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.
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
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.
| Group | This family | Cases behind it | UK, same ages | Family / national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 12.6 | 202,293 | 8.1 | 1.56×1.55–1.56 |
| Visibility | 9.6 | 154,031 | 6.1 | 1.57×1.56–1.58 |
| Brakes | 8.8 | 142,092 | 6.9 | 1.28×1.28–1.29 |
| Lamps & electrical | 7.0 | 112,454 | 9.1 | 0.77×0.77–0.78 |
| Tyres | 6.8 | 109,425 | 8.1 | 0.84×0.83–0.84 |
| Steering | 4.9 | 78,744 | 1.5 | 3.22×3.20–3.25 |
| What failed | per 100 tests (this family) | per 100 tests (UK average) | ratio family / UK | What to check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worn suspension bush or jointA suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn | 9.16 | 4.87 | 1.88× | 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 play | 3.83 | 1.22 | 3.13× | 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 windscreen | 3.59 | 2.22 | 1.61× | 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 defective | 2.61 | 1.26 | 2.07× | 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 1.5mm | 3.36 | 2.15 | 1.56× | 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 corroded | 1.47 | 1.41 | 1.05× | 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 requirements | 3.53 | 3.59 | 0.98× | 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 windscreen | 1.50 | 1.62 | 0.93× | 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 damaged | 1.75 | 2.54 | 0.69× | 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 sources | 1.83 | 2.83 | 0.65× | 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
Advisory rates table
| Group | Advisories per 100 |
|---|---|
| Tyres | 41 |
| Brakes | 34.7 |
| Suspension | 16 |
| Non-component advisories | 9.7 |
| Steering | 3.6 |
| Emissions & leaks | 3.3 |
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
| Age | Part | Nissan Juke | Same age, petrol and diesel | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 years | Tyres | 2.9 | 4.17 | -1.27 |
| 3 years | Brakes | 1.78 | 1.77 | 0.01 |
| 3 years | Suspension | 0.47 | 0.63 | -0.16 |
| 4 years | Tyres | 3.38 | 4.54 | -1.16 |
| 4 years | Brakes | 2.73 | 2.43 | 0.30 |
| 4 years | Suspension | 0.8 | 1.21 | -0.41 |
| 5 years | Tyres | 4.07 | 5.06 | -0.99 |
| 5 years | Brakes | 3.65 | 3.09 | 0.56 |
| 5 years | Suspension | 1.66 | 2.19 | -0.53 |
| 6 years | Tyres | 4.68 | 5.54 | -0.86 |
| 6 years | Brakes | 4.41 | 3.81 | 0.60 |
| 6 years | Suspension | 4.85 | 3.72 | 1.13 |
| 7 years | Tyres | 5.23 | 5.95 | -0.72 |
| 7 years | Brakes | 5.56 | 4.55 | 1.01 |
| 7 years | Suspension | 9.01 | 5.68 | 3.33 |
| 8 years | Tyres | 5.75 | 6.31 | -0.56 |
| 8 years | Brakes | 6.9 | 5.38 | 1.52 |
| 8 years | Suspension | 13.97 | 7.78 | 6.19 |
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 test | Fails next year | Vehicles followed |
|---|---|---|
| It failed | 31.7% | 80,552 |
| It passed | 24.3% | 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 for | Index | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Age only | 112.7 | fails more often than expected |
| Age and annual mileage | 116.9 | fails more often than vehicles driven as much |
| Share doing under 3,000 miles a year | 5.1% | 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.
