of manufacture and is not in the table, so the rows add up to 140,446. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed Note cars
20175,0983.6%
201610,7077.6%
201514,71310.5%
201421,17515.1%
201311,2058.0%
201210,9447.8%
201111,1377.9%
201012,8489.1%
200913,2819.5%
200812,7439.1%
20079,6856.9%
20066,9034.9%
All other build years (four years, each under 1%)70.0%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name NOTE under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the Note ages

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

Nissan NoteAll cars
40%50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Nissan Note, vehicle age 8: 81.6%Nissan Note, vehicle age 9: 81.9%Nissan Note, vehicle age 10: 78.3%Nissan Note, vehicle age 11: 72.1%Nissan Note, vehicle age 12: 63.6%Nissan Note, vehicle age 13: 58.8%Nissan Note, vehicle age 14: 57%Nissan Note, vehicle age 15: 55.6%Nissan Note, vehicle age 16: 54.8%Nissan Note, vehicle age 17: 51.7%Nissan Note, vehicle age 18: 50.8%Nissan Note, vehicle age 19: 49.9%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 Note 49.9%
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Age (years)Note testsNote pass rateAll cars
85,19881.6%78.2%
910,75581.9%74.9%
1014,94578.3%71.9%
1121,77672.1%68.6%
1211,77563.6%65.8%
1311,49458.8%63.5%
1411,59457.0%61.2%
1513,44755.6%59.3%
1613,99054.8%58.3%
1713,75051.7%57.2%
1810,43250.8%57.4%
197,61649.9%57.0%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Note aheadNote behind
-8-4+0+4+8Age 8: +3.4 points vs the average carAge 9: +7.0 points vs the average car9Age 10: +6.4 points vs the average carAge 11: +3.5 points vs the average car11Age 12: -2.2 points vs the average carAge 13: -4.7 points vs the average car13Age 14: -4.2 points vs the average carAge 15: -3.7 points vs the average car15Age 16: -3.5 points vs the average carAge 17: -5.5 points vs the average car17Age 18: -6.6 points vs the average carAge 19: -7.1 points vs the average car19Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
8+3.4
9+7.0
10+6.4
11+3.5
12-2.2
13-4.7
14-4.2
15-3.7
16-3.5
17-5.5
18-6.6
19-7.1

The Note fleet on the road, by age

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

07k15k22k30kAge 8: 5k8Age 9: 10kAge 10: 14k10Age 11: 21kAge 12: 11k12Age 13: 11kAge 14: 11k14Age 15: 13kAge 16: 13k16Age 17: 13kAge 18: 10k18Age 19: 7k19Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
85,198
910,755
1014,945
1121,776
1211,775
1311,494
1411,594
1513,447
1613,990
1713,750
1810,432
197,616

What a Note fails on

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

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment35.5%
Suspension28.0%
Brakes9.3%
Tyres8.4%
Visibility7.2%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.2%
Body, chassis, structure3.7%
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems1.9%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.1% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Suspension: 36.5% of advisories36.5%Tyres: 25.9% of advisories25.9%Brakes: 18.8% of advisories18.8%Noise, emissions and leaks: 4.2% of advisoriesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 4.1% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 3.8% of advisories
SuspensionTyresBrakesNoise, emissions and leaksLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNon-component advisories
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension36.5%
Tyres25.9%
Brakes18.8%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.2%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment4.1%
Non-component advisories3.8%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Note?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Note fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Petrol: 63.8% of 126,928 tests63.8%Petrol126,928 testsDiesel: 58.6% of 19,838 tests58.6%Diesel19,838 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol126,92863.8%
Diesel19,83858.6%

What mileage is normal for a Note?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Note; 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 Note (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k8101214161819Vehicle age (years)Age 8: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 31,250–61,250)Age 9: typical 46,250 miles (middle half 31,250–63,750)Age 10: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 38,750–73,750)Age 11: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 46,250–83,750)Age 12: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 51,250–93,750)Age 13: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 53,750–98,750)Age 14: typical 83,750 miles (middle half 61,250–106,250)Age 15: typical 88,750 miles (middle half 66,250–113,750)Age 16: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 68,750–116,250)Age 17: typical 98,750 miles (middle half 76,250–121,250)Age 18: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 76,250–123,750)Age 19: typical 103,750 miles (middle half 81,250–128,750)103k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
831,25043,75061,250
931,25046,25063,750
1038,75056,25073,750
1146,25063,75083,750
1251,25071,25093,750
1353,75076,25098,750
1461,25083,750106,250
1566,25088,750113,750
1668,75091,250116,250
1776,25098,750121,250
1876,250101,250123,750
1981,250103,750128,750

What fails at each age

The Note'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.

SuspensionTyresBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentVisibilityNoise, emissions and leaksEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
6-9 yrsSuspension27.8%
6-9 yrsTyres20.5%
6-9 yrsBrakes15.5%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment10.9%
6-9 yrsVisibility8.5%
6-9 yrsEverything else16.8%
10-13 yrsSuspension36.2%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment21.1%
10-13 yrsTyres12.0%
10-13 yrsBrakes11.8%
10-13 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks6.2%
10-13 yrsEverything else12.7%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment33.3%
14+ yrsSuspension31.2%
14+ yrsBrakes10.0%
14+ yrsTyres7.7%
14+ yrsVisibility5.5%
14+ yrsEverything else12.3%

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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. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “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.