Nissan X-Trail 2020: MOT failure rate for its age

12.4% of 9,745 MOT tests of the Nissan X-Trail first registered in 2020 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 93.9 (95% CI 88.6–99.2; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2020 Nissan X-Trail fails less often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Nissan X-Trail built in 2020 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	12.4	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	9745
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 88.6–99.2)	93.9	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	9745
Rank among this model's 20 build years	2	of 20	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	9745
Tested in 2024	4799	tests	median 31,157 miles	2024	4799

Built 2020 against Nissan X-Trail normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 12.2% vs 11.6%; age 4: 12.6% vs 14.8%. Axis from 0% to 20%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2020 Nissan X-Trail by registration · All Nissan X-Trail 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 2020 Nissan X-Trail fail at each age?

Cars built in 2020 were tested at ages 3 to 4 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 X-Trail built 2020: 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)
3	4,946	12.2	11.3–13.1	11.6	104.6
4	4,799	12.6	11.7–13.6	14.8	85.2

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 9,745 (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 2020 Nissan X-Trail?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2020 is brakes: 5.4 items per 100 first tests, against 16.4 across all build years of the Nissan X-Trail. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2020 were tested at ages 3 to 4.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Nissan X-Trail built 2020 against the Nissan X-Trail in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2020, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Brakes	5.4	16.4	546
Visibility	5.3	8.4	535
Tyres	3.1	6.8	318
Noise, emissions and leaks	2	3.6	200
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	1.7	14.3	172

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 10,111 (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 2020 compare with the years around it?

Among the 20 published build years of the Nissan X-Trail, 2020 ranks 2 (1 = fails least for its age). 2019: index 99.6.

Nissan X-Trail build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2001	108.0	96.8–119.3	no different (rough estimate)	665
2002	95.9	92.0–99.9	better	4,810
2003	100.9	98.6–103.2	no different	14,852
2004	97.6	95.8–99.3	better	24,863
2005	97.2	95.7–98.6	better	35,295
2006	101.1	99.6–102.5	no different	37,434
2007	100.2	98.6–101.9	no different	29,714
2008	101.2	99.2–103.2	no different	21,265
2009	101.6	99.0–104.2	no different	12,790
2010	104.7	101.4–108.1	worse	8,759
2011	101.0	98.1–103.8	no different	12,684
2012	95.0	91.8–98.2	better	10,169
2013	93.1	89.6–96.6	better	9,574
2014	98.8	96.3–101.3	no different	23,188
2015	106.8	104.9–108.8	worse	49,469
2016	104.7	103.2–106.3	worse	90,412
2017	97.5	96.0–99.1	better	90,897
2018	94.6	92.0–97.1	better	36,206
2019	99.6	95.7–103.6	no different	17,016
2020	93.9	88.6–99.2	better	9,745

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 539,807 (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 X-Trail 2020 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-x-trail/2020/

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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