MOT History from tests of diesel NISSAN MICRAs year 2003

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Pass percent:57.88%

(The average a diesel NISSAN MICRA year 2003 passes without issue)

Based on:15,045 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Registration plate lamp issues	1453
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1118
Headlamp aim out of alignment	897
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	314
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	303
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	296
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	271
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	259
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	256
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	244
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	224
Registration plate issues	218
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	212
Offside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	200
Brake pipe excessively corroded	195
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	162
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	147
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	144
Offside Side repeater incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	137
Offside Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.6.1\|	126
Nearside Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.6.1\|	123
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	121
Nearside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	118
Offside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	116
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	111
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	108
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	105
Nearside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	104
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	101
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	99
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	96
Nearside Side repeater incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	93
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	91
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	89
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	85
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	83
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	81
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	73
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	73
Centre Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	70
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	68
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	66
Offside Rear Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.6.1\|	61
Offside Front coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	55
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	54
Nearside Rear Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.6.1\|	54
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	53
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	53
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	52
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	51
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	51
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	49
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	49
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	48
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	47
Windscreen wiper blade insecure	46
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` \|8.3.1e\|	45
Offside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	43
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	42
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	41
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	41
Nearside Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	41
Offside Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	40
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a non-turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	38
Offside Front coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	38
Offside Front Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	38
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	37
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	36
Nearside Front Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	36
Offside Front Side repeater incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	36
Windscreen has damage	35
Emissions not tested \|7.0\|	35
Nearside Headlamp insecure \|1.7.3\|	35
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	34
Front brake application uneven	34
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	34
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	33
Offside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	33
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	33
Offside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	32
Nearside Front Windscreen wiper blade deteriorated \|8.2.2\|	32
Nearside Indicator tell tale inoperative \|1.4.A.2a\|	32
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	31
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	31
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	31
Offside Headlamp insecure \|1.7.3\|	31
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	30
Nearside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	30
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	30
Exhaust emits excessive smoke or vapour of any colour \|7.4.B.4\|	30
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	30
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	30
Windscreen washer not working	28
Nearside Front Side repeater incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	27
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	26
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	26
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush bonding deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	26
Offside Front Windscreen wiper blade deteriorated \|8.2.2\|	26
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	26
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	24
Centre Rear Seat belt locking mechanism does not secure or release \|5.2.5a\|	24
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush bonding deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	23
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	23
Offside Front Headlamp insecure \|1.7.3\|	22
Offside Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	22
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	22
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault \|7.1.6 \|a\|\|	22
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))	22
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	22
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	20
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	20
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.1.A.3f\|	20
Centre Rear Seat belt retracting mechanism defective \|5.2.5b\|	20

We get to these numbers by trawling through over 1 billion MOT test results since 2004 and crunched the numbers. We remove anything to do with Tyres, as they are model independent and group together common non-model specific issues. We are trying to get to a picture of what models have what issues.

Please note: We take the data from the DVSA. This data is raw and can contain typos and spelling mistakes that garages may have entered while recording a MOT result. Specifically miss-match on names of models and makes. We are constantly cleaning the data so bear with the odd issue.

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MOT History from tests of diesel NISSAN MICRAs year 2003

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