Pass rate
95.6%
Above average — 7.7 pts ahead of the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 367 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £59–£194
2018 Nissan GT-R MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 21,250 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
50.0% 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
- 95.5%
- Typical mileage
- 21k mi
The 2018 Nissan GT-R MOT pass rate is 95.6% of its MOT tests — 7.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 50.0% 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: 2.5× the national share
Tyres make up 50.0% of everything recorded on the 2018 Nissan Gt-R, against 19.8% nationally — 30.2 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 87.9% and this one manages 95.6% — 7.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 0% 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 2018 Nissan GT-R compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 7.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 95.5%. The median 2018 Nissan GT-R in this dataset had covered 21,250 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 94.8% of the time, April–September 96.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Catalytic converter missing where one was fitted as standard", noted on 0.54% of tests.
- 367 recorded tests behind this page.
- 95.6% overall pass rate, 95.5% 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
- 367
- Typical mileage (median)
- 21,250 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
Catalytic Converter
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the GT-R MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 85% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the GT-R
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 81 | 97.5% |
| South East | 69 | 97.1% |
| Yorkshire | 36 | 91.7% |
| Scotland | 34 | 94.1% |
| East of England | 31 | 93.5% |
| North West | 30 | 100.0% |
| West Midlands | 29 | 89.7% |
| East Midlands | 22 | 95.5% |
| North East | 15 | 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 2018 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 2018 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 suspension joints 0.3% 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 0.3% of tests
“brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened”
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 exhaust and emissions 0.3% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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 2018 GT-R through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £59–£194 — and 0% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £59–£194
- Cheapest common item: ball joint excessively worn
- £18–£45
- Dearest common item: catalytic converter missing where one was…
- £120–£400
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 0%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 367 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 2018 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 2018 cars with a similar record
- Levc Tx Vista Comfort 95.5%
- Lexus Rx 95.9%
- Porsche 911 95.2%
- Porsche Boxster 95.0%
- Porsche Cayman 94.7%
- Porsche Macan 94.1%
Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 Nissan GT-R 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 7 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 76 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 | 38 | 50.00% | 19.76% | +30.24 |
| Brakes | 12 | 15.80% | 20.89% | −5.09 |
| Suspension | 11 | 14.50% | 20.98% | −6.48 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 7 | 9.20% | 5.52% | +3.68 |
| Visibility | 4 | 5.30% | 4.97% | +0.33 |
| Non-component advisories | 3 | 3.90% | 4.18% | −0.28 |
| Steering | 1 | 1.30% | 2.57% | −1.27 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalytic converter missing where one was fitted as standard Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.54% | £120–400 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.54% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.27% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Major | 0.27% | £45–110 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 0.27% | £45–110 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.27% | £60–250 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.27% | £60–250 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.27% | £60–250 |
| Emissions not tested unable to be completed Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.27% | £60–250 |
| Flexible brake hoses ferrule excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 0.27% | £25–70 |
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 | 8.4% | £45–95 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 1.9% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 1.6% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 0.54% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 0.54% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 0.27% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 261 | 96.6% | 16,875 mi |
| 30-60k | 101 | 93.1% | 38,202 mi |
| 60-90k | 3 | 100.0% | 70,996 mi |
| 90-120k | 2 | 100.0% | 98,450 mi |
Source: 367 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.
2018 GT-R MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Nissan GT-R?
95.6% of the 367 2018 Nissan GT-R tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 95.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Nissan GT-R?
The three most recorded items are catalytic converter missing where one was fitted as standard (0.54%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (0.54%), ball joint excessively worn (0.27%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Nissan GT-R MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 96.6% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Nissan GT-R in this dataset had covered 21,250 mi.
Does the season affect the 2018 Nissan GT-R MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 94.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 96.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.