Pass rate
88.7%
Above average — 6.1 pts behind the 94.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 62 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £29–£86
2023 Nissan Micra MOT pass rate
- 2023
- typical 16,444 mi
Only 62 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Tyres
26.9% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
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
- 87.7%
- Typical mileage
- 16k mi
The 2023 Nissan Micra MOT pass rate is 88.7% of its MOT tests — 6.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.9% of what testers record.
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Expert verdict
Road wheels: 15.3× the national share
Road wheels make up 11.5% of everything recorded on the 2023 Nissan Micra, against 0.8% nationally — 10.8 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 26.9%, but at 19.8% nationally that one is ordinary. Check for buckled rims and missing wheel bolts; kerbing is the usual cause and it is visible.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 94.8%; this one manages 88.7% — 6.1 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 30% 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 2023 Nissan Micra compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 94.8%, so this figure is 6.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 87.7%. The median 2023 Nissan Micra in this dataset had covered 16,444 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers blade defective", noted on 3.23% of tests.
- 62 recorded tests behind this page.
- 88.7% overall pass rate, 87.7% 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
- 62
- Typical mileage (median)
- 16,444 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
Wiper Blade
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Micra MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2023 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 2023 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 wipers and washers 3.2% 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 suspension joints 1.6% of tests
“ball joint has excessive play”
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 mirrors 1.6% of tests
“driver's view of an obligatory external mirror significantly affected by an obstruction”
Make sure both door mirrors are present, intact and adjustable, and that nothing is obscuring the view through the windscreen.
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 2023 Micra through its MOT
Across the 9 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £29–£86 — and 30% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 9 common items
- £29–£86
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp missing
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: steering arm deformed to the extent that…
- £60–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 67%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 30%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 62 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 2023 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 2023 cars with a similar record
- Tesla Model Y 92.9%
- Polestar Polestar 94.6%
- Kia Niro 95.5%
- Toyota Corolla 95.7%
- Mercedes-Benz Eqe 96.5%
- Ford Puma 96.5%
Closest pass rates among 2023 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 2023 Nissan Micra 9 failure items · 6 advisories · 8 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 26 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 | 7 | 26.90% | 19.76% | +7.14 |
| Suspension | 4 | 15.40% | 20.98% | −5.58 |
| Visibility | 4 | 15.40% | 4.97% | +10.43 |
| Steering | 3 | 11.50% | 2.57% | +8.93 |
| Road Wheels | 3 | 11.50% | 0.75% | +10.75 |
| Brakes | 2 | 7.70% | 20.89% | −13.19 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 7.70% | 4.18% | +3.52 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1 | 3.80% | 12.21% | −8.41 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 3.2% | £8–22 |
| Badly distorted Road Wheels | Major | 1.6% | £20–55 |
| Ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 1.6% | £18–45 |
| Driver's view of an obligatory external mirror significantly affected by an obstruction Visibility | Major | 1.6% | £20–80 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.6% | £40–150 |
| Rear fog lamp missing Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.6% | £3–15 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 1.6% | £30–75 |
| Steering arm deformed to the extent that steering is affected Steering | Major | 1.6% | £60–200 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.6% | £80–200 |
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 | 8.1% | £45–95 |
| Badly distorted Road Wheels | Advisory | 3.2% | £20–55 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.2% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 3.2% | £40–150 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 1.6% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.6% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 47 | 91.5% | 13,540 mi |
| 30-60k | 13 | 84.6% | 36,990 mi |
| 60-90k | 2 | 50.0% | 69,918 mi |
Source: 62 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.
2023 Micra MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2023 Nissan Micra?
88.7% of the 62 2023 Nissan Micra tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 94.8% for cars first used in 2023. First-attempt pass rate: 87.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2023 Nissan Micra?
The three most recorded items are wipers blade defective (3.23%), badly distorted (1.61%), ball joint has excessive play (1.61%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2023 Nissan Micra MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 91.5% of the time, falling to 50.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2023 Nissan Micra in this dataset had covered 16,444 mi.