Pass rate
90.5%
Above average — 11.9 pts ahead of the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 148 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £10–£32
2013 Nissan March MOT pass rate
- 2013
- typical 39,477 mi
Most common fault
Lamps & electrics
33.0% of faults · 12.2% nationally
Which year to buy
- Best 2014 96.6% pass
- Avoid 2011 83.3% pass
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 13.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 89.6%
- Typical mileage
- 39k mi
The 2013 Nissan March MOT pass rate is 90.5% of its MOT tests — 11.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 33.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Nissan March does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 2.7× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 33.0% of everything recorded on the 2013 Nissan March, against 12.2% nationally — 20.8 points above. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- 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 78.6% and this one manages 90.5% — 11.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 79% 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 2013 Nissan March compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 11.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 89.6%. The median 2013 Nissan March in this dataset had covered 39,477 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 94.7% of the time, April–September 87.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Rear fog lamp missing", noted on 4.73% of tests.
- 148 recorded tests behind this page.
- 90.5% overall pass rate, 89.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Nissan March, the average is 88.9% — best year 2014 (96.6%), worst 2011 (83.3%).
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
- 148
- Typical mileage (median)
- 39,477 mi
- Make and model
- Nissan March
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the March MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the March
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | 40 | 97.5% |
| South East | 29 | 86.2% |
| North West | 19 | 100.0% |
| Wales | 17 | 82.4% |
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 2013 March
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 2013 March
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 4.7% of tests
“rear fog lamp missing”
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 2.0% 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 shock absorbers 1.4% of tests
“shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak”
Press down hard on each corner of the car and let go. It should settle in one bounce; if it keeps rocking, or you can see oil weeping down a shock absorber, that is the fault a tester will find.
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 2013 March through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £10–£32 — and 79% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £10–£32
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: has ply or cords exposed
- £45–£95
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 79%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 148 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 March, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2010 to 2014. Across them the pass rate runs from 83.3% to 96.6% — a spread of 13.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2010 85.9% headlamp aim projected beam image…
- 2011 83.3% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2012 90.7% position lamp not working
- 2013 90.5%rear fog lamp missing
- 2014 96.6% has a tear, caused by separation…
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 2013 Nissan March 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 2013 cars with a similar record
- Jaguar Xk 90.5%
- Lexus Rx 90.2%
- Jaguar F-Type 91.0%
- Audi A8 91.0%
- Lexus Is 88.9%
- Porsche Cayman 92.7%
Closest pass rates among 2013 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 2013 Nissan March 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 33 | 33.00% | 12.21% | +20.79 |
| Tyres | 25 | 25.00% | 19.76% | +5.24 |
| Suspension | 19 | 19.00% | 20.98% | −1.98 |
| Visibility | 8 | 8.00% | 4.97% | +3.03 |
| Non-component advisories | 7 | 7.00% | 4.18% | +2.82 |
| Brakes | 3 | 3.00% | 20.89% | −17.89 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 2.00% | 1.76% | +0.24 |
| Road Wheels | 2 | 2.00% | 0.75% | +1.25 |
| Steering | 1 | 1.00% | 2.57% | −1.57 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rear fog lamp missing Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.7% | £3–15 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.0% | £5–25 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 2.0% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.4% | £30–80 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.4% | £5–25 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 1.4% | £30–75 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.4% | £3–12 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.4% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 0.68% | £18–45 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.68% | £45–95 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 8.8% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 8.1% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 4.7% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.4% | £20–80 |
| Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Advisory | 2.7% | £5–25 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 2.0% | £30–75 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 45 | 95.6% | 23,654 mi |
| 30-60k | 77 | 88.3% | 43,203 mi |
| 60-90k | 21 | 95.2% | 65,597 mi |
| 90-120k | 2 | 50.0% | 91,590 mi |
| 120k+ | 3 | 66.7% | 133,565 mi |
Source: 148 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.
2013 March MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 Nissan March?
90.5% of the 148 2013 Nissan March tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 89.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 Nissan March?
The three most recorded items are rear fog lamp missing (4.73%), headlamp lens slightly defective (4.05%), wipers blade defective (2.03%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 Nissan March MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 95.6% of the time, falling to 66.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 Nissan March in this dataset had covered 39,477 mi.
Does the season affect the 2013 Nissan March MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 94.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 87.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.