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Nissan Juke — MOT statistics 2024

The Nissan Juke failed 30.23% of 315,198 first MOT attempts in 2024 ("first-time", excluding retests). Adjusted for the age of the fleet, its initial-failure ratio is 120.3 (100 = expected for its age profile). This car fails its MOT about 20% more often than expected for its age.

MOT risk index 120.3, 95% CI 119.6–120.9 (100 = national average) 100 120.3 0 200
Index
120.3
100 = age-normal
Raw fail rate
30.23%
n = 315,198
Dangerous /100
10
national ≈11
Diesel − petrol
+12.6 pp
fail-rate gap
Rank
653 of 761
lower index = better

Age-adjusted peer: Seat Ibiza (index 120.6) — the two published results are 0.3 index points apart.

Nissan Juke common problems: what actually fails the MOT

Suspension stands out at 12.6 per 100 tests, against 8.1 per 100 tests across UK vehicles of the same ages.

higher bar = fails more oftenrate per 100 tests

Nissan Juke common problems: what actually fails the MOT — 2024 UK MOT data

family vs national — matched to UK vehicles of the same ages — top component groups, per 100 tests. Legend: This family · National avg. Combined labels: family / national average. A gap here reflects how these vehicles are driven, used and maintained as well as how they were built — an MOT defect is a test outcome, not a breakdown.

Component-group comparison table

Each ratio carries a 95% interval. With 6 groups compared here, roughly one apparent difference in twenty is chance alone.

GroupThis familyCases behind itUK, same agesFamily / national
Suspension12.6202,2938.11.56×1.55–1.56
Visibility9.6154,0316.11.57×1.56–1.58
Brakes8.8142,0926.91.28×1.28–1.29
Lamps & electrical7.0112,4549.10.77×0.77–0.78
Tyres6.8109,4258.10.84×0.83–0.84
Steering4.978,7441.53.22×3.20–3.25
Named defects — items per 100 initial tests, this family vs UK national average; this model measured on 1,607,463 tests, 2019-2024, national column 2024
What failedper 100 tests (this family)per 100 tests (UK average)ratio family / UKWhat to check
Worn suspension bush or jointA suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn9.164.871.88×Listen for knocks over speed bumps, feel for the car wandering under braking, and ask which part was replaced.
Worn steering joint or track rod endA steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play3.831.223.13×Feel for play or a knock through the steering wheel, and look for wear on the inner edges of the front tyres.
Wiper missing or not clearing the screenWiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen3.592.221.61×Wet the screen and run the wipers: they should clear the glass in front of the driver without streaks or juddering.
Wiper blade worn (minor)Wiper blade defective2.611.262.07×Check the rubber edge of each wiper blade for splits and run the wipers on a wet screen.
Brake pads or shoes dangerously thina brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm3.362.151.56×Look through the wheels at the pads and discs, listen for grinding, and ask when they were last replaced.
Brake pipe rusted or damagedBrake pipe damaged or excessively corroded1.471.411.05×Look along the underside at the metal brake pipes for flaking rust, and ask whether they were renewed.
Tyre tread below the legal limitTyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements3.533.590.98×Check the tread across every tyre with a gauge; wear on one edge points to a tracking fault.
Windscreen washers not workingWindscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen1.501.620.93×Run the washers and check both jets hit the screen, and look under the bonnet for a cracked or leaking washer bottle.
Tyre badly cut or damagedA tyre seriously damaged1.752.540.69×Check both sidewalls of every tyre, including the inner side, for cuts, bulges and tears.
One number plate light out (minor)A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources1.832.830.65×Check every number plate light works with the sidelights on; a single dead bulb or LED is a cheap fix.

Named defects ranked by how much more often they appear than the national average — not by raw rate.

Nissan Juke MOT advisories: what gets flagged

Tyres are highest at 41.0 per 100 tests; Emissions & leaks are lowest at 3.3 per 100 tests — the gap is 37.7 per 100 tests.

higher bar = flagged more oftenadvisory items per 100 initial tests

Nissan Juke MOT advisories: what gets flagged — 2024 UK MOT data
Advisory rates table
GroupAdvisories per 100
Tyres41
Brakes34.7
Suspension16
Non-component advisories9.7
Steering3.6
Emissions & leaks3.3

Advisories are wear the tester noted but didn't fail — what will need money soon.

Tyres, brakes and suspension: Nissan Juke against cars of the same age

AgePartNissan JukeSame age, petrol and dieselDifference
3 yearsTyres2.94.17-1.27
3 yearsBrakes1.781.770.01
3 yearsSuspension0.470.63-0.16
4 yearsTyres3.384.54-1.16
4 yearsBrakes2.732.430.30
4 yearsSuspension0.81.21-0.41
5 yearsTyres4.075.06-0.99
5 yearsBrakes3.653.090.56
5 yearsSuspension1.662.19-0.53
6 yearsTyres4.685.54-0.86
6 yearsBrakes4.413.810.60
6 yearsSuspension4.853.721.13
7 yearsTyres5.235.95-0.72
7 yearsBrakes5.564.551.01
7 yearsSuspension9.015.683.33
8 yearsTyres5.756.31-0.56
8 yearsBrakes6.95.381.52
8 yearsSuspension13.977.786.19

Failing items per 100 initial tests, 2019-2024. The comparison group is every petrol or diesel car tested at the same age, so weight and drivetrain show up rather than fleet age.

If a car like this fails, does it fail again?

A failure rate does not say whether a failure is a one-off or the start of something. This follows the same vehicles into their next ordinary MOT a year later — retests after a repair are excluded, because they follow a failure by definition. 2019-2024.

After this year's testFails next yearVehicles followed
It failed31.7%80,552
It passed24.3%925,153

A failed test raises next year's chance of failing again by 7.4 percentage points. The failure most likely to come back is identification of the vehicle — 39.3% of those vehicles fail again next year. Some of this is the vehicle and some is the owner: a car that was let go once tends to be let go again. One caveat: a car that fails may be sold or scrapped rather than tested again, so these figures describe the vehicles that came back.

Adjusted for how much these are actually driven

The headline index adjusts for the fleet's age. Wear, though, follows mileage: a three-year-old taxi and a three-year-old garage queen sit in the same age band. These two rows compare every car with vehicles of the same age, and then with vehicles of the same age and the same annual mileage, 2019-2024, on 1,597,802 tests. Both stand on the six-year corpus so they are measured on identical data — compare them with each other, not with the headline index above, which is measured on 2024 alone.

