Pass rate
81.5%
Around average — 2.5 pts behind the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 130,554 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £20–£51
2016 Nissan Juke MOT pass rate
- 2016
- 2 trims combined
- typical 55,558 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
27.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
3.9 pts down across model years — 6.4% in 2010, 2.5% in 2023.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 95.4% pass
- Avoid 2010 70.4% pass
Across the 14 years on record, a spread of 25 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 77.5%
- Typical mileage
- 56k mi
The 2016 Nissan Juke MOT pass rate is 81.5% of its MOT tests — 2.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.0% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.4× the national share
Tyres make up 27.0% of everything recorded on the 2016 Nissan Juke, against 19.8% nationally — 7.2 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.
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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Every Nissan Juke first registered in 2016 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2016 Nissan Juke compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 2.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 77.5%. The median 2016 Nissan Juke in this dataset had covered 55,558 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 60% of tests, with a 83.4% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 81.6% of the time, April–September 81.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint excessively worn", noted on 6.83% of tests.
- 130,554 recorded tests behind this page.
- 81.5% overall pass rate, 77.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Nissan Juke, the average is 79.7% — best year 2023 (95.4%), worst 2010 (70.4%).
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
- 130,554
- Typical mileage (median)
- 55,558 mi
- Make and model
- Nissan Juke
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
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 Juke MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 65% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (60% of tests).
Where the Nissan Juke is most common
Across all Juke model years on record (2010–2023): 465,135 Nissan Juke cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 1,128,523 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 16,624 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham (B) | 16,624 | 82.4% |
| 2 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 11,080 | 77.9% |
| 3 | Sheffield (S) | 10,897 | 80.2% |
| 4 | Manchester (M) | 9,414 | 79.8% |
| 5 | Nottingham (NG) | 8,718 | 77.4% |
| 6 | Cardiff (CF) | 8,470 | 76.1% |
| 7 | Leicester (LE) | 7,668 | 79.5% |
| 8 | Glasgow (G) | 7,465 | 77.8% |
| 9 | Peterborough (PE) | 7,412 | 80.8% |
| 10 | London (SE) | 7,183 | 86.2% |
| 11 | Bristol (BS) | 6,907 | 76.6% |
| 12 | Derby (DE) | 6,815 | 80.2% |
| 13 | Northampton (NN) | 6,561 | 77.2% |
| 14 | Warrington (WA) | 6,411 | 79.4% |
| 15 | Doncaster (DN) | 6,150 | 78.6% |
| 16 | Coventry (CV) | 6,020 | 80.8% |
| 17 | Middlesbrough (TS) | 5,808 | 76.3% |
| 18 | Chelmsford (CM) | 5,774 | 82.8% |
| 19 | Romford (RM) | 5,734 | 86.0% |
| 20 | Stoke On Trent (ST) | 5,645 | 77.7% |
The twenty areas with the most Nissan Juke cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Juke
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 22,379 | 84.6% |
| North West | 17,294 | 80.4% |
| West Midlands | 13,363 | 82.3% |
| Yorkshire | 12,893 | 80.0% |
| East of England | 12,533 | 83.6% |
| South West | 10,698 | 80.7% |
| Scotland | 9,301 | 76.3% |
| North East | 9,221 | 77.5% |
| East Midlands | 9,165 | 81.3% |
| Wales | 7,451 | 79.0% |
| London | 6,251 | 88.4% |
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 Juke
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 Juke
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 6.8% 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 wipers and washers 2.4% 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.
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Check the lights 1.8% 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.
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 Juke through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £20–£51 — and 36% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £20–£51
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 36%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 130,554 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 Juke, side by side
14 model years on record, from 2010 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 70.4% to 95.4% — a spread of 25 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2010 70.4% track rod end ball joint has…
- 2011 71.1% track rod end ball joint has…
- 2012 71.9% ball joint excessively worn
- 2013 72.0% ball joint excessively worn
- 2014 74.6% ball joint excessively worn
- 2015 77.6% ball joint excessively worn
- 2016 81.5%ball joint excessively worn
- 2017 85.7% ball joint excessively worn
- 2018 88.5% wipers does not clear the…
- 2019 89.3% wipers does not clear the…
- 2020 92.0% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 93.3% wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 95.0% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2023 95.4% has a cut in excess of the…
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 Nissan Juke 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
- Fiat TIPO 81.5%
- Renault Scenic 81.5%
- Citroen C3 81.4%
- Smart Mcc Forfour 81.6%
- Jeep Renegade 81.3%
- Ford Ranger 81.3%
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 Nissan Juke 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 182,750 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 | 49,897 | 27.00% | 19.76% | +7.24 |
| Brakes | 41,517 | 22.40% | 20.89% | +1.51 |
| Suspension | 37,610 | 20.30% | 20.98% | −0.68 |
| Visibility | 13,039 | 7.00% | 4.97% | +2.03 |
| Non-component advisories | 10,994 | 5.90% | 4.18% | +1.72 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 8,114 | 4.40% | 12.21% | −7.81 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 7,588 | 4.10% | 5.52% | −1.42 |
| Steering | 6,307 | 3.40% | 2.57% | +0.83 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 4,806 | 2.60% | 5.57% | −2.97 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2,878 | 1.60% | 1.76% | −0.16 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 6.8% | £18–45 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 2.4% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.1% | £8–22 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.8% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.5% | £80–200 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 1.2% | £18–45 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.1% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.0% | £18–45 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 1.0% | £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 | 16.2% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 13.9% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 9.3% | £40–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.2% | £18–45 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 6.7% | £80–180 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.5% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 12,336 | 90.6% | 22,803 mi |
| 30-60k | 63,135 | 84.0% | 46,161 mi |
| 60-90k | 42,733 | 77.5% | 72,289 mi |
| 90-120k | 10,386 | 73.3% | 100,803 mi |
| 120k+ | 1,824 | 73.2% | 136,783 mi |
Source: 130,554 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 Juke MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 Nissan Juke?
81.5% of the 130,554 2016 Nissan Juke tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 77.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 Nissan Juke?
The three most recorded items are ball joint excessively worn (6.83%), wipers blade defective (2.35%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (2.13%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 Nissan Juke MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.6% of the time, falling to 73.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 Nissan Juke in this dataset had covered 55,558 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2016 Nissan Juke?
Petrol: 83.4% pass rate across 77,978 tests. Diesel: 78.6% pass rate across 52,576 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2016 Nissan Juke MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 81.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 81.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.