2003 Nissan Navara: MOT pass rate and reliability

61.8% of 2003 Nissan Navaras pass the MOT first time, measured across 304 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 122,546 miles.

How the 2003 compares

  • Against all Nissan Navaras (73.6%, 75,596 tests): -11.8 points
  • Against all 2003 cars (64.7%): -2.9 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Nissan Navara model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2003 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Nissan Navara:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2003 61.8% 304 122,546
2004 64.1% 753 123,420
2005 61.3% 1,277 137,269
2006 62.2% 1,894 140,846
2007 60.7% 2,255 127,540
2008 62.8% 1,776 128,009
2009 61.5% 1,784 122,570
2010 62.2% 1,921 131,639
2011 63% 4,047 131,675
2012 61.3% 3,421 123,132
2013 65.7% 3,548 114,602
2014 67.7% 3,631 106,031
2015 69.4% 4,025 98,316
2016 77.8% 7,988 89,433
2017 74.1% 9,167 80,432
2018 77.5% 8,197 74,327
2019 82% 7,616 63,685
2020 84.5% 4,477 53,034
2021 88.2% 7,350 42,909

What this means if you are buying a 2003 Navara

The 2003 is a weaker year for this model, passing 11.8 points less often than the Nissan Navara average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2003 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 23-year-old car fails on

A 2003 car is 23 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 high mileage, so timing belts, clutches, suspension bushes and corrosion are the items worth budgeting for rather than the MOT itself. On a 2003 Nissan Navara the average at test was 122,546 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 2021 at 88.2%, and the weakest in our data is 2007 at 60.7%. That 27.5 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2003 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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