Standardised forIndexReading
Age only112.7fails more often than expected
Age and annual mileage116.9fails more often than vehicles driven as much
Share doing under 3,000 miles a year5.1%a normal spread of use

Mileage matters here: matching on how much these are driven moves the figure by 4.2 points — this fleet is driven less than the vehicles it is measured against, so the age-only view flatters it — but it does not change which side of normal the car sits on. One limit to keep in mind: mileage is partly a result of how often a car breaks down — one that spends weeks in the workshop covers fewer miles — so the mileage-matched figure can understate a real weakness. Tests with no usable odometer reading are left out of it.

How the Nissan Juke compares with cars of its own age and size

Not against the whole fleet — against cars of the same size class tested at the same age, 2019-2024.

AgeNissan JukeSame class, same ageDifferenceTests
3 years11.04%11.31%-0.27 pp167,019
4 years14.79%14.22%+0.56 pp174,041
5 years16.96%17.43%-0.47 pp193,150
6 years21.23%20.74%+0.5 pp209,240
7 years26.12%24.26%+1.86 pp212,293
8 years31.95%28.03%+3.92 pp194,465
9 years36.62%31.91%+4.72 pp161,672
10 years40.65%35.49%+5.17 pp123,187
11 years43.54%38.58%+4.96 pp86,120
12 years44.82%41.21%+3.61 pp50,740
13 years46.21%43.27%+2.94 pp23,863
14 years46.67%45.03%+1.63 pp4,678

Raw first-time failure rates within each age, so fleet age cannot flatter either side. A positive difference means this model fails more often than its own class at that age.

How does the Nissan Juke perform as it gets older?

The Juke at age 11 stands out at 45.0%, against 33.2% for all vehicles of the same age.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

How does the Nissan Juke perform as it gets older? — 2024 UK MOT data

Chart axes: car age, years · failure-rate scale 0–50%.

Takeaway: a 10-year-old Juke has roughly a 40% chance of failing its MOT; from about age 7 it stays above the national age curve.

Data table
AgeNissan JukeAll vehiclesGap
39.3%12.4%-3.1 pp
413.9%13.1%+0.8 pp
516.0%15.1%+0.8 pp
616.9%17.5%-0.6 pp
720.6%20.2%+0.4 pp
827.6%23.3%+4.3 pp
933.9%26.5%+7.4 pp
1039.8%30.1%+9.7 pp
1145.0%33.2%+11.8 pp
1245.6%35.7%+9.9 pp
1346.3%38.2%+8.1 pp
1446.7%40.4%+6.2 pp

Is a Nissan Juke ULEZ compliant?

The share of classifiable 2024 Nissan Juke MOT tests likely ULEZ compliant by first-registration date is 84.5%.

Based on 315,102 classifiable initial MOT tests. This describes the tested fleet, not a specific car. MOT data do not record Euro class, so likely compliance is inferred from fuel and first-registration date. For the only authoritative answer, check the registration with TfL's official ULEZ checker.

higher = larger share likely compliantinferred from fuel and first-registration date; not a recorded Euro class

Age-band estimate from classifiable initial MOT tests
Vehicle age at testLikely ULEZ-compliant shareTests
Under 3 years100.0%
Check a registration with TfL
n = 899
3–5 years100.0%
Check a registration with TfL
n = 57,103
6–7 years100.0%
Check a registration with TfL
n = 61,134
8 years100.0%
Check a registration with TfL
n = 37,008
9 years77.4%
Check a registration with TfL
n = 37,906
10–14 years66.6%
Check a registration with TfL
n = 121,050
15–17 yearsSuppressed — sample below publication threshold
Check a registration with TfL
n = 0
18 yearsSuppressed — sample below publication threshold
Check a registration with TfL
n = 0
19 yearsSuppressed — sample below publication threshold
Check a registration with TfL
n = 0
20+ yearsSuppressed — sample below publication threshold
Check a registration with TfL
n = 2

Nissan Juke petrol vs diesel: which ages best

Diesel is highest at 39.5%; Petrol is lowest at 26.9% — the gap is 12.6 percentage points.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Nissan Juke petrol vs diesel: which ages best — 2024 UK MOT data
Fuel split table
FuelTests% failingGap vs best
Petrol231,15626.9%+0.0 pp
Diesel84,01139.5%+12.6 pp

Chart sample sizes: n=231k · n=84k.

How dangerous are Nissan Juke MOT failures?

Major defects are well below the reference at 36.3 per 100 tests, against 52.8 per 100 tests nationally.

higher bar = fails more oftenrate per 100 tests

How dangerous are Nissan Juke MOT failures? — 2024 UK MOT data
Severity table
SeverityThis family /100National /100Family / national
Minor8.9314.220.63×
Major36.3352.750.69×
Dangerous10.2011.150.91×

Chart values: Minor 8.9 · Major 36.3 · Dangerous 10.2.

Per 100 tests on this family. National average: Minor 14.2 · Major 52.8 · Dangerous 11.2 per 100.

Does the month of a Nissan Juke MOT matter?

Nov is highest at 28.4%; Mar is lowest at 24.6% — the gap is 3.8 percentage points.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Does the month of a Nissan Juke MOT matter? — 2024 UK MOT data

Chart scale: 23%–33%.

bars: Nissan Juke · dashed: all class-4 cars

Month-by-month table
MonthNissan JukeAll vehiclesGap
Jan26.82%31.12%-4.3 pp
Feb26.18%29.99%-3.8 pp
Mar24.62%28.26%-3.6 pp
Apr26.68%29.78%-3.1 pp
May25.34%28.79%-3.4 pp
Jun24.86%28.15%-3.3 pp
Jul26.2%29.33%-3.1 pp
Aug26.53%29.2%-2.7 pp
Sep25.12%28.19%-3.1 pp
Oct27.54%30.34%-2.8 pp
Nov28.39%30.58%-2.2 pp
Dec26.97%29.33%-2.4 pp

Takeaway: the spread between best and worst month is 3.8 percentage points — noticeable seasonality. Seasonality partly reflects registration-date clustering, not weather.

Before reading the shape: most of it is not about cars. Britain changes its registration plates twice a year, and 18.9% of these cars were first registered in March with another17.1% in September — 36% in two months against the 17% an even spread would give. An MOT falls due three years after first registration, so the buying calendar becomes the testing calendar. That shapes how many cars are tested each month — not how often they fail: the busiest months here are not the worst ones, so read the failure line on its own and the volume behind it separately.

Nissan Juke average mileage by age

At age 8, the middle half of Jukes runs from 40,936 miles to 69,883 miles, against 54,621 miles as the median.

further right = more milesmedian is the typical car; band is p25–p75

Bars: Nissan Juke · dashed: all class-4 cars — 2024 UK MOT data

Chart axes: car age, years · odometer scale 0–120k mi.

Does high mileage mean more Nissan Juke MOT failures at the same age?

Within the same age group, split by odometer (2024 MOTs), so this separates wear from age: at ages 6–9, 15.8% of those with under 40,000 miles failed first time versus 49.3% of those with over 140,000 miles.Inside this age group, higher mileage goes with more failures.

