Nissan Juke MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Nissan Juke MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Nissan Juke passed on its first attempt in 75.0%, and its overall record sits −1.3 percentage points below the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Nissan Juke in the 2023–2025 data: 1,128,547 tests across 14 model years (2010–2023). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Nissan Juke MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Nissan Juke, the Suspension section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Nissan Juke's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Nissan Juke DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Nissan Juke, each with how many of the model's 1,128,547 tests it was noted on.

• "Ball joint excessively worn" (Major) — noted on about 67,737 Nissan Juke tests, 6.0% of the model's MOT record.
• "Track rod end ball joint has excessive play" (Major) — noted on about 42,016 Nissan Juke tests, 3.7% of the model's MOT record.
• "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources" (Minor) — noted on about 32,127 Nissan Juke tests, 2.8% of the model's MOT record.
• "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively" (Major) — noted on about 31,113 Nissan Juke tests, 2.8% of the model's MOT record.
• "Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn" (Major) — noted on about 17,261 Nissan Juke tests, 1.5% of the model's MOT record.
• "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view" (Minor) — noted on about 16,435 Nissan Juke tests, 1.5% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Nissan Juke Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Nissan Juke model year on record is 2023 (95.4% across 1,537 tests), and the weakest is 2010 (70.4%). The gap between them is 25.0 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Nissan Juke reliability is improving in the DVSA data — the pass rate moves about 1.5 points a year across the most recent model years shown above.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Nissan Juke Owners

These checks follow this Nissan Juke's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Nissan Juke.

• the suspension joints — “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.

• the lights — “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.

• the wipers and washers — “wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”

  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.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Nissan Juke. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Where the Nissan Juke is most common

Across every Juke model year 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.

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 →

Frequently Asked Questions: Nissan Juke MOT & Reliability