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Nissan NAVARA - 2020

99.5 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2020 is 91.3 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Nissan NAVARA, model year 2020. Sample size: 5,077 cars, 11,947 tests and 11,886 recorded faults.
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More faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 5,077 cars

The 2020 Nissan Navara has an overall defect rate of 99 per 100 vehicles, which is 11% higher than the average for cars of the same year, at 90 per 100. Notably, the Navara shows significantly higher defects in brakes and lights & electrics, with failure rates of 62% and 20% respectively, compared to 49% and 11% on average. In contrast, it excels in body and structure defects, with a rate of just 1%, lower than the average of 2%. Mileage-related trends reveal increasing defect rates as mileage increases, particularly noteworthy in the higher mileage categories.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 5,077 cars

Categories

Brakes
▼ 21.7% worse
61.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 50.8 / 100 tests
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
  • Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
Steering
▲ 13.3% better
1.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 1.5 / 100 tests
  • Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
  • Power steering fluid: level below minimum mark
  • Power steering fluid: level below minimum mark
  • Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
  • Power steering pipe, hose or wiring: excessively damaged or corroded
Visibility
▼ 10.6% worse
15.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.1 / 100 tests
  • Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • Wiper blade: defective
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 75.9% worse
19.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.2 / 100 tests
  • The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
  • Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
  • Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
  • A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
  • An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 14.2% better
83.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 97.5 / 100 tests
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
Body/Structure
▲ 37.5% better
1.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.4 / 100 tests
  • A transmission: joint, belt or chain excessively worn
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
  • A main load-bearing structural member: fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced
  • A body panel or body component: damaged or corroded and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted, or insecure
  • Bumper: insecure or with damage likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted
Equipment
▲ 6.7% better
1.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 1.5 / 100 tests
  • A seat belt:
  • An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
  • A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
  • Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
  • ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
Other
▼ 281.1% worse
14.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 3.7 / 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
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 286 0–31,000 mi 31,000–62,000 62,000–93,000 93,000–124,000 124,000+
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.

Most common faults (Top 10)

Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,766
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,208
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 744
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 650
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 648
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 638
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 528
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
MINOR
Occurrences: 280
Wiper blade: defective
MINOR
Occurrences: 253
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 232

Serious faults (Top 10)

A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 528
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 232
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 202
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 196
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 135
Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 118
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 109
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 104
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: 91
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 77