Does high mileage mean more Nissan Juke MOT failures at the same age? — 2024 UK MOT data
Nissan Juke: first-time failure by mileage within each age group (2024)
AgeOdometer% failing95% intervalTests
3–5<40k miles11.8%11.5–12%48,412
3–540-70k miles19.4%18.6–20.3%8,129
3–570-100k miles24.8%21.3–28.7%520
6–9<40k miles15.8%15.5–16.2%41,401
6–940-70k miles25.9%25.6–26.3%65,000
6–970-100k miles37%36.4–37.6%24,225
6–9100-140k miles43.8%42.4–45.2%4,867
6–9140k+ miles49.3%44.5–54.1%416 (rough estimate)
10–14<40k miles20.3%19.4–21.3%7,416
10–1440-70k miles36.8%36.3–37.3%36,362
10–1470-100k miles47.3%46.9–47.8%47,133
10–14100-140k miles52.2%51.6–52.8%25,801
10–14140k+ miles54.1%52.5–55.6%4,209

line: median · band: middle half of the fleet (p25–p75)

Mileage by age (p25 / median / p75)
Agep25Medianp75Tests
312,48718,62626,26920,275
415,97123,08431,73417,737
522,27031,39942,18919,091
626,40936,98349,63723,864
734,43146,37359,88637,270
840,93654,62169,88337,008
947,45362,27678,75437,906
1054,69570,96089,04536,528
1160,28277,92396,78534,556
1267,25385,385105,34726,246
1371,78190,801111,42419,046
1473,89693,540114,6914,677

A typical 8-year-old Juke has ~54,621 miles on the clock. Much more — ask why; much less — check for gaps in the MOT history.

Where in Britain the Nissan Juke fails its MOT most

Aberdeen area is highest at 35.8%; Enfield area is lowest at 18.9% — the gap is 16.9 percentage points.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Nissan Juke line: median · band: middle half of the fleet (p25–p75) — 2024 UK MOT data
Toughest areas% failingvs model overall
Aberdeen (AB)35.81%+9.5 pp
Kirkcaldy (KY)33.7%+7.4 pp
Dundee (DD)33.37%+7.1 pp
Paisley (PA)32.25%+6.0 pp
Llandrindod Wells (LD)32.08%+5.8 pp
Easiest areas% failingvs model overall
Enfield (EN)18.88%-7.4 pp
Twickenham (TW)19.3%-7.0 pp
Southend-on-Sea (SS)19.69%-6.6 pp
Slough (SL)19.77%-6.5 pp
Bromley (BR)20.3%-6.0 pp

Why do areas differ?

For each external factor we correlate the area fail rate with the factor across postcode areas that have ≥800 tests of this family, then compare the bottom vs top fifth (quintile) of the factor. Correlation, not causation — factors travel together (the north is colder and often poorer; urban areas are denser and less salted). Road surface condition is joined now, for the 91 English areas the DfT publishes, and it explains nothing: the correlation with suspension failures is −0.01 and with body and structure failures 0.07. Potholes wreck wheels and tyres between tests, but by the time a car reaches the bay the road it drives on leaves no measurable trace.

In areas with the highest mot centre density this model fails 6.0 pp more often than in the lowest fifth (r=0.60, n=115 areas with ≥800 tests).

In areas with the highest frost days this model fails 4.3 pp more often than in the lowest fifth (r=0.49, n=115 areas with ≥800 tests).

In areas with the highest road-salt proxy this model fails 5.2 pp more often than in the lowest fifth (r=0.49, n=115 areas with ≥800 tests).

Nissan Juke Why do areas differ? — 2024 UK MOT data
Values shown in the quintile chart
FactorLow QHigh QGapCorrelation
MOT centre density22.4%28.5%+6.1 ppr=0.60
Frost days24.7%29.0%+4.3 ppr=0.49
Road-salt proxy23.8%29.0%+5.2 ppr=0.49

Factors that only mean something combined

Some conditions are useless on their own and informative multiplied together. Frost days alone say little — Britain barely freezes. Salt tonnage alone says little — it tracks frost. Distance to the sea alone says little. Multiply the first two and divide by the third and you get an index of how hard an area attacks a car's underside, and it lines up with the corrosion defects we actually record. We built five such combinations and tested each against our own data. Three survived; two did not, and the failures are listed here on purpose — a proxy that was never checked is decoration. One survivor only survived on the second attempt: built from a crude stand-in for street parking it failed outright, and rebuilt from the census — terraced streets carrying more cars than they have driveways — it works, and carries information the salt index does not.

Composite area indicators, each tested against a defect rate we measure
CompositeBuilt fromTested againstrVerdict
Underbody corrosionfrost days × salt load ÷ (distance to coast + 1)share of tests with a corrosion defect+0.42holds (116 areas)
Tyre wearrain days × annual miles ÷ age at first tyre advisoryshare of tests failing on tyres+0.45holds (116 areas)
Overnight corrosionterraced housing × cars per household × frost daysshare with a corrosion defect+0.41holds (102 areas) — and adds signal beyond the first index
Deferred maintenancedeprivation × advisory-to-failure conversion ÷ labour ratecars repeating the same advisory−0.26fails (118 areas)
Powertrain stressengine capacity ÷ kerb weightsuspension, brake and emissions failures−0.16fails (22 models)

The deprivation result is the one worth dwelling on. The intuition that poorer areas defer repairs is strong enough that most people treat it as established. We tested it twice — once on raw failure rates (r = 0.04) and again, more fairly, on whether an advisory turns into a failure — and it did not hold any of the three times we tried it — on raw failure rates, on advisory-to-failure conversion, and again with deprivation measured properly inside each nation rather than England alone. We are closing it. What does predict local failure rates is the density of test centres, which is a statement about testing, not about cars.

All external-factor correlations (machine-readable)
Factorrn areasLow-Q fail %High-Q fail %Gap ppLow-Q factorHigh-Q factor
MOT centre density (per 10k vehicles)0.59811522.428.5+6.058.8
Frost days (days/year)0.49111524.729.0+4.311.838
Road-salt proxy (g/m²-yr)0.48811523.829.0+5.2223674.9
Urban share (0–1)-0.34711527.323.1-4.20.41
Income deprivation (score)0.2559724.526.9+2.30.10.2
Distance to coast (km)-0.22611528.326.0-2.46.478.7
Terrain gradient (% grade)0.2256826.828.5+1.70.54.2

Deprivation uses England IMD 2019 income score only (Scotland SIMD is a different scale). Salt proxy is a simplified NWSRG-style dry-salt sum from air Tmin; coastalness is distance from the area centroid to the nearest coastline.

