67.1%
Nissan Elgrand
Nissan Elgrand MOT pass rate and common problems
The Nissan Elgrand passed 67.1% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 5.3 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was position lamp not working.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Elgrand 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 Elgrand runs 0.7 points behind the Nissan average. It is 15th of the 25 Nissan models in the data. The average Elgrand arrived at its test 15.8 years old with 92,721 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.
Elgrand MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Nissan Elgrand cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 64.6% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over it rose to 68.2%, 3.6 percentage points higher.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 1,086 | 64.6% | 7.7 pts below |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,892 | 61.7% | 10.6 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 11,058 | 68.2% | 4.1 pts below |
Older examples test at least as well as newer ones here, which usually says more about how the surviving cars have been kept than about age itself. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Elgrand failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Nissan Elgrand cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 49.6% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Elgrand MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Nissan Elgrand cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 36.5% of everything testers recorded against failed Nissan Elgrand cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Elgrand
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn, linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt and linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn. 11.3% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working and rear fog lamp not working. 8% of failure items.
3
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm and condition has ply or cords exposed. 6.4% of failure items.
4
Brakes
Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 4.4% of failure items.
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Nissan Elgrand MOT FAQs
What is the Nissan Elgrand MOT pass rate?
67.1% of Nissan Elgrand cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 14,047 tests. That is 5.3 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 402nd of 575 models.
What does a Nissan Elgrand most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Nissan Elgrand cars failing their 2025 MOT was position lamp not working, on 4.5% of failure items. Next were brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (4.4%) and pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (4.3%).
Which area causes the most Nissan Elgrand MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 26.5%, followed by suspension at 23.1%.
Do older Nissan Elgrand cars fail their MOT more often?
Nissan Elgrand cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 64.6% of MOT tests in 2025, against 68.2% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Nissan Elgrand has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Nissan Elgrand 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 Elgrand'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.