Pass rate
65.1%
Below average — 9.6 pts behind the 74.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 704 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £29–£88
2010 Nissan Tiida MOT pass rate
- 2010
- typical 76,814 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
30.8% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2009 67.0% pass
- Avoid 2010 65.1% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 1.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 50.5%
- Typical mileage
- 77k mi
The 2010 Nissan Tiida MOT pass rate is 65.1% of its MOT tests — 9.6 points behind 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 Tiida 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 2010 Nissan Tiida, 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 74.7%; this one manages 65.1% — 9.6 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 28% 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 2010 Nissan Tiida compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.7%, so this figure is 9.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 50.5%. The median 2010 Nissan Tiida in this dataset had covered 76,814 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 65.5% of the time, April–September 64.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint excessively worn", noted on 8.66% of tests.
- 704 recorded tests behind this page.
- 65.1% overall pass rate, 50.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Nissan Tiida, the average is 66.2% — best year 2009 (67.0%), worst 2010 (65.1%).
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
- 704
- Typical mileage (median)
- 76,814 mi
- Make and model
- Nissan Tiida
- 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 Tiida MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 54% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Tiida
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 420 | 62.6% |
| North West | 115 | 65.2% |
| West Midlands | 33 | 78.8% |
| East of England | 29 | 62.1% |
| South East | 27 | 70.4% |
| Yorkshire | 22 | 72.7% |
| South West | 18 | 55.6% |
| North East | 16 | 75.0% |
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 2010 Tiida
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 2010 Tiida
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 8.7% of tests
“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 lights 6.1% of tests
“position 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.
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Check the exhaust and emissions 5.4% of tests
“exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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 2010 Tiida through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £29–£88 — and 28% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £29–£88
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: emissions not tested unable to be completed
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 28%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 704 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 Tiida, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2009 to 2010. Across them the pass rate runs from 65.1% to 67.0% — a spread of 1.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2009 67.0% ball joint excessively worn
- 2010 65.1%ball joint excessively worn
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 2010 Nissan Tiida 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 2010 cars with a similar record
- Chevrolet Captiva 68.0%
- Chevrolet Aveo 68.4%
- Renault Clio 68.7%
- Renault Megane 68.7%
- Renault Grand Scenic 68.8%
- Citroen Grand C4 Picasso 69.1%
Closest pass rates among 2010 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 2010 Nissan Tiida 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 2,340 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 | 724 | 30.80% | 20.98% | +9.82 |
| Brakes | 589 | 25.10% | 20.89% | +4.21 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 268 | 11.40% | 12.21% | −0.81 |
| Tyres | 236 | 10.00% | 19.76% | −9.76 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 215 | 9.10% | 5.57% | +3.53 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 107 | 4.60% | 5.52% | −0.92 |
| Visibility | 87 | 3.70% | 4.97% | −1.27 |
| Non-component advisories | 48 | 2.00% | 4.18% | −2.18 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 47 | 2.00% | 1.76% | +0.24 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 19 | 0.80% | 0.82% | −0.02 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 8.7% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 7.5% | £40–150 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 6.1% | £5–25 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 5.4% | £45–120 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 5.0% | £25–65 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.4% | £5–20 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 4.3% | £45–110 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 4.0% | £60–150 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 4.0% | £8–22 |
| Emissions not tested unable to be completed Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.8% | £60–250 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 21.3% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 19.9% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 16.9% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 15.3% | £80–180 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 13.6% | £45–120 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 11.9% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 13 | 76.9% | 16,693 mi |
| 30-60k | 143 | 71.3% | 47,085 mi |
| 60-90k | 313 | 63.9% | 74,220 mi |
| 90-120k | 153 | 62.1% | 102,406 mi |
| 120k+ | 82 | 62.2% | 138,259 mi |
Source: 704 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.
2010 Tiida MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2010 Nissan Tiida?
65.1% of the 704 2010 Nissan Tiida tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.7% for cars first used in 2010. First-attempt pass rate: 50.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2010 Nissan Tiida?
The three most recorded items are ball joint excessively worn (8.66%), pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (7.53%), position lamp not working (6.11%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2010 Nissan Tiida MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 76.9% of the time, falling to 62.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2010 Nissan Tiida in this dataset had covered 76,814 mi.
Does the season affect the 2010 Nissan Tiida MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 65.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 64.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.