| Age | Nissan Juke | Same class, same age | Difference | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 years | 11.04% | 11.31% | -0.27 pp | 167,019 |
| 4 years | 14.79% | 14.22% | +0.56 pp | 174,041 |
| 5 years | 16.96% | 17.43% | -0.47 pp | 193,150 |
| 6 years | 21.23% | 20.74% | +0.5 pp | 209,240 |
| 7 years | 26.12% | 24.26% | +1.86 pp | 212,293 |
| 8 years | 31.95% | 28.03% | +3.92 pp | 194,465 |
| 9 years | 36.62% | 31.91% | +4.72 pp | 161,672 |
| 10 years | 40.65% | 35.49% | +5.17 pp | 123,187 |
| 11 years | 43.54% | 38.58% | +4.96 pp | 86,120 |
| 12 years | 44.82% | 41.21% | +3.61 pp | 50,740 |
| 13 years | 46.21% | 43.27% | +2.94 pp | 23,863 |
| 14 years | 46.67% | 45.03% | +1.63 pp | 4,678 |
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
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
| Age | Nissan Juke | All vehicles | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 9.3% | 12.4% | -3.1 pp |
| 4 | 13.9% | 13.1% | +0.8 pp |
| 5 | 16.0% | 15.1% | +0.8 pp |
| 6 | 16.9% | 17.5% | -0.6 pp |
| 7 | 20.6% | 20.2% | +0.4 pp |
| 8 | 27.6% | 23.3% | +4.3 pp |
| 9 | 33.9% | 26.5% | +7.4 pp |
| 10 | 39.8% | 30.1% | +9.7 pp |
| 11 | 45.0% | 33.2% | +11.8 pp |
| 12 | 45.6% | 35.7% | +9.9 pp |
| 13 | 46.3% | 38.2% | +8.1 pp |
| 14 | 46.7% | 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
| Vehicle age at test | Likely ULEZ-compliant share | Tests |
|---|---|---|
| Under 3 years | 100.0% Check a registration with TfL | n = 899 |
| 3–5 years | 100.0% Check a registration with TfL | n = 57,103 |
| 6–7 years | 100.0% Check a registration with TfL | n = 61,134 |
| 8 years | 100.0% Check a registration with TfL | n = 37,008 |
| 9 years | 77.4% Check a registration with TfL | n = 37,906 |
| 10–14 years | 66.6% Check a registration with TfL | n = 121,050 |
| 15–17 years | Suppressed — sample below publication threshold Check a registration with TfL | n = 0 |
| 18 years | Suppressed — sample below publication threshold Check a registration with TfL | n = 0 |
| 19 years | Suppressed — sample below publication threshold Check a registration with TfL | n = 0 |
| 20+ years | Suppressed — 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
Fuel split table
| Fuel | Tests | % failing | Gap vs best |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol | 231,156 | 26.9% | +0.0 pp |
| Diesel | 84,011 | 39.5% | +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
Severity table
| Severity | This family /100 | National /100 | Family / national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minor | 8.93 | 14.22 | 0.63× |
| Major | 36.33 | 52.75 | 0.69× |
| Dangerous | 10.20 | 11.15 | 0.91× |
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
Chart scale: 23%–33%.
bars: Nissan Juke · dashed: all class-4 cars
Month-by-month table
| Month | Nissan Juke | All vehicles | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.82% | 31.12% | -4.3 pp |
| Feb | 26.18% | 29.99% | -3.8 pp |
| Mar | 24.62% | 28.26% | -3.6 pp |
| Apr | 26.68% | 29.78% | -3.1 pp |
| May | 25.34% | 28.79% | -3.4 pp |
| Jun | 24.86% | 28.15% | -3.3 pp |
| Jul | 26.2% | 29.33% | -3.1 pp |
| Aug | 26.53% | 29.2% | -2.7 pp |
| Sep | 25.12% | 28.19% | -3.1 pp |
| Oct | 27.54% | 30.34% | -2.8 pp |
| Nov | 28.39% | 30.58% | -2.2 pp |
| Dec | 26.97% | 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
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.
