Pass rate
90.8%
Above average — 0.1 pts ahead of the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 3,027 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £26–£73
2020 Nissan Micra N-Tec Ig-T MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 19,452 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
39.5% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tyre has a tear. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 92.9% pass
- Avoid 2020 90.8% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 2.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 90.0%
- Typical mileage
- 19k mi
The 2020 Nissan Micra N-Tec Ig-T MOT pass rate is 90.8% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 39.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Nissan Micra N-Tec Ig-T does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.0× the national share
Tyres make up 39.5% of everything recorded on the 2020 Nissan Micra N-Tec Ig-T, against 19.8% nationally — 19.7 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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How does the 2020 Nissan Micra N-Tec Ig-T compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 0.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 90.0%. The median 2020 Nissan Micra N-Tec Ig-T in this dataset had covered 19,452 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 91.9% of the time, April–September 89.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn", noted on 2.31% of tests.
- 3,027 recorded tests behind this page.
- 90.8% overall pass rate, 90.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Nissan Micra N-Tec Ig-T, the average is 90.9% — best year 2021 (92.9%), worst 2020 (90.8%).
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
- 3,027
- Typical mileage (median)
- 19,452 mi
- Make and model
- Nissan Micra N-Tec Ig-T
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Suspension Component
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Micra N-Tec Ig-T MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 72% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Micra N-Tec Ig-T
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 512 | 92.2% |
| North West | 508 | 90.4% |
| Scotland | 415 | 85.5% |
| South West | 382 | 94.0% |
| West Midlands | 249 | 92.4% |
| East of England | 239 | 92.5% |
| Yorkshire | 226 | 90.7% |
| North East | 145 | 91.7% |
| London | 139 | 89.9% |
| East Midlands | 111 | 88.3% |
| Wales | 101 | 90.1% |
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 2020 Micra N-Tec Ig-T
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 2020 Micra N-Tec Ig-T
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 2.3% 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 2.1% 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 coil springs 0.6% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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 2020 Micra N-Tec Ig-T through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £26–£73 — and 42% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £26–£73
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: pins
- £40–£150
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 42%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 3,027 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 N-Tec Ig-T, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2020 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 90.8% to 92.9% — a spread of 2.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2020 90.8%pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2021 92.9% 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 2020 Nissan Micra N-Tec Ig-T 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 2020 cars with a similar record
- Kia Xceed 90.8%
- MG Hs Excite 90.8%
- Land Rover Defender HSE D 90.8%
- Peugeot 2008 90.7%
- Skoda Fabia 90.7%
- Jaguar F-Pace 90.7%
Closest pass rates among 2020 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 2020 Nissan Micra N-Tec Ig-T 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 2,750 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 | 1,092 | 39.50% | 19.76% | +19.74 |
| Suspension | 756 | 27.40% | 20.98% | +6.42 |
| Brakes | 356 | 12.90% | 20.89% | −7.99 |
| Visibility | 184 | 6.70% | 4.97% | +1.73 |
| Non-component advisories | 129 | 4.70% | 4.18% | +0.52 |
| Road Wheels | 103 | 3.70% | 0.75% | +2.95 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 72 | 2.60% | 12.21% | −9.61 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 32 | 1.20% | 5.52% | −4.32 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 14 | 0.50% | 0.82% | −0.32 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 12 | 0.40% | 5.57% | −5.17 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.3% | £40–150 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 2.1% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.9% | £8–22 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.69% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 0.69% | £8–22 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 0.63% | £25–65 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.56% | £30–80 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.56% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.53% | £30–80 |
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 | 19.1% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 15.9% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 8.3% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 4.6% | £30–75 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.8% | £18–45 |
| Badly distorted Road Wheels | Advisory | 3.2% | £20–55 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2,386 | 92.3% | 16,653 mi |
| 30-60k | 595 | 85.0% | 39,506 mi |
| 60-90k | 39 | 87.2% | 68,444 mi |
| 90-120k | 5 | 80.0% | 106,329 mi |
| 120k+ | 2 | 100.0% | 123,613 mi |
Source: 3,027 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.
2020 Micra N-Tec Ig-T MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Nissan Micra N-Tec Ig-T?
90.8% of the 3,027 2020 Nissan Micra N-Tec Ig-T tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 90.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Nissan Micra N-Tec Ig-T?
The three most recorded items are pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (2.31%), wipers blade defective (2.08%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.85%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Nissan Micra N-Tec Ig-T MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.3% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Nissan Micra N-Tec Ig-T in this dataset had covered 19,452 mi.
Does the season affect the 2020 Nissan Micra N-Tec Ig-T MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 91.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 89.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.