Pass rate
97.1%
Above average — 24.0 pts ahead of the 73.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 69 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £24–£63
2008 Nissan GT-R MOT pass rate
- 2008
- typical 48,712 mi
Only 69 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Tyres
30.4% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 98.7% pass
- Avoid 2013 93.3% pass
Across the 14 years on record, a spread of 5.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 97.0%
- Typical mileage
- 49k mi
The 2008 Nissan GT-R MOT pass rate is 97.1% of its MOT tests — 24.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 30.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Nissan GT-R does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.5× the national share
Tyres make up 30.4% of everything recorded on the 2008 Nissan Gt-R, against 19.8% nationally — 10.6 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 73.1% and this one manages 97.1% — 24.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 67% 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 2008 Nissan GT-R compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.1%, so this figure is 24.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 97.0%. The median 2008 Nissan GT-R in this dataset had covered 48,712 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Position lamp not working", noted on 1.45% of tests.
- 69 recorded tests behind this page.
- 97.1% overall pass rate, 97.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Nissan GT-R, the average is 95.6% — best year 2021 (98.7%), worst 2013 (93.3%).
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
- 69
- Typical mileage (median)
- 48,712 mi
- Make and model
- Nissan GT-R
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the GT-R MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 78% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the GT-R
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | 17 | 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 2008 GT-R
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 2008 GT-R
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 1.4% of tests
“position lamp not working”
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 1.4% of tests
“washers provides insufficient washer liquid”
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.
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Check the windscreen 1.4% 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.
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 2008 GT-R through its MOT
Across the 6 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £24–£63 — and 67% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 6 common items
- £24–£63
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp with a multiple light source more…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 83%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 67%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 69 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 GT-R, side by side
14 model years on record, from 2008 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 93.3% to 98.7% — a spread of 5.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2008 97.1%position lamp not working
- 2009 95.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2010 94.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2011 93.9% catalyst emissions carbon…
- 2012 95.7% catalytic converter missing where…
- 2013 93.3% catalyst emissions carbon…
- 2014 95.8% catalyst emissions carbon…
- 2015 95.9% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2016 95.5% catalyst emissions carbon…
- 2017 97.6% catalyst emissions carbon…
- 2018 95.6% catalytic converter missing where…
- 2019 97.5% wipers does not clear the…
- 2020 94.4% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 98.7% 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 2008 Nissan GT-R 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 2008 cars with a similar record
- Bentley Continental 91.4%
- Porsche 911 91.0%
- BMW M3 90.0%
- Porsche Boxster 89.4%
- Audi A8 87.0%
- Mercedes-Benz Sl 86.7%
Closest pass rates among 2008 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 2008 Nissan GT-R 6 failure items · 6 advisories · 5 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 23 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 | 7 | 30.40% | 19.76% | +10.64 |
| Suspension | 6 | 26.10% | 20.98% | +5.12 |
| Brakes | 5 | 21.70% | 20.89% | +0.81 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 3 | 13.00% | 12.21% | +0.79 |
| Visibility | 2 | 8.70% | 4.97% | +3.73 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.4% | £5–25 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency less than 50% of the required value Brakes | Major | 1.4% | £45–110 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.4% | £3–15 |
| Stop lamp with a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.4% | £3–12 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 1.4% | £5–15 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.4% | £80–200 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 7.3% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 4.3% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 4.3% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 2.9% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.9% | £45–95 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 1.4% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 20 | 100.0% | 20,136 mi |
| 30-60k | 34 | 100.0% | 48,057 mi |
| 60-90k | 15 | 86.7% | 69,761 mi |
Source: 69 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.
2008 GT-R MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2008 Nissan GT-R?
97.1% of the 69 2008 Nissan GT-R tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.1% for cars first used in 2008. First-attempt pass rate: 97.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2008 Nissan GT-R?
The three most recorded items are position lamp not working (1.45%), rbt (sp) efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.45%), rear fog lamp not working (1.45%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2008 Nissan GT-R MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 86.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2008 Nissan GT-R in this dataset had covered 48,712 mi.