| Age | Odometer | % failing | 95% interval | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3–5 | <40k miles | 11.8% | 11.5–12% | 48,412 |
| 3–5 | 40-70k miles | 19.4% | 18.6–20.3% | 8,129 |
| 3–5 | 70-100k miles | 24.8% | 21.3–28.7% | 520 |
| 6–9 | <40k miles | 15.8% | 15.5–16.2% | 41,401 |
| 6–9 | 40-70k miles | 25.9% | 25.6–26.3% | 65,000 |
| 6–9 | 70-100k miles | 37% | 36.4–37.6% | 24,225 |
| 6–9 | 100-140k miles | 43.8% | 42.4–45.2% | 4,867 |
| 6–9 | 140k+ miles | 49.3% | 44.5–54.1% | 416 (rough estimate) |
| 10–14 | <40k miles | 20.3% | 19.4–21.3% | 7,416 |
| 10–14 | 40-70k miles | 36.8% | 36.3–37.3% | 36,362 |
| 10–14 | 70-100k miles | 47.3% | 46.9–47.8% | 47,133 |
| 10–14 | 100-140k miles | 52.2% | 51.6–52.8% | 25,801 |
| 10–14 | 140k+ miles | 54.1% | 52.5–55.6% | 4,209 |
line: median · band: middle half of the fleet (p25–p75)
Mileage by age (p25 / median / p75)
| Age | p25 | Median | p75 | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 12,487 | 18,626 | 26,269 | 20,275 |
| 4 | 15,971 | 23,084 | 31,734 | 17,737 |
| 5 | 22,270 | 31,399 | 42,189 | 19,091 |
| 6 | 26,409 | 36,983 | 49,637 | 23,864 |
| 7 | 34,431 | 46,373 | 59,886 | 37,270 |
| 8 | 40,936 | 54,621 | 69,883 | 37,008 |
| 9 | 47,453 | 62,276 | 78,754 | 37,906 |
| 10 | 54,695 | 70,960 | 89,045 | 36,528 |
| 11 | 60,282 | 77,923 | 96,785 | 34,556 |
| 12 | 67,253 | 85,385 | 105,347 | 26,246 |
| 13 | 71,781 | 90,801 | 111,424 | 19,046 |
| 14 | 73,896 | 93,540 | 114,691 | 4,677 |
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
| Toughest areas | % failing | vs 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 | % failing | vs 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).
| Factor | Low Q | High Q | Gap | Correlation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOT centre density | 22.4% | 28.5% | +6.1 pp | r=0.60 |
| Frost days | 24.7% | 29.0% | +4.3 pp | r=0.49 |
| Road-salt proxy | 23.8% | 29.0% | +5.2 pp | r=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 | Built from | Tested against | r | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Underbody corrosion | frost days × salt load ÷ (distance to coast + 1) | share of tests with a corrosion defect | +0.42 | holds (116 areas) |
| Tyre wear | rain days × annual miles ÷ age at first tyre advisory | share of tests failing on tyres | +0.45 | holds (116 areas) |
| Overnight corrosion | terraced housing × cars per household × frost days | share with a corrosion defect | +0.41 | holds (102 areas) — and adds signal beyond the first index |
| Deferred maintenance | deprivation × advisory-to-failure conversion ÷ labour rate | cars repeating the same advisory | −0.26 | fails (118 areas) |
| Powertrain stress | engine capacity ÷ kerb weight | suspension, brake and emissions failures | −0.16 | fails (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)
| Factor | r | n areas | Low-Q fail % | High-Q fail % | Gap pp | Low-Q factor | High-Q factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOT centre density (per 10k vehicles) | 0.598 | 115 | 22.4 | 28.5 | +6.0 | 5 | 8.8 |
| Frost days (days/year) | 0.491 | 115 | 24.7 | 29.0 | +4.3 | 11.8 | 38 |
| Road-salt proxy (g/m²-yr) | 0.488 | 115 | 23.8 | 29.0 | +5.2 | 223 | 674.9 |
| Urban share (0–1) | -0.347 | 115 | 27.3 | 23.1 | -4.2 | 0.4 | 1 |
| Income deprivation (score) | 0.255 | 97 | 24.5 | 26.9 | +2.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Distance to coast (km) | -0.226 | 115 | 28.3 | 26.0 | -2.4 | 6.4 | 78.7 |
| Terrain gradient (% grade) | 0.225 | 68 | 26.8 | 28.5 | +1.7 | 0.5 | 4.2 |
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
Chart axes: car age, years · survival vs ages 4–6 · scale 0–105%.
