Pass rate
80.4%
Around average — 7.5 pts behind the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 204 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£73
2018 Nissan NV400 MOT pass rate
- 2018
- Van
- typical 82,727 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
39.1% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 85.3% pass
- Avoid 2013 73.0% pass
Across the 10 years on record, a spread of 12.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 76.8%
- Typical mileage
- 83k mi
The 2018 Nissan NV400 MOT pass rate is 80.4% of its MOT tests — 7.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 39.1% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Nissan NV400 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.9× the national share
Brakes make up 39.1% of everything recorded on the 2018 Nissan Nv400, against 20.9% nationally — 18.2 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, vans this age and mileage expect about 87.9%; this one manages 80.4% — 7.5 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Based on a small sample. 204 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2018 Nissan NV400 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 7.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 76.8%. The median 2018 Nissan NV400 in this dataset had covered 82,727 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 81.5% of the time, April–September 79.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick", noted on 4.90% of tests.
- 204 recorded tests behind this page.
- 80.4% overall pass rate, 76.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Nissan NV400, the average is 78.7% — best year 2020 (85.3%), worst 2013 (73.0%).
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
- 204
- Typical mileage (median)
- 82,727 mi
- Make and model
- Nissan NV400
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Pads Set
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the NV400 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 59% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the NV400
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 64 | 78.1% |
| South West | 26 | 76.9% |
| East Midlands | 26 | 80.8% |
| London | 18 | 94.4% |
| West Midlands | 16 | 81.3% |
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 2018 NV400
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 2018 NV400
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 brakes 4.9% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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Check the windscreen 4.4% 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.
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Check the lights 3.4% of tests
“malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction”
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.
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 2018 NV400 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£73 — and 42% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £28–£73
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 42%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 204 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 NV400, side by side
10 model years on record, from 2012 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 73.0% to 85.3% — a spread of 12.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2012 74.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2013 73.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 74.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 78.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 77.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 83.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 80.4%brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2019 84.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2020 85.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 77.5% windscreen damaged but not…
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 2018 Nissan NV400 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 2018 vans with a similar record
- Peugeot Partner 80.4%
- Fiat Doblo 80.8%
- Citroen Berlingo 79.7%
- Renault Trafic 78.8%
- Vauxhall Vivaro 78.7%
- Renault Kangoo 78.7%
Closest pass rates among 2018 vans with at least 1,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. Full rankings: best vans and worst vans for MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2018 Nissan NV400 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 299 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 117 | 39.10% | 20.89% | +18.21 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 57 | 19.10% | 12.21% | +6.89 |
| Tyres | 42 | 14.00% | 19.76% | −5.76 |
| Visibility | 31 | 10.40% | 4.97% | +5.43 |
| Suspension | 22 | 7.40% | 20.98% | −13.58 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 14 | 4.70% | 5.52% | −0.82 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 9 | 3.00% | 5.57% | −2.57 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 4 | 1.30% | 0.82% | +0.48 |
| Steering | 2 | 0.70% | 2.57% | −1.87 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 0.30% | 1.76% | −1.46 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 4.9% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.4% | £80–200 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.9% | £45–110 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.4% | £3–12 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.4% | £5–20 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 2.9% | £60–150 |
| Side repeaters lens defective which has no effect on emitted light Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.5% | £3–15 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.0% | £18–45 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 2.0% | £5–15 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.0% | £8–22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 11.3% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 9.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.8% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 6.9% | £18–45 |
| Pedal anti-slip provision worn smooth Brakes | Advisory | 4.4% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.9% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 24 | 83.3% | 23,482 mi |
| 30-60k | 39 | 82.1% | 46,635 mi |
| 60-90k | 50 | 86.0% | 75,150 mi |
| 90-120k | 48 | 83.3% | 102,116 mi |
| 120k+ | 43 | 67.4% | 141,338 mi |
Source: 204 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.
2018 NV400 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Nissan NV400?
80.4% of the 204 2018 Nissan NV400 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 76.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Nissan NV400?
The three most recorded items are brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (4.90%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (4.41%), rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (3.92%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Nissan NV400 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 83.3% of the time, falling to 67.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Nissan NV400 in this dataset had covered 82,727 mi.
Does the season affect the 2018 Nissan NV400 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 81.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 79.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.