Nissan NV200 MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Nissan NV200 in Great Britain in 2025 — 30,992 tests. Figures cover every NV200 first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. The NV200 is a van, tested in the car MOT class (class 4) to the same standard. How the NV200 ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
59.1%
13.2 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
30,992
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
8.6%
of NV200 first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
91,250
middle half: 63,750–121,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How the NV200 ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, NV200 vs all cars, 2025.

Nissan NV200All cars
40%50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Nissan NV200, vehicle age 3: 84.4%Nissan NV200, vehicle age 4: 80%Nissan NV200, vehicle age 5: 70.2%Nissan NV200, vehicle age 6: 69.5%Nissan NV200, vehicle age 7: 60.8%Nissan NV200, vehicle age 8: 64.1%Nissan NV200, vehicle age 9: 58.2%Nissan NV200, vehicle age 10: 55.1%Nissan NV200, vehicle age 11: 51.7%Nissan NV200, vehicle age 12: 51.7%Nissan NV200, vehicle age 13: 50.2%Nissan NV200, vehicle age 14: 49.2%Nissan NV200, vehicle age 15: 51.9%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 NV200 51.9%
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Age (years)NV200 testsNV200 pass rateAll cars
358384.4%88.5%
41,90480.0%87.2%
52,30570.2%86.0%
62,27369.5%83.5%
72,09360.8%80.9%
82,24764.1%78.2%
93,20258.2%74.9%
103,99255.1%71.9%
112,85751.7%68.6%
123,61151.7%65.8%
132,66250.2%63.5%
142,01749.2%61.2%
151,10551.9%59.3%

Better or worse than the average car?

The NV200's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the NV200 beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

NV200 behind
-22-11+0+11+22Age 3: -4.1 points vs the average car3Age 4: -7.2 points vs the average carAge 5: -15.8 points vs the average car5Age 6: -14.0 points vs the average carAge 7: -20.1 points vs the average car7Age 8: -14.1 points vs the average carAge 9: -16.7 points vs the average car9Age 10: -16.8 points vs the average carAge 11: -16.9 points vs the average car11Age 12: -14.1 points vs the average carAge 13: -13.3 points vs the average car13Age 14: -12.0 points vs the average carAge 15: -7.4 points vs the average car15Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-4.1
4-7.2
5-15.8
6-14.0
7-20.1
8-14.1
9-16.7
10-16.8
11-16.9
12-14.1
13-13.3
14-12.0
15-7.4

The NV200 fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the NV200 fleet still in use.

01k2k3k4kAge 3: 5833Age 4: 1kAge 5: 2k5Age 6: 2kAge 7: 2k7Age 8: 2kAge 9: 3k9Age 10: 3kAge 11: 2k11Age 12: 3kAge 13: 2k13Age 14: 2kAge 15: 1k15Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
3583
41,904
52,305
62,273
72,093
82,247
93,202
103,992
112,857
123,611
132,662
142,017
151,105

What an NV200 fails on

Where the failure items land when an NV200 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 equipment37.3%
Suspension24.4%
Brakes11.6%
Tyres9.3%
Visibility8.3%
Noise, emissions and leaks3.3%
Body, chassis, structure2.5%
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems2.2%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (99.0% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a NV200, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Suspension: 31.8% of advisories31.8%Tyres: 27.8% of advisories27.8%Brakes: 20.7% of advisories20.7%Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 7.4% of advisories7.4%Non-component advisories: 4.5% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 2.8% of advisories
SuspensionTyresBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNon-component advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension31.8%
Tyres27.8%
Brakes20.7%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment7.4%
Non-component advisories4.5%
Noise, emissions and leaks2.8%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid NV200?

First-time pass rate for the three most-tested NV200 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%Diesel: 52.4% of 21,493 tests52.4%Diesel21,493 testsElectric: 73.7% of 8,995 tests73.7%Electric8,995 testsPetrol: 82.9% of 502 tests82.9%Petrol502 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel21,49352.4%
Electric8,99573.7%
Petrol50282.9%

What mileage is normal for an NV200?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) NV200; 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 NV200 (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k3579111315Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 21,250 miles (middle half 11,250–38,750)Age 4: typical 21,250 miles (middle half 11,250–33,750)Age 5: typical 36,250 miles (middle half 21,250–56,250)Age 6: typical 41,250 miles (middle half 26,250–66,250)Age 7: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 38,750–88,750)Age 8: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 33,750–93,750)Age 9: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 48,750–111,250)Age 10: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 63,750–121,250)Age 11: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 71,250–133,750)Age 12: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 86,250–143,750)Age 13: typical 118,750 miles (middle half 91,250–148,750)Age 14: typical 123,750 miles (middle half 96,250–156,250)Age 15: typical 123,750 miles (middle half 96,250–156,250)123k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
311,25021,25038,750
411,25021,25033,750
521,25036,25056,250
626,25041,25066,250
738,75061,25088,750
833,75061,25093,750
948,75078,750111,250
1063,75091,250121,250
1171,250101,250133,750
1286,250113,750143,750
1391,250118,750148,750
1496,250123,750156,250
1596,250123,750156,250

What fails at each age

The NV200'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.

TyresLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentBrakesVisibilitySuspensionEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres30.5%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.7%
3-5 yrsBrakes17.4%
3-5 yrsVisibility15.3%
3-5 yrsSuspension8.2%
3-5 yrsEverything else5.9%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment34.0%
6-9 yrsSuspension25.2%
6-9 yrsBrakes13.0%
6-9 yrsTyres12.5%
6-9 yrsVisibility7.9%
6-9 yrsEverything else7.4%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment31.6%
10-13 yrsSuspension31.1%
10-13 yrsBrakes12.6%
10-13 yrsTyres7.8%
10-13 yrsVisibility6.2%
10-13 yrsEverything else10.7%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment31.6%
14+ yrsSuspension29.1%
14+ yrsBrakes13.9%
14+ yrsVisibility7.2%
14+ yrsTyres6.8%
14+ yrsEverything else11.4%

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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.