Nissan CABSTAR - 2015
440.2 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2015 is 174.5 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Nissan CABSTAR, model year 2015.
Sample size: 911 cars, 2,259 tests and 9,943 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 911 cars
The 2015 Nissan Cabstar has a significantly higher defect rate than the average vehicle of the same year, with 440 defects per 100 cars compared to the average of 170. Common areas of concern include brakes, steering, and visibility, where the Cabstar shows notably higher defect rates. Specifically, the model’s brake issues are 120% worse than average, while visibility problems are over three times more frequent. Mileage trends indicate that as the vehicle ages, the defect rate increases, particularly in the mileage band of 93,000 to 124,000 miles. Overall, the Cabstar's performance in categories like lights and electrics, and wheels, suspensions, and axles, is also considerably worse than the average.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 911 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▼ 120.0% worse
186.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 84.7 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Parking brake efficiency: less than 50% of the required value
- Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▼ 56.6% worse
15.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.9 / 100 tests
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
Visibility
▼ 319.9% worse
67.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 16.1 / 100 tests
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Obligatory mirror or device: inoperative, excessively damaged or insecure
- Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 332.3% worse
134.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 31.0 / 100 tests
- A lens defective: which has no effect on emitted light
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 110.3% worse
375.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 178.3 / 100 tests
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A wheel bearing: with excessive play
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A shock absorber bush excessively worn
Body/Structure
▼ 153.8% worse
29.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.7 / 100 tests
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Body or cab mounting: fixings missing or insecure such that overall security is significantly reduced
- Body, cab or chassis: excessively corroded at mounting points
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
Equipment
▼ 690.0% worse
31.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 4.0 / 100 tests
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
- is significantly reduced or The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any seat belt anchorage (a ’prescribed area’): inadequately repaired
- is significantly reduced or The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any seat belt anchorage (a ’prescribed area’): inadequately repaired
- Audible warning:
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
Other
▼ 206.1% worse
40.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.2 / 100 tests
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,584
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 817
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 534
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 383
A lens defective: which has no effect on emitted light
MINOR
Occurrences: 305
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
MINOR
Occurrences: 304
A wheel bearing: with excessive play
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 247
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 243
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 225
A shock absorber bush excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 210
Serious faults (Top 10)
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 534
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 225
A shock absorber bush excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 177
Parking brake efficiency: less than 50% of the required value
FAIL
Occurrences: 139
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 137
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 137
is significantly reduced or The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any seat belt anchorage (a ’prescribed area’): inadequately repaired
FAIL
Occurrences: 123
Parking brake inoperative on one side, or in the case of testing on the road, the vehicle deviates excessively from a straight line
FAIL
Occurrences: 111
Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 108
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 102