Every dot is a postcode area — size = how many were tested there, colour = share failing. These figures are not age-adjusted: coastal and rural areas often run older fleets and salted roads, so higher raw fail rates do not automatically mean a worse local stock of this model.

Map labels: Scotland · N. England · Wales · London · S. West. Colour scale: 20%–32% failing.

Nissan Juke survival: which cars are still on the road

By age 14 is well below the reference at 2.4%, against 100.0% at the ages 4–6 reference level.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Nissan Juke survival: which cars are still on the road — 2024 UK MOT data

Chart axes: car age, years · survival vs ages 4–6 · scale 0–105%.

Survival vs fail rate by age
AgeTestsSurvival vs ages 4–6Fail %
3167,01986.9%11.04%
4174,04190.6%14.79%
5193,150100%16.96%
6209,240100%21.23%
7212,293100%26.12%
8194,465100%31.95%
9161,67284.1%36.62%
10123,18764.1%40.65%
1186,12044.8%43.54%
1250,74026.4%44.82%
1323,86312.4%46.21%
144,6782.4%46.67%

By age 14, only about 2% as many cars of this family present for MOT as at ages 4–6 (reference n≈192,143); survivors still fail at 46.7% vs 14.8% at age 4. Older cars that still appear are a selected subset — weaker ones have already left.

How many miles does a Nissan Juke last?

100,000+ miles is highest at 6.2%; 150,000+ miles is lowest at 0.4% — the gap is 5.8 percentage points.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

OdometerTests ≥ thresholdShare of sample
100,000+ miles98,4766.16%
150,000+ miles6,2950.39%

Of 1,597,878 tests of this family with a usable odometer in 2024, 6.2% had reached 100k miles, 0.4% had reached 150k miles. This is a cross-section of cars still presenting for MOT, not a full birth cohort.

How many years is a Nissan Juke likely to last?

Bought at age 5 is highest at 5.8 years; Bought at age 12 is lowest at 1.1 years — the gap is 4.7 years.

bigger number = longer remaining lifeyears on the observed survival curve

Age nowTypical mileage (p50)Expected years left
5—5.8
8—2.8
10—at least 1.8
12—at least 1.1

estimateEstimate only — not a warranty: a typical 10-year-old example of this family has at least 1.8 expected years of further MOT-present life. The curve is observed only until age 14, so the true figure is likely higher.

Nissan Juke faults that come together

Body & structure + Emissions & leaks stand out at 16.03×, against 1.00× if the faults were independent.

above 1.0× = more than expectedbelow 1.0× = less

Group AGroup BTogetherLift
Body, chassis, structureNoise, emissions and leaks8,11216.03×
Road WheelsSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems3307.53× (rough estimate)
Identification of the vehicleSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems1596.76× (rough estimate)
Identification of the vehicleRoad Wheels655.68× (rough estimate)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems3,3935.45×
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentRoad Wheels1,6445.43×
Identification of the vehicleLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment8605.29×
Noise, emissions and leaksSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems1,0454.95×
Noise, emissions and leaksRoad Wheels5074.94×
Identification of the vehicleNoise, emissions and leaks2624.75× (rough estimate)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNoise, emissions and leaks6,8114.67×
Body, chassis, structureIdentification of the vehicle2644.67× (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureRoad Wheels4904.66× (rough estimate)
BrakesNoise, emissions and leaks7,4514.63×
Body, chassis, structureSteering5,3954.62×
Body, chassis, structureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment6,7284.51×
SteeringSuspension27,4824.43×
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSteering14,8214.41×
Road WheelsSteering1,0274.33×
Body, chassis, structureSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems9354.33×
Noise, emissions and leaksSteering4,9164.31×
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSeat belt installation check294.19× (rough estimate)
BrakesIdentification of the vehicle7013.9×
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systemsSteering1,8853.87×
BrakesRoad Wheels1,2963.87×
Body, chassis, structureBrakes6,3503.85×
BrakesSteering14,2953.84×
Road WheelsTyres1,1353.83×
Identification of the vehicleTyres6043.8×
Noise, emissions and leaksSuspension9,9473.7×
Identification of the vehicleVisibility8803.67×
Body, chassis, structureSuspension10,0483.65×
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSuspension28,8183.64×
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systemsVisibility3,3353.64×
Road WheelsSuspension2,0233.63×
BrakesSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems2,4523.57×
BrakesSeat belt installation check273.53× (rough estimate)
BrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16,3373.44×
Noise, emissions and leaksTyres4,8853.43×
BrakesTyres15,9053.42×
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systemsTyres2,0843.42×
Identification of the vehicleSteering4323.39× (rough estimate)
Identification of the vehicleSuspension9993.33×
Seat belt installation checkVisibility343.33× (rough estimate)
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systemsSuspension3,7373.26×
BrakesSuspension28,4583.25×
Road WheelsVisibility1,4363.22×
Seat belt installation checkSuspension413.21× (rough estimate)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentTyres13,1973.14×
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentVisibility19,3993.06×
Noise, emissions and leaksVisibility6,5283.04×
SteeringTyres9,9813.03×
Body, chassis, structureTyres4,3172.95×
TyresVisibility17,5552.83×
SuspensionTyres21,3702.76×
BrakesVisibility18,8942.7×
Body, chassis, structureVisibility5,8232.64×
SteeringVisibility11,7702.37×
SuspensionVisibility26,8552.3×
Seat belt installation checkTyres19too few (rough estimate)
Noise, emissions and leaksSeat belt installation check16too few (rough estimate)
Seat belt installation checkSteering16too few (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureSeat belt installation check12too few (rough estimate)
Seat belt installation checkSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems7too few (rough estimate)

Defects in «Body, chassis, structure» and «Noise, emissions and leaks» appear together 16.03× more often than chance (8,112 co-occurrences in the same test; lift≥1.3, n≥500).

Lift = how many times more often both groups appear on the same test than if independent. A pair is listed from 5 tests with both faults; the lift is shown from 20, and called above chance only when its 95% interval excludes 1 (see rough estimates).

Is low mileage better for a Nissan Juke?

