Pass rate
84.2%
Around average — 8.3 pts ahead of the 75.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 412 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£78
2011 Infiniti Fx MOT pass rate
- 2011
- typical 103,554 mi
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Most common fault
Suspension
22.6% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2013 87.0% pass
- Avoid 2012 84.0% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 82.0%
- Typical mileage
- 104k mi
The 2011 Infiniti Fx MOT pass rate is 84.2% of its MOT tests — 8.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.6% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 2.0× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 11.0% of everything recorded on the 2011 Infiniti Fx, against 5.5% nationally — 5.5 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 22.6%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. A smoky diesel or a leaking joint fails on emissions more often than on wear, so ask for a recent emissions printout.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 75.9% and this one manages 84.2% — 8.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 58% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2011 Infiniti Fx compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 75.9%, so this figure is 8.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 82.0%. The median 2011 Infiniti Fx in this dataset had covered 103,554 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 81% of tests, with a 84.8% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 85.8% of the time, April–September 82.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 4.13% of tests.
- 412 recorded tests behind this page.
- 84.2% overall pass rate, 82.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Infiniti Fx, the average is 85.2% — best year 2013 (87.0%), worst 2012 (84.0%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 412
- Typical mileage (median)
- 103,554 mi
- Make and model
- Infiniti Fx
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Fx MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 73% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (81% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Fx
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 107 | 88.8% |
| North West | 51 | 82.4% |
| East of England | 44 | 81.8% |
| West Midlands | 43 | 79.1% |
| East Midlands | 35 | 91.4% |
| London | 35 | 88.6% |
| Scotland | 29 | 79.3% |
| South West | 25 | 72.0% |
| Yorkshire | 20 | 90.0% |
| Wales | 16 | 75.0% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2011 Fx
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2011 Fx
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 4.1% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the windscreen 3.9% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the suspension joints 2.7% of tests
“ball joint excessively worn”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2011 Fx through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£78 — and 58% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £28–£78
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 58%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 412 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Fx, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2010 to 2013. Across them the pass rate runs from 84.0% to 87.0% — a spread of 3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2010 86.8% position lamp not working
- 2011 84.2%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 84.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2013 87.0% malfunction indicator lamp…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2011 Infiniti Fx with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2011 cars with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz S-Class 84.3%
- Honda Jazz 84.4%
- Lexus RX450H 84.6%
- BMW 730 84.8%
- BMW 525 83.6%
- Toyota Iq 85.0%
Closest pass rates among 2011 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2011 Infiniti Fx 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 578 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 131 | 22.60% | 20.98% | +1.62 |
| Tyres | 117 | 20.20% | 19.76% | +0.44 |
| Brakes | 105 | 18.10% | 20.89% | −2.79 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 64 | 11.00% | 5.52% | +5.48 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 62 | 10.70% | 12.21% | −1.51 |
| Visibility | 34 | 5.90% | 4.97% | +0.93 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 27 | 4.70% | 5.57% | −0.87 |
| Steering | 18 | 3.10% | 2.57% | +0.53 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 11 | 1.90% | 1.76% | +0.14 |
| Non-component advisories | 9 | 1.60% | 4.18% | −2.58 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.1% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.9% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.7% | £18–45 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 2.7% | £80–250 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.7% | £3–12 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.7% | £5–25 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.4% | £3–15 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.5% | £5–25 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.5% | £45–95 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Rectified | 1.2% | £3–12 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 18.2% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 8.7% | £200–700 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 8.5% | £80–180 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.8% | £45–110 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 5.3% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 4.8% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 26 | 88.5% | 47,978 mi |
| 60-90k | 99 | 89.9% | 79,179 mi |
| 90-120k | 174 | 81.0% | 104,311 mi |
| 120k+ | 112 | 83.0% | 137,933 mi |
Source: 412 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2011 Fx MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2011 Infiniti Fx?
84.2% of the 412 2011 Infiniti Fx tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 75.9% for cars first used in 2011. First-attempt pass rate: 82.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2011 Infiniti Fx?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.13%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.88%), ball joint excessively worn (2.67%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2011 Infiniti Fx MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 88.5% of the time, falling to 83.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2011 Infiniti Fx in this dataset had covered 103,554 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2011 Infiniti Fx?
Diesel: 84.8% pass rate across 335 tests. Petrol: 81.8% pass rate across 77 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2011 Infiniti Fx MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 85.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 82.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.