Survival vs fail rate by age
| Age | Tests | Survival vs ages 4–6 | Fail % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 167,019 | 86.9% | 11.04% |
| 4 | 174,041 | 90.6% | 14.79% |
| 5 | 193,150 | 100% | 16.96% |
| 6 | 209,240 | 100% | 21.23% |
| 7 | 212,293 | 100% | 26.12% |
| 8 | 194,465 | 100% | 31.95% |
| 9 | 161,672 | 84.1% | 36.62% |
| 10 | 123,187 | 64.1% | 40.65% |
| 11 | 86,120 | 44.8% | 43.54% |
| 12 | 50,740 | 26.4% | 44.82% |
| 13 | 23,863 | 12.4% | 46.21% |
| 14 | 4,678 | 2.4% | 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
| Odometer | Tests ≥ threshold | Share of sample |
|---|---|---|
| 100,000+ miles | 98,476 | 6.16% |
| 150,000+ miles | 6,295 | 0.39% |
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 now | Typical 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 A | Group B | Together | Lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body, chassis, structure | Noise, emissions and leaks | 8,112 | 16.03× |
| Road Wheels | Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 330 | 7.53× (rough estimate) |
| Identification of the vehicle | Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 159 | 6.76× (rough estimate) |
| Identification of the vehicle | Road Wheels | 65 | 5.68× (rough estimate) |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 3,393 | 5.45× |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Road Wheels | 1,644 | 5.43× |
| Identification of the vehicle | Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 860 | 5.29× |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1,045 | 4.95× |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | Road Wheels | 507 | 4.94× |
| Identification of the vehicle | Noise, emissions and leaks | 262 | 4.75× (rough estimate) |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Noise, emissions and leaks | 6,811 | 4.67× |
| Body, chassis, structure | Identification of the vehicle | 264 | 4.67× (rough estimate) |
| Body, chassis, structure | Road Wheels | 490 | 4.66× (rough estimate) |
| Brakes | Noise, emissions and leaks | 7,451 | 4.63× |
| Body, chassis, structure | Steering | 5,395 | 4.62× |
| Body, chassis, structure | Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 6,728 | 4.51× |
| Steering | Suspension | 27,482 | 4.43× |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Steering | 14,821 | 4.41× |
| Road Wheels | Steering | 1,027 | 4.33× |
| Body, chassis, structure | Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 935 | 4.33× |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | Steering | 4,916 | 4.31× |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Seat belt installation check | 29 | 4.19× (rough estimate) |
| Brakes | Identification of the vehicle | 701 | 3.9× |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Steering | 1,885 | 3.87× |
| Brakes | Road Wheels | 1,296 | 3.87× |
| Body, chassis, structure | Brakes | 6,350 | 3.85× |
| Brakes | Steering | 14,295 | 3.84× |
| Road Wheels | Tyres | 1,135 | 3.83× |
| Identification of the vehicle | Tyres | 604 | 3.8× |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | Suspension | 9,947 | 3.7× |
| Identification of the vehicle | Visibility | 880 | 3.67× |
| Body, chassis, structure | Suspension | 10,048 | 3.65× |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Suspension | 28,818 | 3.64× |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Visibility | 3,335 | 3.64× |
| Road Wheels | Suspension | 2,023 | 3.63× |
| Brakes | Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 2,452 | 3.57× |
| Brakes | Seat belt installation check | 27 | 3.53× (rough estimate) |
| Brakes | Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 16,337 | 3.44× |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | Tyres | 4,885 | 3.43× |
| Brakes | Tyres | 15,905 | 3.42× |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Tyres | 2,084 | 3.42× |
| Identification of the vehicle | Steering | 432 | 3.39× (rough estimate) |
| Identification of the vehicle | Suspension | 999 | 3.33× |
| Seat belt installation check | Visibility | 34 | 3.33× (rough estimate) |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Suspension | 3,737 | 3.26× |
