Nissan Micra MOT pass rate and common failures

63% of Nissan Micra MOTs passed first time, below the 66% for all cars at the same ages.

63%passed first time (cars its age: 66%)
2.2mNissan Micra MOTs counted since May 2018
3,500typical miles a year at 10 years old

First-time pass rate by year registered

Each year's Nissan Micras against every car first registered the same year, at the same ages. Newer cars have only had their first few MOTs, so they look better. Years with fewer than 5,000 MOTs are left out.

Share of MOTs passed first time, by year first registered. All cars: every car first registered that year, at the same ages.
Registered	Micra	All cars	MOTs
2022	90%	88%	11k
2021	88%	86%	19k
2020	86%	86%	25k
2019	84%	85%	42k
2018	79%	83%	60k
2017	77%	83%	89k
2016	79%	80%	85k
2015	78%	78%	111k
2014	75%	74%	120k
2013	71%	71%	98k
2012	66%	68%	98k
2011	66%	65%	108k
2010	63%	62%	137k
2009	62%	61%	139k
2008	62%	59%	126k
2007	58%	58%	120k
2006	56%	57%	167k
2005	51%	56%	160k
2004	51%	55%	123k
2003	51%	55%	121k
2002	53%	56%	90k
2001	51%	57%	57k
2000	49%	59%	43k
1999	51%	61%	35k
1998	50%	63%	20k
1997	52%	65%	11k
1996	51%	65%	8k

Compare two years of the Micra, age for age.

First-time pass rate by age

Share of MOTs at each age that passed first time. Ages with fewer than 10,000 Nissan Micra MOTs are left out.

Commonest reasons for failure

Wiper does not clear the windscreenOther cars its age: 2.64.4
Number plate lamp not workingOther cars its age: 1.54.1
Position lamp not workingOther cars its age: 3.33.9
Coil spring fractured or brokenOther cars its age: 2.73.4
Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrectOther cars its age: 1.93.2
Suspension arm pin or bush excessively wornOther cars its age: 1.52.8
Tyre tread below the legal limitOther cars its age: 2.82.7
Suspension ball joint excessively wornOther cars its age: 1.72.3

Out of every 100 Nissan Micra MOTs, against other cars at the same ages.

Where it comes up more than other cars its age

Direction indicators slightly discolouredAdvisory. Other cars its age: 0.10.3
Suspension arm pin or bush likely to become detachedFail. Other cars its age: 0.10.2
Direction indicator adversely affected by the operation of another lampFail. Other cars its age: 0.10.2
Direction indicators incorrect colourFail. Other cars its age: 0.00.2
Sub-frame pin or bush excessively wornFail. Other cars its age: 0.10.1
Headlamp has a product on the light source so that the light output is severely reducedFail. Other cars its age: 0.00.1

Out of every 100 Nissan Micra MOTs. Only items noted well above other cars of the same ages.

Miles a year

Typical miles a year between one MOT and the next: 4,500 at 3 years old, 2,500 at 20. Rounded to the nearest 1,000.

Counted from DVSA records of 286,058,652 MOTs, 20 May 2018 to 18 October 2026. A test and its retests count as one MOT, and a fail put right at the test counts as a first-time fail, as the DVSA counts it. About Nissan Micras in general, not a prediction for any one car. Spotted a mistake? Email fuzzyreguk@gmail.com.

Check a Nissan Micra's MOT history

Every test and advisory, free, from the registration.