Pass rate
90.4%
Above average — 6.4 pts ahead of the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 446 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £32–£81
2016 Infiniti QX70 MOT pass rate
- 2016
- typical 61,054 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
33.5% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2016 90.4% pass · this year
- Avoid 2014 86.7% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 3.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 89.5%
- Typical mileage
- 61k mi
The 2016 Infiniti QX70 MOT pass rate is 90.4% of its MOT tests — 6.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 33.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Infiniti QX70 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.7× the national share
Tyres make up 33.5% of everything recorded on the 2016 Infiniti Qx70, against 19.8% nationally — 13.7 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- 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 90.4% — 6.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
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 QX70 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 6.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 89.5%. The median 2016 Infiniti QX70 in this dataset had covered 61,054 mi.
93% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 89.9% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 90.4% of the time, April–September 90.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 2.24% of tests.
- 446 recorded tests behind this page.
- 90.4% overall pass rate, 89.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Infiniti QX70, the average is 88.6% — best year 2016 (90.4%), worst 2014 (86.7%).
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
- 446
- Typical mileage (median)
- 61,054 mi
- Make and model
- Infiniti QX70
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the QX70 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 79% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (93% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the QX70
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 94 | 92.6% |
| East of England | 45 | 84.4% |
| South West | 44 | 84.1% |
| Scotland | 43 | 86.0% |
| Yorkshire | 42 | 97.6% |
| West Midlands | 41 | 90.2% |
| London | 39 | 94.9% |
| North West | 33 | 97.0% |
| North East | 28 | 89.3% |
| East Midlands | 24 | 91.7% |
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 QX70
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 QX70
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 windscreen 2.2% 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 lights 1.6% 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.
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Check the wipers and washers 0.9% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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 QX70 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £32–£81 — and 44% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £32–£81
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 44%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 446 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 QX70, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2014 to 2016. Across them the pass rate runs from 86.7% to 90.4% — a spread of 3.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2014 86.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 89.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 90.4%windscreen damaged but not…
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 QX70 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
- BMW 1 Series 90.3%
- Audi Q2 90.3%
- Toyota GT86 90.3%
- Audi Tt 90.6%
- Suzuki Celerio 90.6%
- Honda Cr-V 90.7%
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 QX70 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 349 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 118 | 33.50% | 19.76% | +13.74 |
| Brakes | 62 | 17.60% | 20.89% | −3.29 |
| Suspension | 43 | 12.20% | 20.98% | −8.78 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 42 | 11.90% | 5.52% | +6.38 |
| Non-component advisories | 29 | 8.20% | 4.18% | +4.02 |
| Visibility | 22 | 6.20% | 4.97% | +1.23 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 12 | 3.40% | 12.21% | −8.81 |
| Steering | 12 | 3.40% | 2.57% | +0.83 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 5 | 1.40% | 1.76% | −0.36 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 4 | 1.10% | 5.57% | −4.47 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.2% | £80–200 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.6% | £3–12 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.90% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 0.90% | £8–22 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.67% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.67% | £45–95 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.67% | £5–25 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.67% | £20–80 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.45% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.45% | £18–45 |
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 | 16.1% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 6.0% | £200–700 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.8% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 3.4% | £80–180 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 3.1% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 2.7% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 24 | 87.5% | 24,663 mi |
| 30-60k | 190 | 89.5% | 48,009 mi |
| 60-90k | 158 | 92.4% | 70,524 mi |
| 90-120k | 53 | 88.7% | 101,633 mi |
| 120k+ | 21 | 90.5% | 137,620 mi |
Source: 446 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 QX70 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 Infiniti QX70?
90.4% of the 446 2016 Infiniti QX70 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 89.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 Infiniti QX70?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.24%), malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (1.57%), wipers blade defective (0.90%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 Infiniti QX70 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 87.5% of the time, falling to 90.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 Infiniti QX70 in this dataset had covered 61,054 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2016 Infiniti QX70?
Diesel: 89.9% pass rate across 416 tests. Petrol: 96.7% pass rate across 30 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2016 Infiniti QX70 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 90.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 90.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.