Nissan Qashqai MOT pass rate and common problems

Nissan Qashqai common problems: what should I check before buying?

The faults recorded most often at Nissan Qashqai MOTs in 2019–2024, per 100 tests.

• Worn suspension bush or joint10.84
  Major

  What to check: Listen for knocks over speed bumps, feel for the car wandering under braking, and ask which part was replaced.

• Brake pads or shoes dangerously thin4.41
  Dangerous

  What to check: Look through the wheels at the pads and discs, listen for grinding, and ask when they were last replaced.

• Worn steering joint or track rod end4.19
  Major

  What to check: Feel for play or a knock through the steering wheel, and look for wear on the inner edges of the front tyres.

• Tyre tread below the legal limit3.66
  Dangerous

  What to check: Check the tread across every tyre with a gauge; wear on one edge points to a tracking fault.

• Suspension joint cover perished3.59
  Minor

  What to check: Look at the ball joint covers behind the front wheels: once a cover splits, the joint wears out.

One test can record several defects, so this is not the share of Nissan Qashqais.

Each tip applies only if the car you are looking at has that fault in its own MOT history.

Which Nissan Qashqai years should I avoid?

2012 is the Nissan Qashqai year that fails its MOT most for its age; 2014 fails least.

Fails more for its age: 2009, 2012, 2013.

Fails less for its age: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020.

Year means the year the car was first registered, as DVSA records it. It may differ from the year it was built.

How does the Nissan Qashqai compare with similar cars?

4 of 8 similar models fail less often for their age than the Nissan Qashqai.

This is a different comparison from the one at the top. There, the Nissan Qashqai is measured against all cars of the same age. Here, it sits among similar models. Both can be true.

How do Nissan Qashqais hold up as they get older?

First-time MOT failures on Nissan Qashqais go from 10.7% at age 3 to 55.8% at age 17.

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Do advisories on Nissan Qashqais turn into fails at the next MOT?

31.8% of lights and electrical advisories on Nissan Qashqais turned into lights and electrical fails at the next MOT.

The next MOT came about 12 months later.

Based on 13,926 advisories, each followed to the car's next MOT, 2019–2024. This counts advisories, not cars.

The most common advisories on Nissan Qashqais are for tyres: 40.61 per 100 tests.

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Nissan Qashqai common problems: what actually fails the MOT?

Nissan Qashqai MOTs fail most often on suspension: 19.9 per 100 tests, against 10.3 for UK cars of the same age (2019–2024, n = 2,936,755).

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What is likely to fail next on a used Nissan Qashqai?

For Nissan Qashqais aged 3 to 5 whose last MOT was a pass, the item most likely to fail at the next MOT is visibility: 4.9% failed on it (2019–2024, n = 412,987).

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How often do Nissan Qashqais get a dangerous MOT defect?

The Nissan Qashqai gets a dangerous defect more often than the UK average: 12.2 per 100 first tests against 11.2 across the UK. A dangerous defect means the vehicle should not be driven away until it is fixed. In the same tests, 50.1 major and 16.5 minor defects were recorded per 100 tests (one test can record several).

Severity was not recorded for some 2018–2021 tests.

Comparison: 11.2 per 100.

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How much do Nissan Qashqai MOT repairs cost?

Expected repair cost per Nissan Qashqai MOT: about £79 (up to about £150 if more expensive parts are needed), from the chance of failing each item and its most common UK repair price (catalogue estimate, n = 556,607).

Computed, not measured.

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What mileage is normal for a used Nissan Qashqai?

At age 8, the median Nissan Qashqai had covered 62,056 miles by its MOT; the middle half ranged from 47,696 to 78,530 miles (2024, n = 58,163).

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Do high-mileage Nissan Qashqais fail their MOT more often?

At ages 6–9, 14.8% of Nissan Qashqais with under 40,000 miles failed first time, against 40.5% of those with over 140,000 miles (2024, n = 46,137). Inside this age group, higher mileage goes with more failures.

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How many miles do Nissan Qashqais last?

16.4% of Nissan Qashqais tested had reached 100,000 miles, and 2.0% had reached 150,000 (2024, n = 479,687).

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Does mileage, as well as age, change the Nissan Qashqai failure index?

Matched on annual mileage as well as age, the Nissan Qashqai index is 109.8, against 112.7 on age alone (2019–2024, n = 556,607).

Comparison: 112.7 index.

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Which Nissan Qashqai fuel type fails its MOT less?

Diesel Nissan Qashqais fail first time more often than petrol ones, before allowing for age: 35.9% against 27.3%.

Comparison: other fuels.

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Which Nissan Qashqai engine fails its MOT least?

Among engines with enough tests, the best Nissan Qashqai engine is the petrol 1.0–1.2 litre at index 80.7, and the worst the diesel 1.2–1.5 litre at 108.3, where 100 = the model's own average (2024, n = 556,607).

