Pass rate
79.0%
Around average — 5.9 pts ahead of the 73.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 100 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £20–£54
2008 Nissan Patrol MOT pass rate
- 2008
- typical 101,664 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
30.8% 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
- 75.0%
- Typical mileage
- 102k mi
The 2008 Nissan Patrol MOT pass rate is 79.0% of its MOT tests — 5.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 30.8% 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: 1.5× the national share
Suspension accounts for 30.8% of everything recorded on the 2008 Nissan Patrol, against 21.0% nationally — 9.8 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 73.1% and this one manages 79.0% — 5.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 100 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 2008 Nissan Patrol compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.1%, so this figure is 5.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 75.0%. The median 2008 Nissan Patrol in this dataset had covered 101,664 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 84.6% of the time, April–September 72.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn", noted on 5.00% of tests.
- 100 recorded tests behind this page.
- 79.0% overall pass rate, 75.0% 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
- 100
- Typical mileage (median)
- 101,664 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
Ball Joint
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 | 23 | 73.9% |
| South West | 20 | 70.0% |
| East of England | 16 | 87.5% |
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 2008 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 2008 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 suspension joints 5.0% of tests
“linkage ball joints ball joint 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 wheel bearings 5.0% of tests
“wheel bearings has excessive play”
Listen for a hum that rises and falls with speed and changes when you load one side in a bend. A noisy bearing is an easy pre-test diagnosis and an awkward surprise at the test station.
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Check the lights 4.0% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps”
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 2008 Patrol through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £20–£54 — and 40% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £20–£54
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 40%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 100 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 2008 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 2008 cars with a similar record
- Land Rover Range Rover 78.9%
- Mazda Mx-5 78.8%
- Audi A5 78.8%
- Audi A6 78.6%
- Land Rover Defender 78.6%
- Toyota Corolla 79.4%
Closest pass rates among 2008 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 2008 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 205 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 | 64 | 30.80% | 20.98% | +9.82 |
| Brakes | 44 | 21.20% | 20.89% | +0.31 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 26 | 12.50% | 5.52% | +6.98 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 24 | 11.50% | 12.21% | −0.71 |
| Tyres | 15 | 7.20% | 19.76% | −12.56 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 9 | 4.30% | 5.57% | −1.27 |
| Steering | 9 | 4.30% | 2.57% | +1.73 |
| Visibility | 6 | 2.90% | 4.97% | −2.07 |
| Non-component advisories | 4 | 1.90% | 4.18% | −2.28 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 4 | 1.90% | 0.82% | +1.08 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 5.0% | £18–45 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Major | 5.0% | £20–55 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.0% | £5–20 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.0% | £3–12 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.0% | £80–200 |
| Drag link end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 3.0% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.0% | £5–25 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.0% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.0% | £18–45 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.0% | £18–45 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 15.0% | £20–55 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 14.0% | £200–700 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 14.0% | £80–180 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 11.0% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 10.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.0% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1 | 100.0% | 21,461 mi |
| 30-60k | 14 | 85.7% | 45,782 mi |
| 60-90k | 28 | 78.6% | 74,717 mi |
| 90-120k | 24 | 75.0% | 104,420 mi |
| 120k+ | 33 | 78.8% | 164,836 mi |
Source: 100 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.
2008 Patrol MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2008 Nissan Patrol?
79.0% of the 100 2008 Nissan Patrol tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.1% for cars first used in 2008. First-attempt pass rate: 75.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2008 Nissan Patrol?
The three most recorded items are linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn (5.00%), wheel bearings has excessive play (5.00%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (4.00%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2008 Nissan Patrol MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 78.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2008 Nissan Patrol in this dataset had covered 101,664 mi.
Does the season affect the 2008 Nissan Patrol MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 84.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 72.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.