Does the Nissan Pulsar fail the MOT on vehicle identification more than it should?
The Nissan Pulsar records 0.09 vehicle identification failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.27 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (−0.18, 95% interval −0.20 to −0.15). It ranks 560 of 636 models on vehicle identification (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on vehicle identification?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Nissan Pulsar is “Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements”, recorded 54 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements | 54 | 0.04 |
| Number plate inscription missing or illegible | 35 | 0.03 |
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
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