MOT comparison

Ford Kuga Mk1 vs Nissan Qashqai J10

How the Ford Kuga Mk1 (2008–2012) and the Nissan Qashqai J10 (1st Gen) (2006–2013) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Ford Kuga Mk1

568,374

MOT tests compared · built 2008–2012

Passes more often in 14 of 15 mileage bands

Nissan Qashqai J10 (1st Gen)

2,797,178

MOT tests compared · built 2006–2013

Passes more often in 1 of 15 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

Share of MOTs passed first time, at the mileage recorded at the test.

Ford Kuga Mk1 Nissan Qashqai J10

Under 10,000 miles 90.4% vs 91.4%

1,294 and 14,634 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 91.4% vs 89.0%

11,964 and 93,973 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 88.1% vs 84.2%

33,638 and 200,532 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 83.5% vs 79.6%

45,945 and 257,107 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 79.7% vs 75.3%

50,116 and 274,905 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 75.3% vs 69.9%

51,581 and 278,774 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 70.7% vs 64.0%

52,330 and 273,001 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 67.1% vs 58.3%

52,036 and 262,115 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 64.5% vs 53.4%

50,461 and 243,096 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 62.7% vs 49.8%

47,240 and 217,253 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 60.0% vs 46.0%

93,104 and 393,833 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 59.0% vs 43.6%

50,633 and 192,595 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 58.7% vs 42.8%

20,039 and 69,138 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 56.7% vs 42.6%

6,113 and 19,746 MOTs

200,000–250,000 miles 57.9% vs 44.3%

1,880 and 6,476 MOTs

Parts that fail more often

Only differences that hold across at least half of the mileage bands we could compare, and that are far too large to be chance, are listed. How we decide

Ford Kuga Mk1 fails more often on

Front coil spring

Fails about 20 times as often as the Nissan Qashqai J10: 4.0% of MOTs against 0.33%.

In 15 of 15 mileage bands · Springs & Shocks
Exhaust emissions

Fails about 3 times as often as the Nissan Qashqai J10: 2.7% of MOTs against 1.1%.

In 9 of 15 mileage bands · Exhaust & Emissions

Nissan Qashqai J10 fails more often on

Front ball joint

Fails about 14 times as often as the Ford Kuga Mk1: 5.3% of MOTs against 0.86%.

In 13 of 15 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints
Windscreen wiper

Fails about 3 times as often as the Ford Kuga Mk1: 3.1% of MOTs against 0.98%.

In 13 of 15 mileage bands · Driver's View

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These are differences in real MOT results, not engineering verdicts. Owner mix differs between models (some are more often taxis, first cars or rural cars), which is why every figure compares cars at the same mileage. How we compare cars.

MOT records: DVSA MOT history, which contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See this the other way round.