Cars driven under 5,000 miles a year is well below the reference at 18.2%, against 35.0% for cars driven 8,000–12,000 miles a year.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

BandFail %Tests
<5k miles/year18.21%249,704
8–12k miles/year34.97%393,885
Gap (low − normal)-16.76 pp—
By fuel and age

Diesel

AgeLow-use fail %nNormal fail %nGap pp
511.925,82320.223,924-8.28 pp
614.576,21926.8429,657-12.28 pp
717.416,11733.3232,915-15.91 pp
819.995,32241.0531,467-21.06 pp
925.173,92246.325,668-21.14 pp
1028.12,78350.4119,395-22.31 pp
1133.011,63052.5512,235-19.54 pp
1234.7686353.276,694-18.51 pp
1341.5432552.822,412-11.28 pp
1423.44753.61263-30.21 pp

Petrol

AgeLow-use fail %nNormal fail %nGap pp
512.2540,54319.6131,459-7.36 pp
613.5339,46925.1533,290-11.62 pp
715.3135,97731.7633,891-16.45 pp
818.0830,69238.3231,617-20.24 pp
921.1124,95942.5327,279-21.42 pp
1024.5418,76246.9521,070-22.41 pp
1128.0513,37049.6715,676-21.63 pp
1230.047,94451.119,366-21.08 pp
1332.664,00251.184,656-18.52 pp
1433.0192753.69948-20.68 pp

At matched ages 5–14, cars averaging under 5k miles/year fail at 18.2% vs 35.0% for 8–12k miles/year — 16.8 pp lower (n_low=249,704, n_normal=393,885). In this family low annual use is associated with fewer MOT fails, not more — the ‘garage queen’ penalty is not visible in overall fail rates. Diesel alone: 19.4% low-use vs 35.5% normal (-16.1 pp).

Which Nissan Juke engine is best?

diesel 1.2–1.5 is highest at 114.7; petrol under 1.0 is lowest at 86.6 — the gap is 28.1 points.

below 100 is betterabove 100 is worse100 = normal for this model at that age

Engine bands against this model's own failure rate at the same ages
FuelCapacityvs own age normRaw fail %Tests
petrolunder 1.0 litre86.610.64%63,713
petrol1.0–1.2 litre86.918.54%304,530
petrol1.5–1.8 litre95.227.48%740,084
petrol1.2–1.5 litre101.138.16%1,520 (rough estimate)
diesel1.5–1.8 litre112.537.97%3,677 (rough estimate)
diesel1.2–1.5 litre114.731.12%493,489

Splitting this model by fuel alone hides the thing that actually differs. Within the same badge, the diesel 1.2–1.5 runs at 114.7 against this model's own age norm while the petrol under 1.0 runs at 86.6 — a spread of 28.1 points between two cars that share a name.

Read this one with more care than the rest of the page. Age is held constant, but who buys which engine is not: the largest capacity in a range is often a performance or executive variant that is garaged, cherished and lightly driven, while the smallest is frequently a fleet or entry car worked hard from new. The gap below is real in the test records; how much of it is the engine and how much is the owner, this data cannot separate. Bands under 100 tests are not shown; bands under 5,000 tests are rough estimates.

Best year for a Nissan Juke, and the years to avoid

Build year 2013 is highest at 113.7; Build year 2017 is lowest at 92.4 — the gap is 21.3 points.

below 100 is betterabove 100 is worse100 = normal for this model at that age

build year vs the same model at the same age · 100 = as expected

Nissan Juke build year vs the same model at the same age · 100 = as expected — 2024 UK MOT data
Nissan Juke by build year, tests 2019–2024. Below 100 is better than the model's own age norm.
Every build year with its confidence interval
Build yearvs own age norm95% CIRaw fail %TestsVerdict
202093.891–96.711.73%35,757better
2019109.4107.1–111.715.06%58,321worse
201898.296.6–99.715.26%96,466better
201792.491.4–93.416.02%195,976better
201694.793.8–95.619.01%223,342better
201596.195.3–96.923.38%229,183better
2014101100.2–101.828.87%221,480worse
2013113.7112.9–114.537.53%210,248worse
2012102.5101.6–103.337.86%161,429worse
2011100.899.9–101.740.69%118,829no different
201098.696.9–100.442.32%29,156no different

The best build year here is 2017 and the weakest is 2013. Comparing build years sounds simple and is not: within a single year of testing, a car's build year and its age are the same number, so a naive comparison of years is a comparison of ages wearing a disguise. Each year below is measured against the same model at the same age in other cohorts, across six years of testing — 9 of 11 years come out distinguishable from their own model's age norm.

Two limits worth knowing before you act on this. Age, test year and build year are locked together by arithmetic, so the test-year effect is taken from the observed national failure level of each year rather than estimated — it is an adjustment, not a solution.

Nissan Juke MOT repair costs

The MOT-failure repair budget per test runs from £51.80 to £98.42, against £54.85 for the test itself.

bigger number = costs morepounds per test, MOT-failing faults only

MOT repairs, budget
£52–98
per test, repairs only
The test itself
£54.85
statutory cap, unchanged since 2010
How the figure is built: chance of failing × typical price of that repair
ComponentFails per 100 testsTypical repairIts priceContribution
Suspension12.6 (nat. 15.36)Suspension coil spring (single corner)£180£22.68
Brakes8.8 (nat. 11.25)Front brake pads (parts + labour, typical hatchback)£150£13.20
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment7.0 (nat. 18.09)Battery replacement (standard 12V lead-acid)£140£9.80
Tyres6.8 (nat. 8.7)Tyre (single mid-range 16" fitted)£90£6.12

Multiply how often each component fails on this model by what that repair usually costs, and you get the amount an owner should expect to budget per test for MOT-failing faults only — roughly £52 to £98, on top of the test fee itself. It is a budgeting figure, not a quote: the spread between a set of pads and a set of discs is most of the range.

Prices are modal quotes from a hand-kept catalogue of published UK garage guides — we do not scrape the booking sites, their terms forbid it, so this list is short and updated by hand with a source and date against each line. Each line prices one typical repair in that group, not a full remedy, and only groups our catalogue actually covers are counted. The contrast worth noticing is the second card: the legal maximum for the test has been £54.85 since 2010, while the repairs it uncovers have followed inflation the whole time.

For scale from a different direction: Warrantywise, which sees used-car warranty claims rather than test failures, puts the average claim at £2,052 across the ten highest-claim models it ranks and £539 for Honda, the lowest-claim make in its index (Warrantywise index 2026, 1.6 million claims, cars aged 3–15). Those sit an order of magnitude above the figures in this table, and the gap is the point: a warranty claim is a gearbox or an engine, which almost never fails an MOT, while the faults that do fail one are corrosion, lamps and tyres, which no warranty pays for. The two numbers answer different questions and neither replaces the other.

Nissan Juke running costs for a fleet

Vehicles failing at age 10 stand out at 40.0%, against 16.0% at age 5, tested in the same year.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Fails per 100 at age 5
16
vehicles needing work
At age 10
40
other cars of this model tested at age 10 in 2024
Repairs per 100
£5,180
plus £5,485 in test fees
Off the road
0d
median; 50.29% cleared same day
Failure rate and typical odometer by age
AgeFailsMedian odometerTestsGap vs age 5
39.34%18,62620,275-6.6 pp
413.91%23,08417,737-2.1 pp
515.98%31,39919,091+0.0 pp
616.85%36,98323,864+0.9 pp
720.58%46,37337,270+4.6 pp
827.59%54,62137,008+11.6 pp
933.91%62,27637,906+17.9 pp
1039.76%70,96036,528+23.8 pp
1144.97%77,92334,556+29.0 pp
1245.61%85,38526,246+29.6 pp
1346.25%90,80119,046+30.3 pp
1446.65%93,5404,677+30.7 pp

The number a fleet manager needs is not the failure rate, it is the year the car starts costing more. Between cars aged 7 and cars aged 8, both tested in 2024, the failure rate of this model is 7.01 percentage points higher — the steepest one-year step in this cross-section of different cars, and a natural planning point for replacement.

