Nissan NOTE - 2012
236.4 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2012 is 249.2 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Nissan NOTE, model year 2012.
Sample size: 11,789 cars, 27,362 tests and 64,696 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Quick summary
Total: 11,789 cars
The 2012 Nissan Note has an overall defect rate of 236 per 100 vehicles, which is 4% lower than the yearly average of 246 per 100 vehicles. Notably, this model shows better performance in critical areas such as brakes, steering, and body structure, with defect rates significantly lower than the average. For example, the brake defect rate is 68%, compared to the average of 107%. Additionally, as mileage increases, the defect rate rises more sharply for this model than the average, particularly evident in the highest mileage category, where it reaches 413 per 100 vehicles. Overall, while tyre wear appears common, the Nissan Note stands out positively in several key safety-related categories.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 11,789 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 35.0% better
67.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 103.8 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake hose ferrules: excessively corroded
Steering
▲ 72.0% better
3.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.2 / 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
▼ 7.8% worse
20.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 19.2 / 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
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
- Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
Lights & Electrics
▼ 15.2% worse
71.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 61.9 / 100 tests
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- 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
- 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
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 13.9% worse
278.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 244.4 / 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
▲ 58.4% better
10.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 26.2 / 100 tests
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- 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
Equipment
▲ 11.3% better
5.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 6.2 / 100 tests
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- Audible warning:
- A seat belt:
Other
▲ 36.4% better
15.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 23.6 / 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
- 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: 9,617
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 7,006
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,456
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 3,978
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,581
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,514
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,396
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,575
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,537
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,505
Serious faults (Top 10)
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 3,978
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,537
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 963
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 945
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 665
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 658
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 584
Beam image obviously incorrect
FAIL
Occurrences: 538
An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 341
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: 303