2012 Nissan Nv400: MOT pass rate and reliability

57.1% of 2012 Nissan Nv400s pass the MOT first time, measured across 361 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 141,859 miles.

How the 2012 compares

  • Against all Nissan Nv400s (68.9%, 6,080 tests): -11.8 points
  • Against all 2012 cars (70.8%): -13.7 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Nissan Nv400 model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2012 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Nissan Nv400:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2012 57.1% 361 141,859
2013 62.5% 301 132,642
2014 60% 510 129,380
2015 66.3% 869 124,370
2016 67.5% 1,243 118,304
2017 75.1% 991 111,224
2018 73% 759 109,210
2019 74.7% 912 93,206

What this means if you are buying a 2012 Nv400

The 2012 is a weaker year for this model, passing 11.8 points less often than the Nissan Nv400 average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2012 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 14-year-old car fails on

A 2012 car is 14 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 very high mileage. Clutches, dual-mass flywheels and head gaskets have usually been through at least one repair by this point, so ask for evidence rather than assume the car is original everywhere. On a 2012 Nissan Nv400 the average at test was 141,859 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 2017 at 75.1%, and the weakest in our data is 2012 at 57.1%. That 18.0 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2012 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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