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Nissan Note 2015: MOT failure rate for its age

16.3% of 90,446 MOT tests of the Nissan Note first registered in 2015 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 81.9 (95% CI 80.6–83.3; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2015 Nissan Note fails less often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Nissan Note built in 2015 at a glance
MeasureValueUnitCompared withYearsTests
Failed first time16.3%all ages tested2019–202490446
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 80.6–83.3)81.9index100 = normal for this model at that age2019–202490446
Rank among this model's 12 build years2of 121 = fails least for its age2019–202490446
Tested in 202414955testsmedian 50,817 miles202414955
line · Nissan Note built 2015 · first-time MOT failure share by age · built 2015 14% vs model normal 14.4% at age 4 · 2019–2024
Built 2015 against Nissan Note normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 4: 14% vs 14.4%; age 5: 14.7% vs 14.9%; age 6: 14.9% vs 17.5%; age 7: 16.1% vs 19.9%; age 8: 17.8% vs 24.3%; age 9: 20.4% vs 28.6%. Axis from 0% to 30%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.
Check a 2015 Nissan Note by registration · All Nissan Note 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 2015 Nissan Note fail at each age?

Cars built in 2015 were tested at ages 4 to 9 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 Note built 2015: 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)
415,3261413.5–14.614.497.3
514,90714.714.2–15.314.998.8
615,15114.914.3–15.517.585.3
715,06416.115.5–16.719.980.9
815,04317.817.2–18.424.373.2
914,95520.419.8–21.128.671.4

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 90,446 (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 2015 Nissan Note?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2015 is visibility: 6 items per 100 first tests, against 9 across all build years of the Nissan Note. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2015 were tested at ages 4 to 9.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Nissan Note built 2015 against the Nissan Note in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure groupBuilt 2015, per 100All build years, per 100Items
Visibility695,424
Tyres4.87.34,322
Suspension4.221.53,811
Brakes3.27.12,934
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment2.924.32,642

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 90,446 (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 2015 compare with the years around it?

Among the 12 published build years of the Nissan Note, 2015 ranks 2 (1 = fails least for its age). 2014: index 87.1. 2016: index 78.7.

Nissan Note build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build yearIndex (100 = normal)95% intervalVerdictTests
2006104.3103.2–105.5worse64,096
2007103.7102.6–104.7worse83,129
2008101.4100.4–102.3worse101,357
200999.298.3–100.2no different95,055
2010103.9102.8–105.0worse89,155
2011108.3107.1–109.6worse74,468
2012112.3110.9–113.6worse70,967
2013110.6109.1–112.0worse71,105
201487.186.0–88.1better132,153
201581.980.6–83.3better90,446
201678.777.1–80.4better65,267
201786.383.4–89.2better27,321

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 964,519 (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 Note 2015 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-note/2015/

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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