Pass rate
78.6%
Around average — 4.8 pts ahead of the 73.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 173 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £78–£195
2000 Nissan Patrol MOT pass rate
- 2000
- typical 130,735 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
28.6% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2006 81.0% pass
- Avoid 2007 76.6% pass
Across the 9 years on record, a spread of 4.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 76.3%
- Typical mileage
- 131k mi
The 2000 Nissan Patrol MOT pass rate is 78.6% of its MOT tests — 4.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 28.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Nissan Patrol does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.4× the national share
Suspension accounts for 28.6% of everything recorded on the 2000 Nissan Patrol, against 21.0% nationally — 7.6 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.
- 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 73.8% and this one manages 78.6% — 4.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 18% 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 2000 Nissan Patrol compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.8%, so this figure is 4.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 76.3%. The median 2000 Nissan Patrol in this dataset had covered 130,735 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 78.2% of the time, April–September 79.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 7.51% of tests.
- 173 recorded tests behind this page.
- 78.6% overall pass rate, 76.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Nissan Patrol, the average is 78.8% — best year 2006 (81.0%), worst 2007 (76.6%).
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
- 173
- Typical mileage (median)
- 130,735 mi
- Make and model
- Nissan Patrol
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Patrol MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 52% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Patrol
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 68 | 72.1% |
| South West | 30 | 73.3% |
| Scotland | 21 | 90.5% |
| East of England | 15 | 80.0% |
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 2000 Patrol
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 2000 Patrol
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 windscreen 7.5% 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 corrosion 4.6% of tests
“chassis condition or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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Check the lights 3.5% of tests
“stop lamp not working”
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 2000 Patrol through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £78–£195 — and 18% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £78–£195
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: chassis condition or chassis has excessive…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 40%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 18%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 173 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 Patrol, side by side
9 model years on record, from 2000 to 2008. Across them the pass rate runs from 76.6% to 81.0% — a spread of 4.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 78.6%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2001 78.6% rigid brake pipes excessively…
- 2002 77.9% chassis condition or chassis has…
- 2003 80.1% rigid brake pipes excessively…
- 2004 78.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2005 78.0% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2006 81.0% position lamp not working
- 2007 76.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2008 79.0% linkage ball joints ball joint…
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 2000 Nissan Patrol 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 2000 cars with a similar record
- BMW Z3 78.4%
- Mercedes-Benz Clk 79.2%
- Rover Mini 79.4%
- Land Rover Range Rover 80.0%
- Mercedes-Benz Slk 80.3%
- Porsche Boxster 80.4%
Closest pass rates among 2000 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 2000 Nissan Patrol 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 424 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 | 123 | 28.60% | 20.98% | +7.62 |
| Brakes | 80 | 18.60% | 20.89% | −2.29 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 52 | 12.10% | 12.21% | −0.11 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 47 | 10.90% | 5.52% | +5.38 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 41 | 9.50% | 5.57% | +3.93 |
| Visibility | 30 | 7.00% | 4.97% | +2.03 |
| Tyres | 15 | 3.50% | 19.76% | −16.26 |
| Steering | 13 | 3.00% | 2.57% | +0.43 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 13 | 3.00% | 1.76% | +1.24 |
| Non-component advisories | 10 | 2.30% | 4.18% | −1.88 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 7.5% | £80–200 |
| Chassis condition or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting Body, chassis, structure | Major | 4.6% | £180–450 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.5% | £3–12 |
| Prescribed areas prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 2.9% | £40–120 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.3% | £60–140 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 2.3% | £180–450 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.3% | £45–120 |
| Mirrors slightly loose Visibility | Minor | 2.3% | £3–15 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.3% | £45–110 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 2.3% | £80–180 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 18.5% | £200–700 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 16.8% | £18–45 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 15.6% | £80–180 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 11.6% | £40–150 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 11.6% | £20–55 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 6.9% | £25–65 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 5 | 60.0% | 55,116 mi |
| 60-90k | 16 | 87.5% | 78,725 mi |
| 90-120k | 34 | 79.4% | 107,891 mi |
| 120k+ | 114 | 78.9% | 151,683 mi |
Source: 173 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.
2000 Patrol MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2000 Nissan Patrol?
78.6% of the 173 2000 Nissan Patrol tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.8% for cars first used in 2000. First-attempt pass rate: 76.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2000 Nissan Patrol?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (7.51%), chassis condition or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting (4.62%), stop lamp not working (3.47%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2000 Nissan Patrol MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 60.0% of the time, falling to 78.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2000 Nissan Patrol in this dataset had covered 130,735 mi.
Does the season affect the 2000 Nissan Patrol MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 78.2% 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.