Does the Nissan Pulsar fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?

The Nissan Pulsar records 6.85 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 5.30 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+1.55, 95% interval +1.40 to +1.70). It ranks 241 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on brakes?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Nissan Pulsar is “a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm”, recorded 3,586 times in 2019–2024.

Nissan Pulsar: most frequent brakes defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm	3,586	2.94
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded	789	0.65
Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement	637	0.52
Parking brake inoperative on one side	447	0.37
Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn	418	0.34

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 122,037 (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 Pulsar gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?

10.3% of Nissan Pulsar MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 7,421 miles later (16,882 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 16,882 (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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