MOT comparison

Renault Kadjar 1st Gen vs Nissan Qashqai J11

How the Renault Kadjar 1st Gen (2015–2022) and the Nissan Qashqai J11 (2nd Gen) (2013–2021) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Renault Kadjar 1st Gen

443,360

MOT tests compared · built 2015–2022

Passes more often in 0 of 12 mileage bands

Nissan Qashqai J11 (2nd Gen)

2,567,089

MOT tests compared · built 2013–2021

Passes more often in 10 of 12 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Renault Kadjar 1st Gen Nissan Qashqai J11

Under 10,000 miles 93.1% vs 94.0%

9,431 and 44,959 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 90.1% vs 92.0%

44,480 and 226,630 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 86.1% vs 89.0%

74,948 and 392,313 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 81.8% vs 85.4%

78,880 and 419,793 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 78.3% vs 82.4%

69,028 and 379,183 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 75.8% vs 79.7%

54,851 and 314,648 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 73.1% vs 76.8%

40,198 and 245,047 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 70.9% vs 73.7%

27,638 and 182,566 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 68.0% vs 70.8%

18,110 and 130,520 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 65.3% vs 67.9%

11,358 and 89,917 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 63.1% vs 64.6%

11,654 and 108,576 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 59.9% vs 60.8%

2,784 and 32,937 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

Renault Kadjar 1st Gen fails more often on

Headlamp

Fails about 3 times as often as the Nissan Qashqai J11: 4.6% of MOTs against 1.5%.

In 11 of 12 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Headlamp aim

Fails about 4 times as often as the Nissan Qashqai J11: 0.77% of MOTs against 0.23%.

In 8 of 12 mileage bands · Lights & Signals

Nissan Qashqai J11 fails more often on

Windscreen washer

Fails about 1.5 times as often as the Renault Kadjar 1st Gen: 2.1% of MOTs against 1.2%.

In 7 of 12 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.