Repair spend uses the same modal prices as the section above, so it inherits the same limits: one typical repair per component group, not a full remedy. Downtime is the gap between the failed test and the passed re-test, which is the window a vehicle is legally off the road.

Nissan Juke rust problems: where they corrode

Age-standardised corrosion susceptibility stands out at 1.94×, against 1.00× for the national age-standardised rate.

above 1.0× = rusts more than averagebelow 1.0× = rusts less

How it rusts
1.94×
1.49% of tests record a corrosion defect vs 0.77% typical — age-standardised
Salt Belt exposure
54th
percentile among the models published here, from its tests across 115 postcode areas

This Nissan Juke fails on corrosion far more often than average once age is held constant, and its owners live in areas that are about typical for the models we publish.

Corrosion is the one failure mode that is as much about geography as about the car. We keep the two apart on purpose: a model can look rusty simply because it is popular in Scotland, and a model can look clean simply because it is bought in Surrey. Blending them into a single score would hide which of the two is doing the work.

Exposure is this model's tests weighted by an area corrosion index built from frost days, salt load and distance to the coast — the composite validated at r = 0.42 against corrosion defects we actually record. It is published as a rank, not a raw score, because every mainstream model skews towards low-corrosion areas for the simple reason that most of Britain's cars are in the south. Susceptibility is standardised to the national age profile, so an old fleet does not get labelled a rusty model.

Does a Nissan Juke advisory become a failure?

Suspension is highest at 25.0%; Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems are lowest at 2.4% — the gap is 22.7 percentage points.

higher = more likelypercentage is the observed transition probability

chance the same component fails at the next MOT, given an advisory now

Nissan Juke chance the same component fails at the next MOT, given an advisory now — 2024 UK MOT data
Nissan Juke, advisory → failure conversion by component group, chained tests 2019–2024. Chart labels and rates: Suspension 25% · Steering 24.4% · Lamps & electrical 23.7% · Visibility 12.4% · Brakes 11.8% · Body & chassis 9.2% · Tyres 7.8% · Noise, emissions, leaks 4.3%.
Advisory today → failure at the next test, with how long you have
ComponentFails next timeTypical lead timeMiles of warningAdvisories tracked
Suspension25.0%12 months6,546125,391
Steering24.4%12 months6,46036,749
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment23.7%12 months7,7123,617
Visibility12.4%12 months6,7351,834
Brakes11.8%12 months6,243261,328
Body, chassis, structure9.2%12 months6,14814,576
Tyres7.8%12 months6,647311,233
Noise, emissions and leaks4.3%12 months6,86137,707
Identification of the vehicle3.0%12 months7,01315,814
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems2.4%12 months6,57113,403

This is the question an advisory note actually raises, and it needs six years of test history to answer. We followed the same vehicles from one MOT to the next across 2019–2024 and measured how often a component that was merely advised came back as a genuine failure at the next test.

Read it as a budgeting horizon, not a prophecy: the most likely component above turns into a failure for about 25 in 100 cars, and the median gap is 12 months and roughly 6,546 miles. The rest were repaired, sold, scrapped, or simply held. Rows with fewer than 500 tracked advisories are not shown.

What will fail next on a Nissan Juke?

Suspension after a failure at age 12-14 is highest at 25.9%; Brakes after a passed at age <3 are lowest at 1.9% — the gap is 24.0 percentage points.

higher = more likelypercentage is the observed transition probability

Probability of each component failing at the next test, by age and last result
AgeLast testMost likely next failuresCars tracked
<3passedVisibility 6.4% · Tyres 2.6% · Brakes 1.9%77,910
<3advisoryVisibility 8.4% · Tyres 3.7% · Brakes 3.3%22,186
<3failureVisibility 7.8% · Tyres 3.9% · Brakes 2.9%11,260
3-5passedVisibility 6.2% · Tyres 3.4% · Brakes 2.9%265,889
3-5advisoryVisibility 8.6% · Tyres 5.3% · Brakes 5.2%134,025
3-5failureVisibility 8.8% · Tyres 6.2% · Suspension 6.0%79,908
6-8passedSuspension 11.3% · Visibility 6.6% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 4.8%182,882
6-8advisorySuspension 16.4% · Visibility 9.4% · Brakes 7.9%153,498
6-8failureSuspension 18.9% · Visibility 10.6% · Brakes 10.3%142,104
9-11passedSuspension 16.9% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 9.2% · Steering 8.8%55,549
9-11advisorySuspension 22.9% · Steering 13.1% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 12.7%67,079
9-11failureSuspension 24.9% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 16.8% · Steering 15.5%86,160
12-14passedSuspension 18.5% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 11.3% · Steering 10.4%3,464
12-14advisorySuspension 25.8% · Steering 15.6% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 14.4%4,897
12-14failureSuspension 25.9% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 19.5% · Steering 16.2%7,476

The same chains, cut differently: given a car's age and how its last test went, which component most often causes trouble at the following one.

The pattern that repeats across every family: a failure at one test roughly doubles the chance of a failure on the same component at the next one, and an advisory sits about half-way between a clean pass and a failure. Age bands in years; probabilities are per car, not per defect item.

Nissan Juke ownership: what six years of MOTs show

The same-day re-test pass rate is highest at 50.3%; The later re-test pass rate is lowest at 1.8% — the gap is 48.5 percentage points.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Fixed same day
50.29%
of failures re-tested
Fails /10k miles
0.441
miles actually driven
Clean streaks
37.97%
3+ tests, nothing noted
Odometer anomaly
1.271%
reading went backwards

Failing is usually a same-week event, not a disaster. Of 319,711 failures followed through to their re-test, 50.29% were repaired and passed the same day and 47.89% within ten days; the median gap is 0 days. 715,335 defect items were cleared in the process.

Per mile driven, not per year. Dividing failures by the miles that actually went onto the odometers between consecutive tests gives 0.441 failures per 10,000 miles, on a median of 5,632 miles a year across 299,077 chains. This is the number to compare between models — an annual rate quietly rewards cars that barely leave the drive.

Two populations hide inside one model. 37.97% of these cars strung together three or more tests with nothing recorded at all, while 30.72% carried the same advisory three times or more — the same fault, noted, ignored, noted again. When you buy used you are buying one of those two histories, and the MOT record shows which.

