Pass rate
84.7%
Around average — 0.7 pts ahead of the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 36,655 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £31–£88
2016 Nissan Micra MOT pass rate
- 2016
- typical 33,452 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
30.9% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
4.1 pts up across model years — 0.6% in 2000, 4.7% in 2022.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 93.8% pass
- Avoid 2000 69.4% pass
Across the 24 years on record, a spread of 24.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 82.0%
- Typical mileage
- 33k mi
The 2016 Nissan Micra MOT pass rate is 84.7% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 30.9% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Nissan Micra does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.5× the national share
Suspension accounts for 30.9% of everything recorded on the 2016 Nissan Micra, against 21.0% nationally — 9.9 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
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 2016 Nissan Micra compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 0.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 82.0%. The median 2016 Nissan Micra in this dataset had covered 33,452 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 84.6% of the time, April–September 84.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Service brake performance excessively binding", noted on 4.36% of tests.
- 36,655 recorded tests behind this page.
- 84.7% overall pass rate, 82.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Nissan Micra, the average is 77.9% — best year 2022 (93.8%), worst 2000 (69.4%).
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
- 36,655
- Typical mileage (median)
- 33,452 mi
- Make and model
- Nissan Micra
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Servicing
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Micra MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 64% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Micra
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 6,791 | 86.9% |
| North West | 5,632 | 85.0% |
| South West | 3,919 | 83.0% |
| East of England | 3,651 | 86.7% |
| West Midlands | 3,466 | 84.4% |
| Yorkshire | 3,000 | 83.1% |
| Scotland | 2,668 | 80.7% |
| North East | 2,177 | 84.6% |
| East Midlands | 1,820 | 83.6% |
| London | 1,808 | 88.2% |
| Wales | 1,721 | 81.6% |
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 Micra
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 Micra
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 2.7% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush 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 2.2% 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 windscreen 1.1% 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 2016 Micra through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £31–£88 — and 45% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £31–£88
- 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
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 45%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 36,655 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 Micra, side by side
24 model years on record, from 2000 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 69.4% to 93.8% — a spread of 24.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 69.4% component mounting prescribed…
- 2001 70.4% component mounting prescribed…
- 2002 71.1% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2003 71.6% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2004 72.2% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2005 72.1% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2006 74.2% headlamp aim projected beam image…
- 2007 74.6% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2008 76.0% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2009 76.6% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2010 76.8% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2011 77.9% service brake performance…
- 2012 78.0% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2013 79.2% service brake performance…
- 2014 81.5% service brake performance…
- 2015 83.7% service brake performance…
- 2016 84.7%service brake performance…
- 2017 79.6% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2018 82.6% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2019 88.2% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2020 90.8% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2021 93.4% wipers blade defective
- 2022 93.8% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2023 88.7% wipers blade defective
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 Micra 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
- SEAT Alhambra 84.7%
- London Taxis Int TX4 84.7%
- Volvo S60 84.8%
- Toyota Estima 84.8%
- Ford S-Max 84.6%
- Mazda Cx-3 84.6%
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 Micra 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 50,902 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 15,786 | 30.90% | 20.98% | +9.92 |
| Brakes | 12,871 | 25.20% | 20.89% | +4.31 |
| Tyres | 11,375 | 22.30% | 19.76% | +2.54 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 3,258 | 6.40% | 12.21% | −5.81 |
| Visibility | 3,041 | 6.00% | 4.97% | +1.03 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1,983 | 3.90% | 5.52% | −1.62 |
| Non-component advisories | 1,572 | 3.10% | 4.18% | −1.08 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 494 | 1.00% | 5.57% | −4.57 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 394 | 0.80% | 1.76% | −0.96 |
| Road Wheels | 128 | 0.30% | 0.75% | −0.45 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 4.4% | £60–150 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.7% | £40–150 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 2.2% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.8% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.3% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.3% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.1% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.89% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.80% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.68% | £5–20 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 20.6% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 13.8% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 12.0% | £25–65 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 11.2% | £45–95 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Advisory | 6.9% | £60–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 5.0% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 15,890 | 88.0% | 19,381 mi |
| 30-60k | 15,568 | 83.3% | 42,695 mi |
| 60-90k | 4,186 | 79.1% | 70,826 mi |
| 90-120k | 828 | 76.3% | 100,536 mi |
| 120k+ | 177 | 72.9% | 136,133 mi |
Source: 36,655 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 Micra MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 Nissan Micra?
84.7% of the 36,655 2016 Nissan Micra tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 82.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 Nissan Micra?
The three most recorded items are service brake performance excessively binding (4.36%), pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (2.66%), wipers blade defective (2.17%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 Nissan Micra MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 88.0% of the time, falling to 72.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 Nissan Micra in this dataset had covered 33,452 mi.
Does the season affect the 2016 Nissan Micra MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 84.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 84.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.