Nissan Pulsar Recorded MOT Outcomes

21.0%
historical failure rate from 89,978 tests
5.9 percentage points below the dataset-wide reference of 26.9%

Evidence scope: This page summarises past outcomes for a make/model group. It does not use the condition, service history or current defects of a particular vehicle, so it is not a pass prediction, diagnosis or buying recommendation.

Recorded Failure Rate by Age Band

Age bandFailure rateTestsHighest recorded component category
0-2 years 7.8% 1,562 Lamps & Electrics
3-5 years 12.9% 31,594 Tyres
6-10 years 26.0% 56,456 Suspension
15+ years 20.0% 345 Visibility

Recorded Component-Category Rates

Each percentage is a sample-size-weighted historical category rate across the included age and mileage groups.

Component categoryRecorded rate
Suspension3.8%
Tyres2.8%
Brakes2.7%
Lamps & Electrics2.2%
Steering1.2%
Visibility0.9%
Body & Chassis0.3%

These categories describe aggregate records. They do not show that a specific vehicle has a component fault.

Other Nissan Model Groups

Groups With Similar Recorded Rates

Method: Failure and component-category rates are sample-size weighted. Only age/mileage groups with at least 100 tests are included. The checked-in source contains 148,509,908 tests and 39,969,903 failures.

Source: DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.

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