Nissan Navara 2011: MOT failure rate for its age

42.6% of 27,329 MOT tests of the Nissan Navara first registered in 2011 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 102.3 (95% CI 100.4–104.1; 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 Navara built in 2011 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	42.6	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	27329
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 100.4–104.1)	102.3	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	27329
Rank among this model's 20 build years	15	of 20	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	27329
Tested in 2024	3862	tests	median 129,419 miles	2024	3862

Built 2011 against Nissan Navara normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 8: 39.6% vs 37.2%; age 9: 41.3% vs 39.8%; age 10: 43.7% vs 42.7%; age 11: 44.4% vs 42.9%; age 12: 43.7% vs 44.4%; age 13: 43.7% vs 44.3%. Axis from 0% to 50%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2011 Nissan Navara by registration · All Nissan Navara 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 2011 Nissan Navara fail at each age?

Cars built in 2011 were tested at ages 8 to 13 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 Navara built 2011: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
8	5,137	39.6	38.3–40.9	37.2	106.5
9	4,687	41.3	39.9–42.8	39.8	103.9
10	4,727	43.7	42.3–45.1	42.7	102.4
11	4,578	44.4	43–45.8	42.9	103.5
12	4,338	43.7	42.2–45.2	44.4	98.5
13	3,862	43.7	42.2–45.3	44.3	98.6

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 27,329 (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 2011 Nissan Navara?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2011 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 34.4 items per 100 first tests, against 25.3 across all build years of the Nissan Navara. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2011 were tested at ages 8 to 13.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Nissan Navara built 2011 against the Nissan Navara in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2011, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	34.4	25.3	9,411
Suspension	25.5	18	6,964
Body, chassis, structure	19.2	12.7	5,234
Brakes	16.9	15.3	4,625
Visibility	16.6	11.3	4,527

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 27,329 (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 2011 compare with the years around it?

Among the 20 published build years of the Nissan Navara, 2011 ranks 15 (1 = fails least for its age). 2010: index 100.5. 2012: index 106.7.

Nissan Navara build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2001	102.3	88.6–116.0	no different (rough estimate)	456
2002	100.6	91.4–109.8	no different (rough estimate)	999
2003	99.1	93.9–104.3	no different (rough estimate)	3,097
2004	96.2	93.1–99.3	better	8,407
2005	98.3	95.8–100.8	no different	13,215
2006	101.5	99.4–103.7	no different	17,798
2007	98.8	96.7–100.8	no different	19,564
2008	101.9	99.5–104.3	no different	14,755
2009	104.2	101.7–106.8	worse	14,035
2010	100.5	98.0–103.1	no different	13,658
2011	102.3	100.4–104.1	worse	27,329
2012	106.7	104.5–108.9	worse	21,726
2013	98.8	96.6–101.0	no different	21,847
2014	101.5	99.2–103.8	no different	22,414
2015	102.0	99.6–104.3	no different	24,416
2016	85.8	84.1–87.4	better	48,018
2017	104.5	102.6–106.4	worse	48,678
2018	108.1	105.6–110.5	worse	33,196
2019	100.4	97.4–103.3	no different	23,045
2020	104.0	98.9–109.0	no different	8,871

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 385,524 (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 Navara 2011 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-navara/2011/

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.

Other pages for this model