Nissan Pathfinder 2011: MOT failure rate for its age

41.7% of 3,987 MOT tests of the Nissan Pathfinder 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 92.3 (95% CI 87.9–96.7; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2011 Nissan Pathfinder fails less often than other build years of the same model at the same age. This is a rough estimate from a smaller sample.

Nissan Pathfinder built in 2011 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	41.7	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	3987
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 87.9–96.7)	92.3	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	3987
Rank among this model's 10 build years	2	of 10	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	3987
Tested in 2024	631	tests	median 115,989 miles	2024	631

Built 2011 against Nissan Pathfinder normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 8: 40.3% vs 44%; age 9: 41.2% vs 42.1%; age 10: 40.6% vs 44.2%; age 11: 41.3% vs 45.6%; age 12: 45.3% vs 48.4%; age 13: 41.7% vs 47%. Axis from 0% to 50%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2011 Nissan Pathfinder by registration · All Nissan Pathfinder 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 Pathfinder 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 Pathfinder 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	705	40.3	36.7–43.9	44	91.5
9	668	41.2	37.5–44.9	42.1	97.8
10	684	40.6	37–44.4	44.2	92
11	652	41.3	37.5–45.1	45.6	90.4
12	647	45.3	41.5–49.1	48.4	93.6
13	631	41.7	37.9–45.6	47	88.6

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 3,987 (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 Pathfinder?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2011 is suspension: 36.7 items per 100 first tests, against 39.8 across all build years of the Nissan Pathfinder. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2011 were tested at ages 8 to 13.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Nissan Pathfinder built 2011 against the Nissan Pathfinder in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2011, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Suspension	36.7	39.8	1,462
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	29.4	38.6	1,173
Body, chassis, structure	15.8	29.5	628
Visibility	13.4	13.2	534
Brakes	12.3	17.5	489

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 3,987 (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 10 published build years of the Nissan Pathfinder, 2011 ranks 2 (1 = fails least for its age). 2010: index 90.5. 2012: index 98.0.

Nissan Pathfinder build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2005	95.7	91.9–99.6	better	5,087
2006	98.6	95.6–101.6	no different	8,728
2007	102.3	99.3–105.2	no different	8,978
2008	103.3	98.8–107.7	no different	4,134
2009	107.4	103.2–111.5	worse	5,054
2010	90.5	85.6–95.3	better (rough estimate)	3,155
2011	92.3	87.9–96.7	better (rough estimate)	3,987
2012	98.0	92.1–104.0	no different (rough estimate)	2,498
2013	101.1	94.8–107.5	no different (rough estimate)	2,420
2014	96.8	89.1–104.4	no different (rough estimate)	1,700

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 45,741 (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 Pathfinder 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-pathfinder/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.

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