55.7%
Nissan Almera
Nissan Almera MOT pass rate and common problems
The Nissan Almera passed 55.7% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 16.6 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Almera compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
67.8%
Nissan average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Almera runs 12.1 points behind the Nissan average. It is 23rd of the 25 Nissan models in the data. The average Almera arrived at its test 21.2 years old with 87,636 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
Almera MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 to 10 years (small sample) | 2 | 50% | 22.3 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 11,247 | 55.7% | 16.6 pts below |
Too few tests fall into some age groups to compare them reliably. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Almera failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Nissan Almera cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and brakes together account for 48% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Almera MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Nissan Almera cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 35.5% of everything testers recorded against failed Nissan Almera cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Almera
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect, stop lamp not working, position lamp not working and headlamp not working on dipped beam. 15.8% of failure items.
2
Brakes
Recorded most often: service brake performance excessively binding and brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 5.4% of failure items.
3
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 4.5% of failure items.
4
Suspension
Recorded most often: component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength. 3.8% of failure items.
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Nissan Almera MOT FAQs
What is the Nissan Almera MOT pass rate?
55.7% of Nissan Almera cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 11,249 tests. That is 16.6 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 530th of 575 models.
What does a Nissan Almera most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Nissan Almera cars failing their 2025 MOT was headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect, on 4.5% of failure items. Next were wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (4.5%) and stop lamp not working (4.4%).
Which area causes the most Nissan Almera MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 30.4%, followed by brakes at 17.7%.
Does this mean every Nissan Almera has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Nissan Almera that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific Nissan Almera's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.