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Common Nissan X-Trail MOT failures

Based on 10 Nissan X-Trail tests on MOTindex carrying an official DVSA defect code, so every category below is counted from real failures rather than estimated.

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Real DVSA defect codes

Every category comes from the official MOT Inspection Manual section code DVSA attaches to each defect, not guessed from keywords.

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Where MOT tests find problems: Nissan X-Trail

Brakes 5 tests (50.0%)
Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 4 tests (40.0%)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 3 tests (30.0%)
Visibility 1 test (10.0%)
Nuisance (emissions and noise) 1 test (10.0%)

A test can find problems in more than one category, so the figures above do not sum to 100%. Each percentage is the share of classifiable tests that found at least one defect in that category. Based on 10 classifiable tests for Nissan X-Trail.

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What Nissan X-Trail failures look like

10 Nissan X-Trail tests recorded on MOTindex carry the manual reference DVSA attaches to each defect. The most frequent problems were with brakes on 5 tests (50.0%), with axles, wheels, tyres and suspension on 4 tests (40.0%) and with lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment on 3 tests (30.0%). A test can fail on more than one thing, and an MOT can be failed on one defect while another is only advised, so these counts do not add up to the number of tests.

Narrowed down from the categories to the individual defects themselves, three come up on more than one test:

  • Brake pad(s) wearing thin

    MOT inspection manual reference 1.1.13, in brakes

    Recorded on 5 of the 10 tests: one failure and 4 advisories or minors.

  • Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.3.4, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 3 of the 10 tests: all of them advisories or minors, so none of them failed a test on its own.

  • Tyre has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure 225/65 R17 102H

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.2.3, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 2 of the 10 tests: all of them failures.

Where there is enough data to compare: Nissan Qashqai (10 tests), every Nissan model (20 tests).

Clauses are read from the manual reference at the end of every defect on the cached test records, and a defect shown here has to appear on at least two of them before it is named. The site-wide breakdown explains how that works and compares every make.