Nissan Primastar
Registered from 2002 to 2014.
About this model
The Renault Trafic is a light commercial van produced by the French automaker Renault since 1980. It has also been marketed as the Fiat Talento, the Nissan NV300, the Nissan Primastar and the Mitsubishi Express. Until 2019, it was also sold as the Opel/Vauxhall Vivaro by Opel and its associated company Vauxhall. From early 2022 onwards, the van is also marketed by Renault Trucks as the Renault Trucks Trafic.
From the Wikipedia article Renault Trafic, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2007 2.0 diesel. 620 of 1,970 tests failed, 31%.
Better than 14% of 2007 cars. The typical one fails 27%, across 935 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 58% | 358 |
| Brakes | 49% | 306 |
| Lights and electrics | 48% | 295 |
| Steering | 30% | 184 |
| Body and structure | 20% | 126 |
| Visibility | 19% | 118 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
Where it stands out against its peers
- Steering: failed more often than 96% of 2007 cars — 30% of its 620 failed tests, where an ordinary 2007 car has 5%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
NHTSA's investigations are American; no European regulator publishes an equivalent record, so this section has nothing to draw on for a European car. There is no European equivalent of the service-bulletin register either.
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Suspension — 58% of its failures
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- Brakes — 49% of its failures
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Steering — 30% of its failures
- A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play
- Lights and electrics — 48% of its failures
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps
- Body and structure — 20% of its failures
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Visibility — 19% of its failures
When it starts failing
At 200k+ miles this one fails 33% of its inspections, against the 29% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40–60k miles | 34% | 21% | 32 | |
| 60–80k miles | 25% | 24% | 67 | |
| 80–100k miles | 32% | 27% | 183 | |
| 100–120k miles | 31% | 29% | 294 | |
| 120–140k miles | 30% | 30% | 331 | |
| 140–160k miles | 35% | 30% | 376 | |
| 160–180k miles | 31% | 30% | 279 | |
| 180–200k miles | 29% | 30% | 161 | |
| 200k+ miles | 33% | 29% | 241 |
1,964 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have more than 140k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 2.0 diesel · 111 hp · 2072 kg · 3342 mm wheelbase · 6.8 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2013 | 2.0 diesel · 111 hp · 2075 kg · 3260 mm wheelbase · 6.9 L/100km (NEDC) |