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Nissan Juke 2012: MOT failure rate for its age

37.9% of 161,429 MOT tests of the Nissan Juke first registered in 2012 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 102.5 (95% CI 101.6–103.3; 100 = normal for this model at that age): close to other build years of the same model at the same age (within 5 points of normal).

Nissan Juke built in 2012 at a glance
MeasureValueUnitCompared withYearsTests
Failed first time37.9%all ages tested2019–2024161429
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 101.6–103.3)102.5index100 = normal for this model at that age2019–2024161429
Rank among this model's 11 build years9of 111 = fails least for its age2019–2024161429
Tested in 202426246testsmedian 85,385 miles202426246
line · Nissan Juke built 2012 · first-time MOT failure share by age · built 2012 29.4% vs model normal 28.4% at age 7 · 2019–2024
Built 2012 against Nissan Juke normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 7: 29.4% vs 28.4%; age 8: 33.5% vs 32.2%; age 9: 36.1% vs 36.6%; age 10: 40.1% vs 39.3%; age 11: 42.9% vs 42.3%; age 12: 45.6% vs 43.3%. Axis from 0% to 50%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.
Check a 2012 Nissan Juke by registration · All Nissan Juke MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2012 Nissan Juke fail at each age?

Cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Nissan Juke built 2012: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
AgeTestsFailed, %95% intervalNormal for this model at that age, %Index (100 = normal)
728,00829.428.9–3028.4103.6
826,44533.533–34.132.2104
927,01536.135.5–36.736.698.7
1027,00840.139.5–40.739.3102
1126,70742.942.3–43.542.3101.3
1226,24645.645–46.243.3105.3

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 161,429 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2012 Nissan Juke?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2012 is suspension: 24.1 items per 100 first tests, against 12.6 across all build years of the Nissan Juke. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Nissan Juke built 2012 against the Nissan Juke in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure groupBuilt 2012, per 100All build years, per 100Items
Suspension24.112.638,860
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment14.2722,937
Brakes13.98.822,508
Visibility11.79.618,929
Steering9.54.915,400

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 161,429 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2012 compare with the years around it?

Among the 11 published build years of the Nissan Juke, 2012 ranks 9 (1 = fails least for its age). 2011: index 100.8. 2013: index 113.7.

Nissan Juke build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build yearIndex (100 = normal)95% intervalVerdictTests
201098.696.9–100.4no different29,156
2011100.899.9–101.7no different118,829
2012102.5101.6–103.3worse161,429
2013113.7112.9–114.5worse210,248
2014101.0100.2–101.8worse221,480
201596.195.3–96.9better229,183
201694.793.8–95.6better223,342
201792.491.4–93.4better195,976
201898.296.6–99.7better96,466
2019109.4107.1–111.7worse58,321
202093.891.0–96.7better35,757

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,580,187 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Nissan Juke 2012 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/nissan-juke/2012/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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