Pass rate
68.3%
Below average — 5.5 pts behind the 73.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 218 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £72–£181
2000 Nissan Vanette MOT pass rate
- 2000
- typical 87,796 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
21.8% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£55 for Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2000 68.3% pass · this year
- Avoid 2002 60.5% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 7.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 59.2%
- Typical mileage
- 88k mi
The 2000 Nissan Vanette MOT pass rate is 68.3% of its MOT tests — 5.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 21.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Nissan Vanette does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Fewer problems with tyres
Tyres are 9.9% of this car’s recorded faults, against 19.8% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a car of this age.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 73.8%; this one manages 68.3% — 5.5 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 33% 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 Vanette compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.8%, so this figure is 5.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 59.2%. The median 2000 Nissan Vanette in this dataset had covered 87,796 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 71.3% of the time, April–September 65.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength", noted on 15.14% of tests.
- 218 recorded tests behind this page.
- 68.3% overall pass rate, 59.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Nissan Vanette, the average is 64.4% — best year 2000 (68.3%), worst 2002 (60.5%).
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
- 218
- Typical mileage (median)
- 87,796 mi
- Make and model
- Nissan Vanette
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Corrosion Welding Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Vanette MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 53% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Vanette
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 58 | 67.2% |
| South East | 53 | 69.8% |
| East of England | 27 | 66.7% |
| North West | 25 | 76.0% |
| West Midlands | 18 | 66.7% |
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 Vanette
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 Vanette
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 corrosion 15.1% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
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 8.3% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
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 brake pipes 3.2% 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 2000 Vanette through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £72–£181 — and 33% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £72–£181
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 33%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 218 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 Vanette, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2000 to 2002. Across them the pass rate runs from 60.5% to 68.3% — a spread of 7.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 68.3%component mounting prescribed…
- 2001 63.4% component mounting prescribed…
- 2002 60.5% component mounting prescribed…
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 Vanette 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
- Ford Fiesta 68.3%
- Honda Cr-V 68.7%
- Peugeot 206 67.8%
- Renault Clio 69.0%
- Ford Focus 69.3%
- Volkswagen Beetle 66.9%
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 Vanette 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 842 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 186 | 21.80% | 20.89% | +0.91 |
| Suspension | 181 | 21.20% | 20.98% | +0.22 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 114 | 13.40% | 12.21% | +1.19 |
| Tyres | 84 | 9.90% | 19.76% | −9.86 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 75 | 8.80% | 5.57% | +3.23 |
| Non-component advisories | 52 | 6.10% | 4.18% | +1.92 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 47 | 5.50% | 5.52% | −0.02 |
| Steering | 43 | 5.00% | 2.57% | +2.43 |
| Visibility | 34 | 4.00% | 4.97% | −0.97 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 26 | 3.10% | 1.76% | +1.34 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 15.1% | £180–450 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 8.3% | £5–20 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 7.8% | £45–110 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 4.1% | £60–150 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.7% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp reflector slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.7% | £5–25 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 3.2% | £80–180 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 3.2% | £8–22 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.8% | £45–120 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.8% | £5–25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 22.5% | £80–180 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 17.4% | £200–700 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 17.4% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 14.7% | £120–300 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 12.4% | £45–95 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 11.9% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 42 | 76.2% | 46,328 mi |
| 60-90k | 73 | 72.6% | 76,611 mi |
| 90-120k | 56 | 62.5% | 105,731 mi |
| 120k+ | 47 | 61.7% | 141,727 mi |
Source: 218 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 Vanette MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2000 Nissan Vanette?
68.3% of the 218 2000 Nissan Vanette tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.8% for cars first used in 2000. First-attempt pass rate: 59.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2000 Nissan Vanette?
The three most recorded items are component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (15.14%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (8.26%), service brake imbalance across an axle (7.80%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2000 Nissan Vanette MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 76.2% of the time, falling to 61.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2000 Nissan Vanette in this dataset had covered 87,796 mi.
Does the season affect the 2000 Nissan Vanette MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 71.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 65.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.