8,261 tests in 2025
Nissan E-Nv200 reliability and MOT pass rate
79.6% passed first time. The 20.4% fail rate is 2.2 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 5 years old with 33,259 miles.
Electric versions only, by DVSA’s fuel record for each test. Petrol, diesel and hybrid versions are on the Nissan Nv200 page.
Pass rate
79.6%
22.6% of all cars failed; 20.4% of these did.
Fixed on the day
6%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
33,259 mi
5 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 4,243 | 19.1% |
| 6-9 years | 3,263 | 20.2% |
| 10-13 years | 755 | 28.6% |
| 14+ years | 0 | — |
What the E-Nv200 fails on
Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.
- Tyres536 dangerous44.3%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment3 dangerous29.5%
- Brakes166 dangerous26.4%
- Visibility1 dangerous20.8%
- Suspension41 dangerous20.2%
- Body, chassis, structure8 dangerous6.6%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems3.8%
- Steering1.5%
Is the E-Nv200 getting worse?
The fail rate rose 3.5 points to 19.5% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 2 years, which is about what ageing alone predicts (2.3 points). Read it as the fleet getting older rather than the model changing.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2,297 | 3 | 16% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 4,583 | 3 | 18.9% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 5,007 | 4 | 19.1% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 5,719 | 5 | 19.5% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical E-Nv200 at its test that year, and it is the number to watch: across the whole fleet each extra year of age adds roughly 1.9 points to the fail rate, so a model whose age and fail rate rise together is simply getting older.
The exact defects that fail it
Every failure item DVSA recorded against a E-Nv200 in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively253 tests
- 2Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords218 tests
- 3Tyre pressure monitoring system: malfunctioning or obviously inoperative183 tests
- 4Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm181 tests
- 5Condition: has ply or cords exposed172 tests
- 6Ball joint: ball joint excessively worn146 tests
- 7Position lamp: not working139 tests
- 8Parking brake performance: inoperative on one side91 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical E-Nv200 collects 2.16 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.
- 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm1,395 tests
- 2Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened794 tests
- 3Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure467 tests
- 4Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick276 tests
- 5Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn260 tests
- 6Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm217 tests
- 7Linkage ball joints: ball joint excessively worn206 tests
- 8Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre196 tests
Questions
What is the Nissan E-Nv200 MOT pass rate?
79.6% of the 8,261 Nissan E-Nv200 first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 20.4% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 6% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Nissan E-Nv200 usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively", recorded on 253 failed tests, followed by "Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords" and "Tyre pressure monitoring system: malfunctioning or obviously inoperative". By section, tyres appears in 44.3% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 29.5% of failures, brakes appears in 26.4% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 19.1%; at 10-13 years it was 28.6%. The median Nissan E-Nv200 tested in 2025 was 5 years old with 33,259 miles.
Is the Nissan E-Nv200 getting less reliable?
The fail rate rose 3.5 points to 19.5% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 2 years, which is about what ageing alone predicts (2.3 points). Read it as the fleet getting older rather than the model changing.
First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every E-Nv200 trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
Other Nissan models
Checking a particular E-Nv200?
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