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Nissan NOTE - 2011

253.8 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2011 is 274.4 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Nissan NOTE, model year 2011. Sample size: 12,009 cars, 28,078 tests and 71,256 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 12,009 cars

The 2011 Nissan Note shows a slightly better overall defect rate compared to the average car of the same year, with 254 defects per 100 vehicles, which is 6% lower than the average of 271 defects. The vehicle's defect rate increases with mileage, particularly in the higher mileage categories, but remains competitive. Notably, the model excels in areas such as brakes, steering, and body structure, showing significantly fewer defects than average. However, it does have a higher rate of issues related to lights and electrics compared to its peers.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 12,009 cars

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Categories

Brakes
▲ 34.5% better
72.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 109.9 / 100 tests
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
  • Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake hose ferrules: excessively corroded
Steering
▲ 74.7% better
4.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.8 / 100 tests
  • 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
  • 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
Visibility
▼ 4.2% worse
22.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 21.2 / 100 tests
  • Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
  • Wiper blade: defective
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 23.8% worse
85.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 68.9 / 100 tests
  • Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
  • Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow
  • Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
  • 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
▼ 6.9% worse
284.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 266.4 / 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 spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
Body/Structure
▲ 51.4% better
15.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 31.3 / 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
  • 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
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
Equipment
▲ 18.9% better
6.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.4 / 100 tests
  • An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
  • A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
  • A seat belt:
  • Audible warning:
  • An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
Other
▲ 34.5% better
18.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 27.8 / 100 tests
  • Emissions test unable to be completed
  • 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
  • Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
  • An induction or exhaust leak that could affect emissions levels

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 422 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: 10,076
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 7,851
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,386
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 4,009
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,608
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,430
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,797
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,940
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,633
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,605

Serious faults (Top 10)

A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 4,009
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,633
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,031
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 928
Beam image obviously incorrect
FAIL
Occurrences: 854
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 793
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 641
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 548
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: 439
An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 421