2011 Nissan Micra: MOT pass rate and common faults
Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 60.7% to 62.4% (±0.9 points).
That is about average: the difference from the average for all vehicles first used in 2011 (61.2%) is within the margin of error. These cars were about 14 years old at the test.
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Failure areas compared with all 2011 vehicles
Compared with all vehicles first used in 2011, failures are more common in windscreen, wipers, mirrors (1.6×), body, chassis, structure (1.4×) and noise, emissions, leaks (1.2×), and less common in suspension (0.9×), brakes (0.9×), tyres (0.8×) and steering (0.2×). Other differences are within the margin of error.
- Lights and electrics17.6 in 100 tests1.0× compared with 17.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
- Suspension13.6 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 15.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
- Windscreen, wipers, mirrors8.5 in 100 tests1.6× compared with 5.4 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
- Brakes7.9 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 9.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
- Body, chassis, structure7.3 in 100 tests1.4× compared with 5.3 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
- Tyres5.7 in 100 tests0.8× compared with 7.3 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
- Noise, emissions, leaks4.9 in 100 tests1.2× compared with 4.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
- Steering0.5 in 100 tests0.2× compared with 3.2 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2011
All vehicles first used in 2011: the 185 models in our data, 1,445,723 tests (96.0% of all 1,506,534 tests on vehicles first used in 2011). Areas with fewer than 50 failures in a model aren't published, so an area is only compared when that leaves the all-vehicles figure at most 10% short; otherwise it shows –.
After an MOT advisory
Tyres
Of 2011 Nissan Micra cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a tyre advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 7.0% failed on tyres, against 3.6% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,367 and 4,610 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 8.7% of those with a tyre advisory and 7.7% of the others.
Brakes
Of 2011 Nissan Micra cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a brake advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 11.4% failed on brakes, against 5.8% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,215 and 4,768 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 8.0% of those with a brake advisory and 7.9% of the others.
Suspension
Of 2011 Nissan Micra cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a suspension advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 14.4% failed on suspension, against 10.5% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 2,133 and 3,831 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 8.5% of those with a suspension advisory and 7.6% of the others.
Similar cars are the same model, first-use year and mileage band. Areas are the DVSA's top-level groups, so the later fail may not be the fault that was advised. These figures describe what happened to these cars. They don't show what a repair would have changed.
Nissan Micra, all first-use years togetherHow we worked this outAll models compared, with the dataWhat MOT data can't tell you about any 2011 Nissan Micra
Outstanding finance, write-offs, theft and plate changes aren't in MOT records. For a particular car, you need a history check.
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