Reliability report
Nissan Primera reliability and common faults
Based on 20,678 roadworthiness tests, led by the UK MOT. Each country is compared only with its own average for cars of the same age.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · MOT
33.4%
fail rate · average 32.5%
about average
2,296 MOT tests (DVSA)
🇱🇹 Lithuania · inspection
35.1%
first-time pass · average 42.2%
much worse than average
18,382 inspections
Testing regimes differ from country to country – don’t compare the figures between countries; compare each one only with its own average. MOT data: contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Weak spots
What goes wrong on the Nissan Primera
How often each area fails compared with the average car of the same age (vertical line = average, 100%). Red – more often than average.
Seat belts and airbags
Plates and identification
Exhaust and emissions
Brakes
Lights and electrics
Body and structure
Visibility
Tyres
Wheels
Suspension
Steering
Results by vehicle age
| Age | 🇬🇧 MOT fail rate | 🇳🇱 APK defects |
|---|---|---|
| 16–20 years | 33.5% avg 34.6% | — |
| 21+ years | 33.3% avg 31.4% | — |
🇱🇹 First-time pass rate in Lithuania – by year of manufacture
| Year | Primera | Average for year | Inspections |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 44.6% | 50.6% | 287 |
| 2006 | 38.2% | 48.7% | 864 |
| 2005 | 33.2% | 46.6% | 1,898 |
| 2004 | 36.2% | 44.5% | 2,575 |
| 2003 | 37.9% | 42.9% | 3,675 |
| 2002 | 35.3% | 42.0% | 3,805 |
| 2001 | 29.1% | 40.9% | 532 |
| 2000 | 33.3% | 39.6% | 938 |
| 1999 | 34.7% | 38.6% | 884 |
| 1998 | 33.5% | 37.8% | 750 |
| 1997 | 31.8% | 36.9% | 892 |
| 1996 | 32.3% | 35.8% | 462 |
| 1995 | 26.2% | 34.8% | 233 |
| 1994 | 25.7% | 33.7% | 152 |
| 1993 | 31.7% | 33.4% | 142 |
Nissan Primera – FAQs
How reliable is the Nissan Primera?+
In the UK the Nissan Primera fails 33.4% of MOT tests, against an average of 32.5% for cars of the same age – about average. In Lithuania 35.1% pass their roadworthiness test first time (average for those years there 42.2%) – much worse than average.
What goes wrong most often on the Nissan Primera?+
Compared with the average car of the same age, testers find faults more often in these areas: seat belts and airbags, plates and identification, exhaust and emissions, brakes.
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Sources: anonymised MOT test results (DVSA) – contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; APK inspection defects (RDW, open data); Lithuanian roadworthiness test results (data.gov.lt). Initial tests only; retests are not counted. Photo: Rudolf Stricker, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (licence).