2,070 tests in 2025
Nissan Nv250 reliability and MOT pass rate
78.3% passed first time. The 21.7% fail rate is 0.9 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 4 years old with 54,081 miles.
Pass rate
78.3%
22.6% of all cars failed; 21.7% of these did.
Fixed on the day
9.6%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
54,081 mi
4 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 1,950 | 22.2% |
| 6-9 years | 120 | — |
| 10-13 years | 0 | — |
| 14+ years | 0 | — |
What the Nv250 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.
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment24 dangerous56.3%
- Tyres138 dangerous30.7%
- Brakes111 dangerous26.5%
- Visibility24.5%
- Noise, emissions and leaks12.9%
- Suspension7.1%
- Steering1 dangerous4.9%
- Body, chassis, structure2.9%
Is the Nv250 getting worse?
The fail rate rose 1.9 points to 23.7% from 2023 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 1 year, which is about what ageing alone predicts (1 point). Read it as the fleet getting older rather than the model changing.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 513 | 3 | 21.8% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 1,314 | 3 | 22.5% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 1,385 | 4 | 23.7% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Nv250 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 Nv250 in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Stop lamp: not working111 tests
- 2Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick84 tests
- 3Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively77 tests
- 4Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm66 tests
- 5Position lamp: not working66 tests
- 6Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps63 tests
- 7Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction56 tests
- 8Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords32 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Nv250 collects 2.15 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 1.6mm432 tests
- 2Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick266 tests
- 3Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened181 tests
- 4Stop lamp: with a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning91 tests
- 5Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure90 tests
- 6Brake discs: significantly and obviously worn78 tests
- 7Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm42 tests
- 8Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre39 tests
Questions
What is the Nissan Nv250 MOT pass rate?
78.3% of the 2,070 Nissan Nv250 first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 21.7% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 9.6% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Nissan Nv250 usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Stop lamp: not working", recorded on 111 failed tests, followed by "Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick" and "Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively". By section, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 56.3% of failures, tyres appears in 30.7% of failures, brakes appears in 26.5% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 22.2%; at 3-5 years it was 22.2%. The median Nissan Nv250 tested in 2025 was 4 years old with 54,081 miles.
Is the Nissan Nv250 getting less reliable?
The fail rate rose 1.9 points to 23.7% from 2023 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 1 year, which is about what ageing alone predicts (1 point). 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 Nv250 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
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