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Nissan NOTE - 2007

330.5 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2007 is 357.4 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Nissan NOTE, model year 2007. Sample size: 11,696 cars, 27,422 tests and 90,620 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 11,696 cars

The 2007 Nissan Note has an overall defect rate of 330 per 100 vehicles, which is 6% lower than the yearly average of 352 per 100. Notably, the model performs significantly better in categories such as brakes, steering, and body structure, with defect rates much lower than the average. However, it does stand out negatively in lights and electrics, where it has a defect rate of 157 per 100, considerably higher than the average of 100. Mileage-related trends indicate that defect rates increase with mileage, peaking at 461 per 100 for vehicles over 124,000 miles.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 11,696 cars

More model years for Nissan NOTE

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Categories

Brakes
▲ 41.4% better
83.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 141.7 / 100 tests
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Brake hose ferrules: excessively corroded
  • Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▲ 74.0% better
5.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.0 / 100 tests
  • Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
  • Excessive wear or play in a universal joint or a flexible coupling excessively deteriorated
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
Visibility
▼ 1.9% worse
27.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 26.5 / 100 tests
  • Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
  • Wiper blade: defective
  • Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 52.6% worse
157.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 102.9 / 100 tests
  • Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
  • Beam image obviously incorrect
  • Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow
  • A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
  • Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 0.4% worse
315.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 314.0 / 100 tests
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
Body/Structure
▲ 45.1% better
30.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 54.8 / 100 tests
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
  • Body, cab or chassis: excessively corroded at mounting points
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
Equipment
▼ 6.4% worse
11.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 10.9 / 100 tests
  • Audible warning:
  • An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
  • An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
  • A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
  • A seat belt:
Other
▲ 28.2% better
31.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 43.9 / 100 tests
  • Emissions test unable to be completed
  • Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
  • 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
  • Emissions levels exceed default limits

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 498 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)

A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 10,352
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 8,254
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,579
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,230
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 3,455
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,317
Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,204
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,108
Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
MINOR
Occurrences: 2,999
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
MINOR
Occurrences: 2,337

Serious faults (Top 10)

A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 3,455
Beam image obviously incorrect
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,174
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,355
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,332
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,141
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,015
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 806
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has only one lamp or all lamps not working
FAIL
Occurrences: 677
Headlamp reflector or lens: seriously defective or missing
FAIL
Occurrences: 654
Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow
FAIL
Occurrences: 644