Odometer anomalies: 1.271% of 299,126 chains show a reading lower than the previous test, with a median drop of 9,696 miles. We call this an anomaly and not fraud on purpose — instrument swaps, imports, unit mix-ups and keying errors all land in the same bucket. Obvious typos (drops under 100 miles or over 90% of the reading) are already excluded.

Nissan Juke safety recalls and how to check yours

DVSA recall campaigns stand out at 15.

bigger number = more recorded casescompare like-for-like scope, not sample size alone

recall campaigns launched per year

Nissan Juke recall campaigns launched per year — 2024 UK MOT data
Campaigns launched per year for the Nissan Juke. Source: DVSA vehicle safety recalls. Chart values: 2011: 0 · 2012: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2014: 0 · 2015: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2017: 0 · 2018: 1 · 2019: 0 · 2020: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2022: 0 · 2023: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2025: 1.
Most recent safety recall campaigns for the Nissan Juke
ReferenceLaunchedVehiclesConcern
R/2025/11807/04/20254,342Juke (F16) Front Seat Belt
R/2024/23417/06/20242Juke (F16) Qashqai (J12) and Leaf (ZE1) VIN Scan
R/2024/17925/04/20248Juke (F16) Right Hand Rear Door
R/2023/09619/04/20233,157A potential concern affecting the HEVC (Hybrid Electric Vehicle Control) module software h
R/2021/34521/10/202113,569THE REAR SEAT BACK MAY NOT BE SECURELY LATCHED WHEN RETURNED TO THE UPRIGHT POSITION AFTER
All 15 campaigns
ReferenceLaunchedBuild datesVehiclesConcern
R/2025/11807/04/202502/04/2024 – 06/09/20244,342Juke (F16) Front Seat Belt
R/2024/23417/06/202414/10/2019 – 01/06/20232Juke (F16) Qashqai (J12) and Leaf (ZE1) VIN Scan
R/2024/17925/04/202414/11/2023 – 20/11/20238Juke (F16) Right Hand Rear Door
R/2023/09619/04/202316/06/2022 – 14/12/20223,157A potential concern affecting the HEVC (Hybrid Electric Vehicle Control) module software h
R/2021/34521/10/202118/09/2019 – 28/08/202013,569THE REAR SEAT BACK MAY NOT BE SECURELY LATCHED WHEN RETURNED TO THE UPRIGHT POSITION AFTER
R/2021/07430/03/202104/04/2019 – 30/05/20197,095THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG MAY TEAR DURING INFLATION
R/2020/22014/08/202028/09/2015 – 03/03/2018299,631POSSIBLE REDUCED RETENTION FORCE OF THE REAR DOOR CHILD LOCK SWITCH
R/2018/23305/09/201803/04/2017 – 13/06/20171,046INTERNAL IGNITION SWITCH SPRING MAY HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED WITH A SURFACE DEFECT
R/2016/15725/07/201605/06/2014 – 25/05/20167,393REAR OXYGEN SENSOR MAY FAIL
R/2015/13304/08/201526/06/2013 – 01/05/201410,248ENGINE PUSH START SWITCH MAY MALFUNCTION
R/2014/16730/03/201525/01/2012 – 06/05/20143,489FUEL MAY LEAK
R/2013/01925/02/201307/06/2012 – 04/07/20122,498AIRBAG MAY RELEASE HIGH TEMPERATURE GASES
R/2012/02403/04/201208/03/2010 – 30/01/20124,690FUEL MAY LEAK
R/2011/16623/01/201208/03/2010 – 14/11/20112,741ENGINE MAY STALL
R/2010/22616/12/201008/11/2010 – 09/11/201069BRAKES MAY NOT PERFORM CORRECTLY

DVSA lists 15 safety recall campaigns for the Nissan Juke, covering roughly 359,978 vehicles in total. A recall is the manufacturer fixing a fault for free, so an open recall on your car costs nothing to clear.

Counter-intuitive, and measured on our own data: across the 25 families published here, more recalls go with a lower MOT Risk Index (r = −0.52). Heavily recalled models are not worse cars in the test bay — an active manufacturer removes the fault before it becomes an MOT failure.

Check whether a specific car has an outstanding recall — free, by registration — at DVSA's recall service. Source: DVSA vehicle safety recalls (check-vehicle-recalls.service.gov.uk), OGL.

Nissan Juke technical service bulletins: what dealers are told

US market, Nissan JUKE, model years 2015–2017 only. A count of bulletins, not a UK failure rate.

NHTSA manufacturer communications are 149.

bigger number = more recorded dealer communicationsnot affected vehicles or confirmed faults

These are the issues the manufacturer fixes quietly: service communications sent to dealers without a public recall campaign. They show what the service network has been told even when the issue never became news.

United States · NHTSA manufacturer communications

US technical service bulletins by communication year; leading subjects cover the full file
Communication yearBulletinsLeading subjects across all years
20143
  • Electrical system (53)
  • Equipment (48)
  • Powertrain (29)
  • Engine and cooling (19)
  • Wheels (9)
  • Petrol fuel system (8)
  • Engine (7)
  • Adaptive and mobility equipment (7)
201516
201629
201710
201814
201912
20207
202118
20227
202321
202410
20262

Caveat worth stating plainly: this is NHTSA data about US-specification cars. British cars sold under the same name often use different gearboxes, engines and equipment, so a bulletin may describe a component that was never fitted here. The file counts dealer communications, not affected vehicles or confirmed failures, and it cannot tell you whether an individual UK car has the issue. A communication can carry more than one subject tag, so topic counts do not have to add up to the total. Source: NHTSA Manufacturer Communications API (US-market vehicles; queried model years 2015-2022). Licence: U.S. Government work / public domain · retrieved 2026-09-25.

Nissan Juke owner complaints: what goes wrong

US market, Nissan JUKE, model years 2015–2017 only. A count of owner complaints, not a UK failure rate; NHTSA has no UK denominator.

Engine (not MOT-tested) is highest at 30; Restraints are lowest at 7 — the gap is 23.

bigger number = more recorded casescompare like-for-like scope, not sample size alone

Owner complaints (US) against actual MOT failures (UK) for the same component groups
ComponentComplaintsShareMOT fail items per 100MOT rankAgreement
Engine (not MOT-tested)3039.5%not in top 6—complained about, rarely an MOT failure
Transmission (not MOT-tested)1823.7%not in top 6—complained about, rarely an MOT failure
Lamps & electrical1418.4%7.0#4complained about, fails occasionally
Brakes810.5%8.8#3complained about and fails often
Restraints79.2%not in top 6—complained about, rarely an MOT failure
Tyres79.2%6.8#5complained about, fails occasionally

Two different populations answering two different questions: the MOT records what an inspector can measure once a year, the complaint file records what annoyed or frightened an owner on the road. A component high in one column and absent from the other is the interesting case — driver-assistance and electronics dominate complaints while almost never appearing as an MOT failure item.

