Pass rate
87.7%
Above average — 3.7 pts ahead of the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 261 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £40–£98
2016 Infiniti Q70 MOT pass rate
- 2016
- typical 65,716 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
30.1% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2016 87.7% pass · this year
- Avoid 2015 84.5% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 3.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 86.3%
- Typical mileage
- 66k mi
The 2016 Infiniti Q70 MOT pass rate is 87.7% of its MOT tests — 3.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 30.1% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Infiniti Q70 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.4× the national share
Brakes make up 30.1% of everything recorded on the 2016 Infiniti Q70, against 20.9% nationally — 9.2 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- 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 84.0% and this one manages 87.7% — 3.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 20% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
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 2016 Infiniti Q70 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 3.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 86.3%. The median 2016 Infiniti Q70 in this dataset had covered 65,716 mi.
87% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 88.1% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 89.2% of the time, April–September 86.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick", noted on 1.92% of tests.
- 261 recorded tests behind this page.
- 87.7% overall pass rate, 86.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Infiniti Q70, the average is 85.5% — best year 2016 (87.7%), worst 2015 (84.5%).
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
- 261
- Typical mileage (median)
- 65,716 mi
- Make and model
- Infiniti Q70
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Pads Set
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Q70 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 74% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (87% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Q70
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| North East | 42 | 90.5% |
| South East | 38 | 97.4% |
| Yorkshire | 28 | 89.3% |
| North West | 25 | 84.0% |
| Scotland | 22 | 68.2% |
| East Midlands | 21 | 90.5% |
| West Midlands | 21 | 90.5% |
| East of England | 20 | 80.0% |
| Wales | 19 | 84.2% |
| London | 17 | 94.1% |
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 2016 Q70
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 2016 Q70
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 brakes 1.9% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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Check the lights 1.9% 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 tyre tread 1.9% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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 2016 Q70 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £40–£98 — and 20% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £40–£98
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated,
- £120–£300
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 20%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 261 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 Q70, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2015 to 2017. Across them the pass rate runs from 84.5% to 87.7% — a spread of 3.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2015 84.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 87.7%brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2017 85.4% has ply or cords exposed
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 2016 Infiniti Q70 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 2016 cars with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz Glc 87.7%
- BMW 435 87.7%
- Jaguar Xj 87.7%
- Volkswagen Tiguan 87.8%
- BMW 120 87.8%
- BMW 640 87.8%
Closest pass rates among 2016 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 2016 Infiniti Q70 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 318 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 96 | 30.10% | 20.89% | +9.21 |
| Suspension | 78 | 24.50% | 20.98% | +3.52 |
| Tyres | 75 | 23.50% | 19.76% | +3.74 |
| Non-component advisories | 18 | 5.60% | 4.18% | +1.42 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 15 | 4.70% | 12.21% | −7.51 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 11 | 3.40% | 5.52% | −2.12 |
| Visibility | 9 | 2.80% | 4.97% | −2.17 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 8 | 2.50% | 5.57% | −3.07 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 5 | 1.60% | 1.76% | −0.16 |
| Steering | 3 | 0.90% | 2.57% | −1.67 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.9% | £18–45 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.9% | £5–20 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.5% | £18–45 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 1.5% | £45–110 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 1.5% | £60–150 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.5% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.1% | £18–45 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.1% | £5–20 |
| Steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 1.1% | £120–300 |
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 | 17.6% | £45–95 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 13.4% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.9% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.4% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.9% | £18–45 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 4.6% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 20 | 95.0% | 22,823 mi |
| 30-60k | 89 | 89.9% | 46,274 mi |
| 60-90k | 89 | 87.6% | 73,316 mi |
| 90-120k | 39 | 82.1% | 101,945 mi |
| 120k+ | 24 | 83.3% | 152,228 mi |
Source: 261 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.
2016 Q70 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 Infiniti Q70?
87.7% of the 261 2016 Infiniti Q70 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 86.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 Infiniti Q70?
The three most recorded items are brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (1.92%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (1.92%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (1.92%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 Infiniti Q70 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 95.0% of the time, falling to 83.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 Infiniti Q70 in this dataset had covered 65,716 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2016 Infiniti Q70?
Diesel: 88.1% pass rate across 226 tests. Hybrid: 87.1% pass rate across 31 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2016 Infiniti Q70 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 89.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 86.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.