Does the Nissan Almera fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?
The Nissan Almera records 0.32 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.60 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (−0.28, 95% interval −0.32 to −0.24). It ranks 456 of 516 models on road wheels (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on road wheels · check a Nissan Almera by registration
What exactly fails on road wheels?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Nissan Almera is “A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud”, recorded 403 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 403 | 0.25 |
| A wheel and its fixings not compatible | 39 | 0.02 |
| A wheel with more than one loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 34 | 0.02 |
| A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting | 31 | 0.02 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 158,892 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
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