Nissan Navara 2020: MOT failure rate for its age

18.5% of 8,871 MOT tests of the Nissan Navara first registered in 2020 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 104.0 (95% CI 98.9–109.0; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2020 build year is no different from other years of the same model at the same age.

Nissan Navara built in 2020 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	18.5	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	8871
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 98.9–109.0)	104.0	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	8871
Rank among this model's 20 build years	16	of 20	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	8871
Tested in 2024	4373	tests	median 47,692 miles	2024	4373

Built 2020 against Nissan Navara normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 17.4% vs 15.7%; age 4: 19.7% vs 20%. Axis from 0% to 20%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2020 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 2020 Nissan Navara fail at each age?

Cars built in 2020 were tested at ages 3 to 4 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 2020: 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)
3	4,498	17.4	16.3–18.6	15.7	110.7
4	4,373	19.7	18.5–20.9	20	98.5

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 8,871 (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 2020 Nissan Navara?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2020 is brakes: 8.3 items per 100 first tests, against 15.3 across all build years of the Nissan Navara. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2020 were tested at ages 3 to 4.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Nissan Navara built 2020 against the Nissan Navara in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2020, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Brakes	8.3	15.3	749
Visibility	7	11.3	630
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	6.2	25.3	558
Tyres	4.2	5.8	376
Suspension	3.9	18	347

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 8,982 (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 2020 compare with the years around it?

Among the 20 published build years of the Nissan Navara, 2020 ranks 16 (1 = fails least for its age). 2019: index 100.4.

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 2020 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/2020/

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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