| Brakes | Suspension | 28,458 | 3.25× |
| Road Wheels | Visibility | 1,436 | 3.22× |
| Seat belt installation check | Suspension | 41 | 3.21× (rough estimate) |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Tyres | 13,197 | 3.14× |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Visibility | 19,399 | 3.06× |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | Visibility | 6,528 | 3.04× |
| Steering | Tyres | 9,981 | 3.03× |
| Body, chassis, structure | Tyres | 4,317 | 2.95× |
| Tyres | Visibility | 17,555 | 2.83× |
| Suspension | Tyres | 21,370 | 2.76× |
| Brakes | Visibility | 18,894 | 2.7× |
| Body, chassis, structure | Visibility | 5,823 | 2.64× |
| Steering | Visibility | 11,770 | 2.37× |
| Suspension | Visibility | 26,855 | 2.3× |
| Seat belt installation check | Tyres | 19 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | Seat belt installation check | 16 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Seat belt installation check | Steering | 16 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Body, chassis, structure | Seat belt installation check | 12 | too few (rough estimate) |
| Seat belt installation check | Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 7 | too 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
| Band | Fail % | Tests |
|---|---|---|
| <5k miles/year | 18.21% | 249,704 |
| 8–12k miles/year | 34.97% | 393,885 |
| Gap (low − normal) | -16.76 pp | — |
By fuel and age
Diesel
| Age | Low-use fail % | n | Normal fail % | n | Gap pp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 11.92 | 5,823 | 20.2 | 23,924 | -8.28 pp |
| 6 | 14.57 | 6,219 | 26.84 | 29,657 | -12.28 pp |
| 7 | 17.41 | 6,117 | 33.32 | 32,915 | -15.91 pp |
| 8 | 19.99 | 5,322 | 41.05 | 31,467 | -21.06 pp |
| 9 | 25.17 | 3,922 | 46.3 | 25,668 | -21.14 pp |
| 10 | 28.1 | 2,783 | 50.41 | 19,395 | -22.31 pp |
| 11 | 33.01 | 1,630 | 52.55 | 12,235 | -19.54 pp |
| 12 | 34.76 | 863 | 53.27 | 6,694 | -18.51 pp |
| 13 | 41.54 | 325 | 52.82 | 2,412 | -11.28 pp |
| 14 | 23.4 | 47 | 53.61 | 263 | -30.21 pp |
Petrol
| Age | Low-use fail % | n | Normal fail % | n | Gap pp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 12.25 | 40,543 | 19.61 | 31,459 | -7.36 pp |
| 6 | 13.53 | 39,469 | 25.15 | 33,290 | -11.62 pp |
| 7 | 15.31 | 35,977 | 31.76 | 33,891 | -16.45 pp |
| 8 | 18.08 | 30,692 | 38.32 | 31,617 | -20.24 pp |
| 9 | 21.11 | 24,959 | 42.53 | 27,279 | -21.42 pp |
| 10 | 24.54 | 18,762 | 46.95 | 21,070 | -22.41 pp |
| 11 | 28.05 | 13,370 | 49.67 | 15,676 | -21.63 pp |
| 12 | 30.04 | 7,944 | 51.11 | 9,366 | -21.08 pp |
| 13 | 32.66 | 4,002 | 51.18 | 4,656 | -18.52 pp |
| 14 | 33.01 | 927 | 53.69 | 948 | -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
| Fuel | Capacity | vs own age norm | Raw fail % | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| petrol | under 1.0 litre | 86.6 | 10.64% | 63,713 |
| petrol | 1.0–1.2 litre | 86.9 | 18.54% | 304,530 |
| petrol | 1.5–1.8 litre | 95.2 | 27.48% | 740,084 |
| petrol | 1.2–1.5 litre | 101.1 | 38.16% | 1,520 (rough estimate) |
| diesel | 1.5–1.8 litre | 112.5 | 37.97% | 3,677 (rough estimate) |
| diesel | 1.2–1.5 litre | 114.7 | 31.12% | 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
Every build year with its confidence interval
| Build year | vs own age norm | 95% CI | Raw fail % | Tests | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 93.8 | 91–96.7 | 11.73% | 35,757 | better |
| 2019 | 109.4 | 107.1–111.7 | 15.06% | 58,321 | worse |
| 2018 | 98.2 | 96.6–99.7 | 15.26% | 96,466 | better |
| 2017 | 92.4 | 91.4–93.4 | 16.02% | 195,976 | better |
| 2016 | 94.7 | 93.8–95.6 | 19.01% | 223,342 | better |
| 2015 | 96.1 | 95.3–96.9 | 23.38% | 229,183 | better |
| 2014 | 101 | 100.2–101.8 | 28.87% | 221,480 | worse |
| 2013 | 113.7 | 112.9–114.5 | 37.53% | 210,248 | worse |
| 2012 | 102.5 | 101.6–103.3 | 37.86% | 161,429 | worse |
| 2011 | 100.8 | 99.9–101.7 | 40.69% | 118,829 | no different |
| 2010 | 98.6 | 96.9–100.4 | 42.32% | 29,156 | no 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
