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Nissan NOTE - 2009

268.2 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2009 is 311.0 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Nissan NOTE, model year 2009. Sample size: 14,846 cars, 34,393 tests and 92,245 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 14,846 cars

The 2009 Nissan Note has an overall defect rate of 268 per 100 vehicles, which is 13% lower than the average rate for cars of the same year. Notably, it exhibits significantly better performance in crucial areas such as brakes and steering, with defect rates much lower than the average. For instance, brake-related issues were reported at 75 per 100 for this model, compared to 121 for the average. Additionally, the Nissan Note shows increasing defect rates with mileage, particularly in the higher mileage brackets, yet it still performs better overall than the yearly average in several key categories.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 14,846 cars

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Categories

Brakes
▲ 36.2% better
75.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 117.5 / 100 tests
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Brake hose ferrules: excessively corroded
  • Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▲ 79.1% better
3.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 16.3 / 100 tests
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Excessive wear or play in a universal joint or a flexible coupling excessively deteriorated
  • Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
Visibility
▼ 6.4% worse
24.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 23.4 / 100 tests
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
  • Wiper blade: defective
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 16.4% worse
94.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 80.9 / 100 tests
  • Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
  • 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
  • Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
  • Beam image obviously incorrect
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 4.8% better
285.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 299.8 / 100 tests
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • 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
  • A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
Body/Structure
▲ 41.7% better
24.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 41.5 / 100 tests
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
Equipment
▲ 8.4% better
7.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 8.3 / 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
▲ 36.6% better
21.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 34.4 / 100 tests
  • Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
  • Emissions test unable to be completed
  • An induction or exhaust leak that could affect emissions levels
  • Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 454 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: 12,284
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 9,946
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,396
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,822
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 4,666
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,316
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,745
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: 2,231
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,035
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,002

Serious faults (Top 10)

A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 4,666
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,825
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,507
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,407
Beam image obviously incorrect
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,177
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,123
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 898
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: 716
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 614
An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 531