Does the Nissan Leaf fail the MOT on body, chassis and structure more than it should?

The Nissan Leaf records 0.38 body, chassis and structure failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.79 expected for a ev of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (−0.41, 95% interval −0.45 to −0.37). It ranks 329 of 663 models on body, chassis and structure (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on body, chassis and structure · check a Nissan Leaf by registration

What exactly fails on body, chassis and structure?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Nissan Leaf is “A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot severely deteriorated”, recorded 233 times in 2019–2024.

Nissan Leaf: most frequent body, chassis and structure defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot severely deteriorated	233	0.13
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc	129	0.07
Bumper insecure or with damage likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted	103	0.06
A driver's seat fore and aft adjustment mechanism not functioning as intended.	40	0.02
A body panel or body component damaged or corroded and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted, or insecure	33	0.02

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 175,078 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

Does the Nissan Leaf fail the MOT on body, chassis and structure more than it should?

What exactly fails on body, chassis and structure?

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