Nissan Primastar 2013: MOT failure rate for its age

49.5% of 3,155 MOT tests of the Nissan Primastar first registered in 2013 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 99.2 (95% CI 94.3–104.2; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2013 build year is no different from other years of the same model at the same age. This is a rough estimate from a smaller sample.

Nissan Primastar built in 2013 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	49.5	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	3155
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 94.3–104.2)	99.2	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	3155
Rank among this model's 13 build years	6	of 13	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	3155
Tested in 2024	478	tests	median 117,806 miles	2024	478

Built 2013 against Nissan Primastar normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 6: 43.1% vs 47.1%; age 7: 47.4% vs 46.9%; age 8: 46.5% vs 51.3%; age 9: 55.2% vs 51%; age 10: 52.9% vs 51.6%; age 11: 52.5% vs 51.4%. Axis from 0% to 60%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2013 Nissan Primastar by registration · All Nissan Primastar 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 2013 Nissan Primastar fail at each age?

Cars built in 2013 were tested at ages 6 to 11 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 Primastar built 2013: 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)
6	571	43.1	39.1–47.2	47.1	91.5
7	525	47.4	43.2–51.7	46.9	101.1
8	533	46.5	42.3–50.8	51.3	90.7
9	522	55.2	50.9–59.4	51	108.1
10	526	52.9	48.6–57.1	51.6	102.4
11	478 (rough estimate)	52.5	48–56.9	51.4	102.2

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 3,155 (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 2013 Nissan Primastar?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2013 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 33.3 items per 100 first tests, against 46.1 across all build years of the Nissan Primastar. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2013 were tested at ages 6 to 11.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Nissan Primastar built 2013 against the Nissan Primastar in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2013, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	33.3	46.1	1,051
Brakes	30.5	43.7	963
Suspension	30.2	44.2	952
Visibility	18.9	24	597
Steering	16.1	16.7	509

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 3,155 (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 2013 compare with the years around it?

Among the 13 published build years of the Nissan Primastar, 2013 ranks 6 (1 = fails least for its age). 2012: index 100.0. 2014: index 97.4.

Nissan Primastar build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2002	105.0	89.6–120.4	no different (rough estimate)	310
2003	102.4	98.2–106.6	no different	4,135
2004	100.0	96.8–103.3	no different	6,702
2005	100.9	98.0–103.9	no different	8,166
2006	98.1	95.3–100.9	no different	8,731
2007	98.4	95.8–101.0	no different	10,164
2008	98.4	95.2–101.7	no different	6,716
2009	97.9	94.4–101.5	no different	5,509
2010	100.5	95.6–105.4	no different (rough estimate)	2,959
2011	101.6	98.2–105.0	no different	6,280
2012	100.0	95.2–104.8	no different (rough estimate)	3,183
2013	99.2	94.3–104.2	no different (rough estimate)	3,155
2014	97.4	92.1–102.8	no different (rough estimate)	2,723

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 68,733 (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 Primastar 2013 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-primastar/2013/

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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