69.2%
Nissan NV300
Nissan NV300 MOT pass rate and common problems
The Nissan NV300 passed 69.2% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 3.1 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was track rod end ball joint has excessive play.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the NV300 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 NV300 runs 1.4 points ahead of the Nissan average. It is 11th of the 25 Nissan models in the data. The average NV300 arrived at its test 5.8 years old with 75,805 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.
NV300 MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Nissan NV300 cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 73.5% of MOT tests. For cars aged 6 to 10 years that fell to 64.1%, a drop of 9.5 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 1,251 | 73.5% | 1.2 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,058 | 64.1% | 8.2 pts below |
That is a typical decline as cars age. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where NV300 failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Nissan NV300 cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Suspension and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 48.9% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common NV300 MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Nissan NV300 cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 56.2% of everything testers recorded against failed Nissan NV300 cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a NV300
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken, shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak, linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn and ball joint excessively worn. 22.6% of failure items.
2
Steering
Recorded most often: track rod end ball joint has excessive play. 10.6% of failure items.
3
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: stop lamp not working and daytime running lamps not working. 7.2% of failure items.
4
Noise, emissions and leaks
Recorded most often: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction. 7% of failure items.
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Nissan NV300 MOT FAQs
What is the Nissan NV300 MOT pass rate?
69.2% of Nissan NV300 cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 2,311 tests. That is 3.1 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 361st of 575 models.
What does a Nissan NV300 most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Nissan NV300 cars failing their 2025 MOT was track rod end ball joint has excessive play, on 10.6% of failure items. Next were malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (7%) and coil spring fractured or broken (6.8%).
Which area causes the most Nissan NV300 MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was suspension at 27.3%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 21.6%.
Do older Nissan NV300 cars fail their MOT more often?
Nissan NV300 cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 73.5% of MOT tests in 2025, against 64.1% for cars aged 6 to 10 years.
Does this mean every Nissan NV300 has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Nissan NV300 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 NV300'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.