Pass rate
92.5%
Above average — 1.3 pts ahead of the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 2,950 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £27–£65
2021 Nissan Qashqai Prem MOT pass rate
- 2021
- typical 24,606 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
41.7% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 92.5% pass · this year
- Avoid 2021 92.5% pass · this year
Across the 1 years on record, a spread of 0 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 92.0%
- Typical mileage
- 25k mi
The 2021 Nissan Qashqai Prem MOT pass rate is 92.5% of its MOT tests — 1.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 41.7% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Nissan Qashqai Prem does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.1× the national share
Tyres make up 41.7% of everything recorded on the 2021 Nissan Qashqai Prem, against 19.8% nationally — 21.9 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 2021 Nissan Qashqai Prem compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 1.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 92.0%. The median 2021 Nissan Qashqai Prem in this dataset had covered 24,606 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Hybrid — 97% of tests, with a 92.6% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 92.6% of the time, April–September 92.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick", noted on 2.24% of tests.
- 2,950 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.5% overall pass rate, 92.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Nissan Qashqai Prem, the average is 92.5% — best year 2021 (92.5%), worst 2021 (92.5%).
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
- 2,950
- Typical mileage (median)
- 24,606 mi
- Make and model
- Nissan Qashqai Prem
- 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 Qashqai Prem MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Hybrid is the most common here (97% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Qashqai Prem
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 721 | 92.4% |
| North West | 399 | 93.2% |
| East of England | 376 | 93.1% |
| London | 253 | 90.5% |
| West Midlands | 235 | 92.8% |
| South West | 229 | 93.0% |
| Scotland | 197 | 91.9% |
| Yorkshire | 168 | 89.9% |
| East Midlands | 159 | 93.7% |
| North East | 108 | 95.4% |
| Wales | 105 | 93.3% |
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 2021 Qashqai Prem
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 2021 Qashqai Prem
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 2.2% 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 wipers and washers 2.2% 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 windscreen 1.1% 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.
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 2021 Qashqai Prem through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £27–£65 — and 37% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £27–£65
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 37%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 2,950 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 →
Compare the 2021 Nissan Qashqai Prem 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 2021 cars with a similar record
- Volkswagen Polo 92.5%
- Audi A6 92.5%
- Mercedes-Benz Glb 92.5%
- BMW Z4 92.5%
- Kia Niro 92.6%
- Volkswagen Golf 92.6%
Closest pass rates among 2021 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 2021 Nissan Qashqai Prem 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 1,602 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 | 672 | 41.70% | 19.76% | +21.94 |
| Brakes | 461 | 28.60% | 20.89% | +7.71 |
| Visibility | 177 | 11.00% | 4.97% | +6.03 |
| Non-component advisories | 158 | 9.80% | 4.18% | +5.62 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 52 | 3.20% | 12.21% | −9.01 |
| Steering | 29 | 1.80% | 2.57% | −0.77 |
| Suspension | 18 | 1.10% | 20.98% | −19.88 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 13 | 0.80% | 0.82% | −0.02 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 12 | 0.70% | 1.76% | −1.06 |
| Road Wheels | 10 | 0.60% | 0.75% | −0.15 |
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 | 2.2% | £18–45 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 2.2% | £8–22 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.4% | £8–22 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.1% | £80–200 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 0.68% | £8–22 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 0.64% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.61% | £30–80 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.61% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.37% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 9.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.4% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.5% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.4% | £20–80 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.2% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 2.1% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1,967 | 94.8% | 19,334 mi |
| 30-60k | 921 | 88.5% | 39,511 mi |
| 60-90k | 58 | 81.0% | 67,776 mi |
| 90-120k | 4 | 75.0% | 95,418 mi |
Source: 2,950 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.
2021 Qashqai Prem MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Nissan Qashqai Prem?
92.5% of the 2,950 2021 Nissan Qashqai Prem tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 92.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Nissan Qashqai Prem?
The three most recorded items are brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (2.24%), wipers blade defective (2.24%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.69%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Nissan Qashqai Prem MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.8% of the time, falling to 75.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Nissan Qashqai Prem in this dataset had covered 24,606 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2021 Nissan Qashqai Prem?
Hybrid: 92.6% pass rate across 2,854 tests. Petrol: 89.6% pass rate across 96 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2021 Nissan Qashqai Prem MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 92.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 92.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.