2020 Nissan E-Nv200: MOT pass rate and reliability

76.7% of 2020 Nissan E-Nv200s pass the MOT first time, measured across 2,231 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 34,800 miles.

How the 2020 compares

  • Against all Nissan E-Nv200s (80.7%, 6,048 tests): -4 points
  • Against all 2020 cars (89.4%): -12.7 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Nissan E-Nv200 model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2020 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Nissan E-Nv200:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2018 76.3% 397 42,824
2019 81.6% 1,555 36,429
2020 76.7% 2,231 34,800
2021 84.5% 1,593 19,698
2022 93.2% 207 33,074

What this means if you are buying a 2020 E-Nv200

The 2020 is a weaker year for this model, passing 4 points less often than the Nissan E-Nv200 average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2020 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What a 6-year-old car fails on

A 2020 car is 6 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2020 Nissan E-Nv200 the average at test was 34,800 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2022 at 93.2%, and the weakest in our data is 2018 at 76.3%. That 16.9 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2020 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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