Comparison: 100 = model average.

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Where in Britain does the Nissan Qashqai fail its MOT most?

Nissan Qashqai fails first-time MOTs most in Torquay (TQ): 36.5% against 28.7% across Britain for this model, both 2019–2024 (2019–2024, n = 10,031).

Across Britain for this model: 28.7% failed first time, also in 2019–2024.

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Does the Nissan Qashqai have rust problems?

Allowing for age, Nissan Qashqai MOTs record corrosion failures at 2.2 times the national rate: 1.65% of tests against 0.77% (2024 + geographic layers, n = 555,594).

Computed, not measured.

Comparison: 1 ratio estimate.

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What do six years of MOTs show about owning a used Nissan Qashqai?

Of failed Nissan Qashqai MOTs, 45.3% were retested the same day and a further 52.1% within 10 days; the median failed car passed its retest after 1 day (2019–2024, n = 642,974).

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Is low mileage good for a used Nissan Qashqai?

Nissan Qashqais aged 5 to 14 doing under 5,000 miles a year failed first time in 18.4% of tests, against 33.5% for those doing 8,000 to 12,000 miles (2019–2024, n = 254,493).

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How many years do Nissan Qashqais last?

Nissan Qashqais leave the road sooner than most: at ten years old the typical one has about 3.4 more years of MOTs ahead. This is a forecast from the survival curve and may not come true.

Computed, not measured.

Forecast, not a prediction for a particular car.

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How many Nissan Qashqais are still on the road as they age?

In 2024, for every 100 Nissan Qashqais tested at ages 4 to 6, about 3 were tested at age 17 (2024, n = 9,254).

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If a used Nissan Qashqai fails its MOT, will it fail the next one?

Nissan Qashqais that fail once are much more likely to fail again: 36.5% failed the next MOT after a fail, against 24.3% after a pass (test chains 2019–2024). The failure most likely to come back is ‘body, chassis, structure’: 40.5% of those fails recurred at the next MOT.

Comparison: 24.3 %.

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Which Nissan Qashqai faults tend to come together?

On Nissan Qashqais, road Wheels and seat belts and supplementary restraint systems failures turn up together 7.2 times as often as chance would predict (2024, n = 1,152).

Comparison: expected joint rate.

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Nissan Qashqai safety recalls: how do I check this car?

DVSA lists 25 safety recall campaigns matched to the Nissan Qashqai; check whether yours has been fixed, using its registration number.

Computed, not measured.

Recall effects are computed comparisons, not causal findings; campaigns are not linked to individual VINs.

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How many Nissan Qashqais fail the MOT at each age?

Of every 100 Nissan Qashqais tested at age 5, about 14 failed the MOT first time; at age 10, about 32. These are one-year rates for different cars tested in the same year, not a fleet followed over time; the steepest one-year step in this cross-section is between cars aged 10 and 11, 12.48 percentage points (2024).

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What have US dealers been told about the Nissan Qashqai?

NHTSA lists 165 US technical service bulletins for the Nissan Qashqai (US market, Nissan ROGUE SPORT, model years 2017–2022 only); a count, not a UK failure rate.

Comparison: NHTSA.

NHTSA, US market, Nissan ROGUE SPORT, model years 2017–2022 only; covers 211 of 761 models. These two sections use US records from NHTSA. US cars sold under the same name can differ from UK ones.

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What do US owners complain about on the Nissan Qashqai?

The most common US owner complaint about the Nissan Qashqai to NHTSA concerns engine (not MOT-tested): 89 complaints (US market, Nissan ROGUE SPORT, model years 2017–2022 only).

NHTSA, US market, Nissan ROGUE SPORT, model years 2017–2022 only; covers 211 of 761 models. These two sections use US records from NHTSA. US cars sold under the same name can differ from UK ones.

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Do Nissan Qashqais fail their MOT more in some months?

Nissan Qashqais fail first time most in November (31.0%, against 30.6% for all cars that month) and least in March (26.3%) (2024, n = 556,607).

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How far is real-world MPG from the lab figure for Nissan cars?

Real-world fuel use of 2022 petrol cars from Nissan Automotive Europe is 20.7% above the official WLTP figure: 7.36 against 6.1 litres per 100 km (2021+ cohorts, n = 20,489 vehicles).

Computed, not measured.

Comparison: 0% gap.

European Commission OBFCM; covers 19 of 761 models.

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More on the Nissan Qashqai

Overview:

Model overview · All Nissan models

Build years:

2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020

What fails:

body · brakes · plates · lights · emissions · wheels · seat belts · steering · suspension · tyres · visibility

Abroad:

Finland · the Netherlands · Norway

By area:

Postcode areas

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