What the reports actually say
My sunroof spontaneously shattered while driving 25 mph and no other cars around me. This seems to be a regular problem known to Nissan but Nissan will take no responsibility for THEIR defective product. $2000 for Nissan to replace.
NHTSA complaint, filed 01/03/2023
CVT TRANSMISSION GETS STUCK. HAPPENS MOSTLY IN TRAFFIC. RPMS GET STUCK AT 5000, CAR DOES NOT WANNA DRIVE. ENGINE HAS TO BE SHUT OFF AND THEN TURNED BACK ON.
NHTSA complaint, filed 08/29/2020 · POWER TRAIN

US owners have filed 76 complaints about the equivalent Nissan Juke to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, including 8 that mention a crash, 3 a fire and 2 an injury. These are owner reports, not verified findings — but they are the only large public record of what drivers themselves notice, and they cover the years between MOT tests.

Caveat worth stating plainly: US-specification cars, self-selected reporters, no denominator — complaint counts scale with how many cars were sold there and how motivated owners are to file. The mechanical gap matters as much as the statistical one: American cars of the same name often carry different gearboxes, engines and equipment — automatics where Britain buys manuals — so a drivetrain complaint filed in Ohio may describe a part that was never fitted here. Read the ranking inside a model, not between models, and treat drivetrain entries with particular caution. Source: NHTSA ODI consumer complaints (US market, public domain) — US-spec vehicles, indicative only.

Nissan Juke inspection results in other countries

Finland Katsastus stands out at 34.9%, against 26.3% nationally.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Same model, different national inspection regimes
CountryTestThis model failsNational averagePositionSample
United KingdomMOT (class 4)30.23%26.01%+4.2 pp315,198
NetherlandsAPK47.9%50.8%-2.9 pp13,661
FinlandKatsastus34.9%26.3%+8.6 pp3,569
NorwayPKK38%33.7%+4.3 pp1,660

The countries disagree about this car, and that is worth saying out loud rather than averaging away. A model can sit above its national average in one country and below it in another because the fleets are not the same cars: different model years, different engines, different roads and salt, and inspection rules that weight components differently. Treat each row as evidence from one regime, not as a verdict.

The exact faults Netherlands records — APK defect codes, 2024
CodeFaultRecordedType
210Tyre pressure not at the correct value2,365failure
205Tyre with insufficient tread1,267failure
186Ball joint with excessive play1,180failure
391Wipers leave insufficient visibility965failure
516Dipped headlight incorrectly aimed892failure
AC1Tyre down to 1.6–2.5 mm of tread749advisory
AC4Steering or suspension ball joint worn up to 1.0 mm749advisory
497Number-plate light not working or missing700failure

Worth dwelling on how mundane the top of that list is: tyre pressure, tread depth, headlight aim. The Dutch APK records 1.056 defects per inspection against a much higher national failure rate than Britain's, and the reason is not that Dutch cars are worse — it is that the two regimes draw the line between "note it" and "fail it" in different places. Codes are the RDW's own; the English wording here is our translation of the Dutch original.

Britain is not the only country that inspects every car every year, and the Nissan Juke is on the road in all of them. Each national regime writes its own rules, so the pass rates below are not comparable to each other — what does travel across a border is whether a model sits above or below its own country's average.

Rows with fewer than 500 inspections are not published. Sources: RDW open data — Meldingen Keuringsinstantie + Geconstateerde Gebreken + Gekentekende voertuigen (2024), CC0. Not an RDW endorsement.; Traficom — Periodic inspections of cars by model / by model and fault object 2024, CC BY 4.0; Statens vegvesen — Periodisk kjøretøykontroll (PKK) 2024, CC BY 4.0. Adapted; licences and full notice.

Nissan Juke MOT: quick answers

Nissan Juke MOT Risk Index stands out at 120.3, against 100 for a car with the same age profile.

below 100 is betterabove 100 is worse100 = normal for this model at that age

What is the Nissan Juke first-time MOT pass rate?
69.77% of first attempts passed in 2024 (315,198 tests). This is the first-time figure: retests after repair are excluded. Basis: first-time, excluding retests.
Why does this number differ from other sites?
Other sites often report a pass rate that includes retests or counts all attempts. Our 30.23% figure is the first-time initial failure rate, using 315,198 primary tests as the denominator (first-time, excluding retests). The age-adjusted MOT initial-failure ratio 120.3 is shown separately because raw rates compare fleet age as well as cars.

Compare the Nissan Juke with other cars

Seat Ibiza is highest at 120.6; Vauxhall Corsa is lowest at 118.7 — the gap is 1.9 points.

below 100 is betterabove 100 is worse100 = normal for this model at that age

Same brand

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Similar risk

Seat Ibiza (index 120.6)Peugeot 208 (index 119.5)Vauxhall Corsa (index 118.7)

Same size class

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By build year

Nissan Juke 2010Nissan Juke 2011Nissan Juke 2012Nissan Juke 2013Nissan Juke 2014Nissan Juke 2015Nissan Juke 2016Nissan Juke 2017Nissan Juke 2018Nissan Juke 2019Nissan Juke 2020

By area

Nissan Juke MOT failure rate by postcode area

By failure group

Nissan Juke body, chassis and structure failuresNissan Juke brakes failuresNissan Juke vehicle identification failuresNissan Juke lamps, reflectors and electrics failuresNissan Juke noise, emissions and leaks failuresNissan Juke road wheels failuresNissan Juke seat belts and airbags failuresNissan Juke steering failuresNissan Juke suspension failuresNissan Juke tyres failuresNissan Juke visibility failures

Inspections abroad

Nissan Juke in NorwayNissan Juke in FinlandNissan Juke in the Netherlands


Data details & how to cite

Scope: class-4 vehicles (cars), initial tests only, outcomes pass / fail / fixed-on-the-spot at the station (PRS counts towards the failure rate — the defect was present at arrival). Index = observed initial failures ÷ failures expected for this fleet's exact age profile, ×100; margin of error is a 95% confidence interval. Covers ALL generations together — a 3-year-old and a 15-year-old are very different cars; a generation split is on the roadmap. Dataset release dataset_release_id=dvsa-2024-v2, frozen baseline; headline claim_id=family-stats:nissan-juke:dvsa-2024-v2. Full method: methodology.

Cite: MOT Risk Index (2026). Nissan Juke MOT statistics 2024 (data release dvsa-2024-v2; downloadable dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, doi:10.5281/zenodo.22975051). https://motriskindex.co.uk/cars/nissan-juke/ · Published 2026-07-30.