59.1%
Nissan NV200
Nissan NV200 MOT pass rate and common problems
The Nissan NV200 passed 59.1% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 13.2 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was position lamp not working.
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How the NV200 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 NV200 runs 8.7 points behind the Nissan average. It is 21st of the 25 Nissan models in the data. The average NV200 arrived at its test 9.4 years old with 86,558 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.
NV200 MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Nissan NV200 cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 74.4% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 50.7%, a drop of 23.7 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 5,973 | 74.4% | 2.1 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 13,711 | 58.6% | 13.7 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 10,977 | 50.7% | 21.6 pts below |
That is a steep decline with age, so the headline rate flatters older examples. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where NV200 failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Nissan NV200 cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 61.5% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common NV200 MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Nissan NV200 cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 48.4% of everything testers recorded against failed Nissan NV200 cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a NV200
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working, registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps, stop lamp not working, individual direction indicators incorrect colour and headlamp not working on dipped beam. 22.9% of failure items.
2
Suspension
Recorded most often: ball joint excessively worn, linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn and pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn. 17.1% of failure items.
3
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 4.8% of failure items.
4
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm. 3.6% of failure items.
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Nissan NV200 MOT FAQs
What is the Nissan NV200 MOT pass rate?
59.1% of Nissan NV200 cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 30,993 tests. That is 13.2 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 501st of 575 models.
What does a Nissan NV200 most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Nissan NV200 cars failing their 2025 MOT was position lamp not working, on 10% of failure items. Next were ball joint excessively worn (8.5%) and linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn (5.1%).
Which area causes the most Nissan NV200 MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 37.2%, followed by suspension at 24.3%.
Do older Nissan NV200 cars fail their MOT more often?
Nissan NV200 cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 74.4% of MOT tests in 2025, against 50.7% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Nissan NV200 has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Nissan NV200 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 NV200'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.