Pass rate
92.9%
Above average — 3.4 pts ahead of the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 154 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£80
2019 Infiniti QX30 MOT pass rate
- 2019
- typical 41,132 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
35.7% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 92.9% pass · this year
- Avoid 2016 87.5% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 5.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 92.5%
- Typical mileage
- 41k mi
The 2019 Infiniti QX30 MOT pass rate is 92.9% of its MOT tests — 3.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 35.7% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Infiniti QX30 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.7× the national share
Brakes make up 35.7% of everything recorded on the 2019 Infiniti Qx30, against 20.9% nationally — 14.8 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 89.5% and this one manages 92.9% — 3.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 29% 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 2019 Infiniti QX30 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 89.5%, so this figure is 3.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 92.5%. The median 2019 Infiniti QX30 in this dataset had covered 41,132 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 92.9% of the time, April–September 92.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint excessively worn", noted on 1.30% of tests.
- 154 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.9% overall pass rate, 92.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Infiniti QX30, the average is 89.0% — best year 2019 (92.9%), worst 2016 (87.5%).
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
- 154
- Typical mileage (median)
- 41,132 mi
- Make and model
- Infiniti QX30
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the QX30 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 72% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the QX30
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 30 | 90.0% |
| Yorkshire | 25 | 88.0% |
| South East | 22 | 95.5% |
| North West | 20 | 100.0% |
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 2019 QX30
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 2019 QX30
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 suspension joints 1.3% 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.
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Check the brakes 1.3% of tests
“brake pads worn down to wear indicator”
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 1.3% of tests
“malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction”
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.
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 2019 QX30 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£80 — and 29% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £28–£80
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot split or…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 29%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 154 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 QX30, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2016 to 2019. Across them the pass rate runs from 87.5% to 92.9% — a spread of 5.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2016 87.5% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2017 88.1% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2018 89.1% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2019 92.9%ball joint excessively worn
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 2019 Infiniti QX30 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 2019 cars with a similar record
- Toyota Corolla 92.9%
- Volkswagen Up 93.0%
- Audi Tt 93.0%
- Audi Q2 92.8%
- Audi Q3 92.8%
- Mercedes-Benz Slc 92.8%
Closest pass rates among 2019 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 2019 Infiniti QX30 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 84 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 | 30 | 35.70% | 20.89% | +14.81 |
| Tyres | 29 | 34.50% | 19.76% | +14.74 |
| Visibility | 6 | 7.10% | 4.97% | +2.13 |
| Suspension | 4 | 4.80% | 20.98% | −16.18 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 4 | 4.80% | 12.21% | −7.41 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 3 | 3.60% | 5.57% | −1.97 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 3.60% | 1.76% | +1.84 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2 | 2.40% | 5.52% | −3.12 |
| Road Wheels | 2 | 2.40% | 0.75% | +1.65 |
| Non-component advisories | 1 | 1.20% | 4.18% | −2.98 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.3% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads worn down to wear indicator Brakes | Major | 1.3% | £18–45 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.3% | £80–250 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.3% | £3–12 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 0.65% | £45–110 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.65% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim not tested unable to be tested Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.65% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.65% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.65% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp not working on main beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.65% | £5–25 |
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 | 10.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.1% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 6.5% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 3.3% | £45–110 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 1.9% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 37 | 94.6% | 22,241 mi |
| 30-60k | 95 | 92.6% | 43,778 mi |
| 60-90k | 17 | 94.1% | 69,975 mi |
| 90-120k | 5 | 80.0% | 97,855 mi |
Source: 154 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.
2019 QX30 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2019 Infiniti QX30?
92.9% of the 154 2019 Infiniti QX30 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 89.5% for cars first used in 2019. First-attempt pass rate: 92.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2019 Infiniti QX30?
The three most recorded items are ball joint excessively worn (1.30%), brake pads worn down to wear indicator (1.30%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (1.30%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2019 Infiniti QX30 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.6% of the time, falling to 80.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2019 Infiniti QX30 in this dataset had covered 41,132 mi.
Does the season affect the 2019 Infiniti QX30 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 92.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 92.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.