| Component | Fails per 100 tests | Typical repair | Its price | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 12.6 (nat. 15.36) | Suspension coil spring (single corner) | £180 | £22.68 |
| Brakes | 8.8 (nat. 11.25) | Front brake pads (parts + labour, typical hatchback) | £150 | £13.20 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 7.0 (nat. 18.09) | Battery replacement (standard 12V lead-acid) | £140 | £9.80 |
| Tyres | 6.8 (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
Failure rate and typical odometer by age
| Age | Fails | Median odometer | Tests | Gap vs age 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 9.34% | 18,626 | 20,275 | -6.6 pp |
| 4 | 13.91% | 23,084 | 17,737 | -2.1 pp |
| 5 | 15.98% | 31,399 | 19,091 | +0.0 pp |
| 6 | 16.85% | 36,983 | 23,864 | +0.9 pp |
| 7 | 20.58% | 46,373 | 37,270 | +4.6 pp |
| 8 | 27.59% | 54,621 | 37,008 | +11.6 pp |
| 9 | 33.91% | 62,276 | 37,906 | +17.9 pp |
| 10 | 39.76% | 70,960 | 36,528 | +23.8 pp |
| 11 | 44.97% | 77,923 | 34,556 | +29.0 pp |
| 12 | 45.61% | 85,385 | 26,246 | +29.6 pp |
| 13 | 46.25% | 90,801 | 19,046 | +30.3 pp |
| 14 | 46.65% | 93,540 | 4,677 | +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
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
| Component | Fails next time | Typical lead time | Miles of warning | Advisories tracked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 25.0% | 12 months | 6,546 | 125,391 |
| Steering | 24.4% | 12 months | 6,460 | 36,749 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 23.7% | 12 months | 7,712 | 3,617 |
| Visibility | 12.4% | 12 months | 6,735 | 1,834 |
| Brakes | 11.8% | 12 months | 6,243 | 261,328 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 9.2% | 12 months | 6,148 | 14,576 |
| Tyres | 7.8% | 12 months | 6,647 | 311,233 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 4.3% | 12 months | 6,861 | 37,707 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3.0% | 12 months | 7,013 | 15,814 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 2.4% | 12 months | 6,571 | 13,403 |
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
| Age | Last test | Most likely next failures | Cars tracked |
|---|---|---|---|
| <3 | passed | Visibility 6.4% · Tyres 2.6% · Brakes 1.9% | 77,910 |
| <3 | advisory | Visibility 8.4% · Tyres 3.7% · Brakes 3.3% | 22,186 |
| <3 | failure | Visibility 7.8% · Tyres 3.9% · Brakes 2.9% | 11,260 |
| 3-5 | passed | Visibility 6.2% · Tyres 3.4% · Brakes 2.9% | 265,889 |
| 3-5 | advisory | Visibility 8.6% · Tyres 5.3% · Brakes 5.2% | 134,025 |
| 3-5 | failure | Visibility 8.8% · Tyres 6.2% · Suspension 6.0% | 79,908 |
| 6-8 | passed | Suspension 11.3% · Visibility 6.6% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 4.8% | 182,882 |
| 6-8 | advisory | Suspension 16.4% · Visibility 9.4% · Brakes 7.9% | 153,498 |
| 6-8 | failure | Suspension 18.9% · Visibility 10.6% · Brakes 10.3% | 142,104 |
| 9-11 | passed | Suspension 16.9% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 9.2% · Steering 8.8% | 55,549 |
| 9-11 | advisory | Suspension 22.9% · Steering 13.1% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 12.7% | 67,079 |
| 9-11 | failure | Suspension 24.9% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 16.8% · Steering 15.5% | 86,160 |
| 12-14 | passed | Suspension 18.5% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 11.3% · Steering 10.4% | 3,464 |
| 12-14 | advisory | Suspension 25.8% · Steering 15.6% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 14.4% | 4,897 |
| 12-14 | failure | Suspension 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
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
| Reference | Launched | Vehicles | Concern |
|---|---|---|---|
R/2025/118 | 07/04/2025 | 4,342 | Juke (F16) Front Seat Belt |
R/2024/234 | 17/06/2024 | 2 | Juke (F16) Qashqai (J12) and Leaf (ZE1) VIN Scan |
R/2024/179 | 25/04/2024 | 8 | Juke (F16) Right Hand Rear Door |
R/2023/096 | 19/04/2023 | 3,157 | A potential concern affecting the HEVC (Hybrid Electric Vehicle Control) module software h |
R/2021/345 | 21/10/2021 | 13,569 | THE REAR SEAT BACK MAY NOT BE SECURELY LATCHED WHEN RETURNED TO THE UPRIGHT POSITION AFTER |
