Does the Nissan X-Trail fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Nissan X-Trail records 16.42 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 10.89 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+5.53, 95% interval +5.42 to +5.64). It ranks 115 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on brakes · check a Nissan X-Trail by registration
What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Nissan X-Trail is “a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm”, recorded 26,675 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 26,675 | 4.90 |
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 9,775 | 1.79 |
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 9,594 | 1.76 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 7,996 | 1.47 |
| Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn | 5,220 | 0.96 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 544,942 (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 X-Trail gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
14.4% of Nissan X-Trail MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 6,360 miles later (118,987 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 118,987 (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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