Pass rate
78.0%
Around average — 5.6 pts ahead of the 72.4% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 428 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £54–£135
2005 Nissan Patrol MOT pass rate
- 2005
- typical 116,674 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
29.2% 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
- 74.2%
- Typical mileage
- 117k mi
The 2005 Nissan Patrol MOT pass rate is 78.0% of its MOT tests — 5.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.2% 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 29.2% of everything recorded on the 2005 Nissan Patrol, against 21.0% nationally — 8.2 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 72.4% and this one manages 78.0% — 5.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 23% 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 2005 Nissan Patrol compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.4%, so this figure is 5.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 74.2%. The median 2005 Nissan Patrol in this dataset had covered 116,674 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 81.3% of the time, April–September 73.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp lens slightly defective", noted on 4.21% of tests.
- 428 recorded tests behind this page.
- 78.0% overall pass rate, 74.2% 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
- 428
- Typical mileage (median)
- 116,674 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
Headlight Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Patrol MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Patrol
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 123 | 83.7% |
| West Midlands | 53 | 73.6% |
| East of England | 39 | 87.2% |
| North West | 38 | 73.7% |
| Yorkshire | 38 | 73.7% |
| South West | 33 | 69.7% |
| Scotland | 28 | 71.4% |
| Wales | 24 | 70.8% |
| East Midlands | 24 | 79.2% |
| North East | 18 | 77.8% |
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 2005 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 2005 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 lights 4.2% of tests
“headlamp lens slightly defective”
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.
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Check the windscreen 3.7% 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 brake pipes 3.5% of tests
“rigid brake pipes excessively corroded”
Brake pipes run under the car, usually in front of the rear wheels. Flaking or crusty metal is what fails; a light dusting of surface rust does not. Worth asking a garage to look while it is on a ramp.
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 2005 Patrol through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £54–£135 — and 23% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £54–£135
- Cheapest common item: headlamp lens slightly defective
- £5–£25
- Dearest common item: chassis condition or chassis has excessive…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 23%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 428 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 2005 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 2005 cars with a similar record
- Land Rover Range Rover 78.0%
- Toyota MR2 77.8%
- BMW 630 77.8%
- BMW 530 78.3%
- Lexus RX300 78.3%
- Toyota RAV4 77.6%
Closest pass rates among 2005 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 2005 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 1,209 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 | 357 | 29.20% | 20.98% | +8.22 |
| Brakes | 259 | 21.20% | 20.89% | +0.31 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 149 | 12.20% | 5.57% | +6.63 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 129 | 10.50% | 5.52% | +4.98 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 106 | 8.70% | 12.21% | −3.51 |
| Tyres | 68 | 5.60% | 19.76% | −14.16 |
| Steering | 47 | 3.80% | 2.57% | +1.23 |
| Visibility | 45 | 3.70% | 4.97% | −1.27 |
| Non-component advisories | 36 | 2.90% | 4.18% | −1.28 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 13 | 1.10% | 1.76% | −0.66 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.2% | £5–25 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.7% | £80–200 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 3.5% | £80–180 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Major | 3.3% | £20–55 |
| Chassis condition or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.6% | £180–450 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.3% | £60–140 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.3% | £18–45 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.3% | £5–25 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 1.9% | £45–110 |
| Service brake performance efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.9% | £60–150 |
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 | 23.6% | £200–700 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 21.0% | £80–180 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 15.7% | £20–55 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 12.4% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 11.2% | £25–65 |
| Chassis condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 9.8% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 7 | 85.7% | 26,356 mi |
| 30-60k | 36 | 75.0% | 45,343 mi |
| 60-90k | 73 | 80.8% | 74,648 mi |
| 90-120k | 119 | 79.0% | 109,151 mi |
| 120k+ | 193 | 76.7% | 156,429 mi |
Source: 428 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.
2005 Patrol MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2005 Nissan Patrol?
78.0% of the 428 2005 Nissan Patrol tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.4% for cars first used in 2005. First-attempt pass rate: 74.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2005 Nissan Patrol?
The three most recorded items are headlamp lens slightly defective (4.21%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.74%), rigid brake pipes excessively corroded (3.50%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2005 Nissan Patrol MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 85.7% of the time, falling to 76.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2005 Nissan Patrol in this dataset had covered 116,674 mi.
Does the season affect the 2005 Nissan Patrol MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 81.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 73.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.