All 15 campaigns
| Reference | Launched | Build dates | Vehicles | Concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|
R/2025/118 | 07/04/2025 | 02/04/2024 – 06/09/2024 | 4,342 | Juke (F16) Front Seat Belt |
R/2024/234 | 17/06/2024 | 14/10/2019 – 01/06/2023 | 2 | Juke (F16) Qashqai (J12) and Leaf (ZE1) VIN Scan |
R/2024/179 | 25/04/2024 | 14/11/2023 – 20/11/2023 | 8 | Juke (F16) Right Hand Rear Door |
R/2023/096 | 19/04/2023 | 16/06/2022 – 14/12/2022 | 3,157 | A potential concern affecting the HEVC (Hybrid Electric Vehicle Control) module software h |
R/2021/345 | 21/10/2021 | 18/09/2019 – 28/08/2020 | 13,569 | THE REAR SEAT BACK MAY NOT BE SECURELY LATCHED WHEN RETURNED TO THE UPRIGHT POSITION AFTER |
R/2021/074 | 30/03/2021 | 04/04/2019 – 30/05/2019 | 7,095 | THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG MAY TEAR DURING INFLATION |
R/2020/220 | 14/08/2020 | 28/09/2015 – 03/03/2018 | 299,631 | POSSIBLE REDUCED RETENTION FORCE OF THE REAR DOOR CHILD LOCK SWITCH |
R/2018/233 | 05/09/2018 | 03/04/2017 – 13/06/2017 | 1,046 | INTERNAL IGNITION SWITCH SPRING MAY HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED WITH A SURFACE DEFECT |
R/2016/157 | 25/07/2016 | 05/06/2014 – 25/05/2016 | 7,393 | REAR OXYGEN SENSOR MAY FAIL |
R/2015/133 | 04/08/2015 | 26/06/2013 – 01/05/2014 | 10,248 | ENGINE PUSH START SWITCH MAY MALFUNCTION |
R/2014/167 | 30/03/2015 | 25/01/2012 – 06/05/2014 | 3,489 | FUEL MAY LEAK |
R/2013/019 | 25/02/2013 | 07/06/2012 – 04/07/2012 | 2,498 | AIRBAG MAY RELEASE HIGH TEMPERATURE GASES |
R/2012/024 | 03/04/2012 | 08/03/2010 – 30/01/2012 | 4,690 | FUEL MAY LEAK |
R/2011/166 | 23/01/2012 | 08/03/2010 – 14/11/2011 | 2,741 | ENGINE MAY STALL |
R/2010/226 | 16/12/2010 | 08/11/2010 – 09/11/2010 | 69 | BRAKES 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
| Communication year | Bulletins | Leading subjects across all years |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 |
|
| 2015 | 16 | |
| 2016 | 29 | |
| 2017 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 14 | |
| 2019 | 12 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 18 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 21 | |
| 2024 | 10 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
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
| Component | Complaints | Share | MOT fail items per 100 | MOT rank | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine (not MOT-tested) | 30 | 39.5% | not in top 6 | — | complained about, rarely an MOT failure |
| Transmission (not MOT-tested) | 18 | 23.7% | not in top 6 | — | complained about, rarely an MOT failure |
| Lamps & electrical | 14 | 18.4% | 7.0 | #4 | complained about, fails occasionally |
| Brakes | 8 | 10.5% | 8.8 | #3 | complained about and fails often |
| Restraints | 7 | 9.2% | not in top 6 | — | complained about, rarely an MOT failure |
| Tyres | 7 | 9.2% | 6.8 | #5 | complained 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.
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.
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
| Country | Test | This model fails | National average | Position | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | MOT (class 4) | 30.23% | 26.01% | +4.2 pp | 315,198 |
| Netherlands | APK | 47.9% | 50.8% | -2.9 pp | 13,661 |
| Finland | Katsastus | 34.9% | 26.3% | +8.6 pp | 3,569 |
| Norway | PKK | 38% | 33.7% | +4.3 pp | 1,660 |
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.
| Code | Fault | Recorded | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
210 | Tyre pressure not at the correct value | 2,365 | failure |
205 | Tyre with insufficient tread | 1,267 | failure |
186 | Ball joint with excessive play | 1,180 | failure |
391 | Wipers leave insufficient visibility | 965 | failure |
516 | Dipped headlight incorrectly aimed | 892 | failure |
AC1 | Tyre down to 1.6–2.5 mm of tread | 749 | advisory |
AC4 | Steering or suspension ball joint worn up to 1.0 mm | 749 | advisory |
497 | Number-plate light not working or missing | 700 | failure |
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.