Does the Nissan Note fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Nissan Note records 7.07 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 12.60 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−5.53, 95% interval −5.60 to −5.46). It ranks 583 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on brakes · check a Nissan Note by registration
What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Nissan Note is “a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm”, recorded 15,052 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 15,052 | 1.56 |
| Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn | 9,109 | 0.94 |
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 6,654 | 0.69 |
| Brake disc or drum excessively weakened, insecure or fractured | 4,307 | 0.45 |
| Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle. | 4,082 | 0.42 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 965,896 (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
If a Nissan Note gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
9.7% of Nissan Note MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 5,138 miles later (125,619 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 125,619 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
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