How many Nissan Terranos are still on the road in Great Britain, how many are declared off the road, how new registrations have changed and which fuels they use. Built from DVLA licensing records and 1,137 DVSA MOT tests.
Licensed in Great Britain630−21.2% on a year earlier
Declared SORN4,048Off the road, not taxed
MOT first-time pass rate, 202559.8%Cars of the same ages 60.9%
Rank by number licensedNo. 779of 1,159 models we cover
Peak year200526,800 licensed
Average annual mileage3,975miles a year
How many Nissan Terranos are left in Great Britain?
There were 630 Nissan Terranos licensed in Great Britain at the end of March 2026, and a further 4,048 declared off the road (SORN).
That is 97.6% fewer than the peak of 26,800 in 2005.
Nissan Terranos licensed in Great Britain
Numbers peaked in 2005 and have fallen every year since, as older cars are scrapped faster than new ones are registered.
In 2025, 59.8% of Nissan Terrano MOT tests were passed first time,
against 72.8% for all cars.
Cars of the same ages as the Nissan Terranos tested pass 60.9% of the time, so the Nissan Terrano does worse than average for its age, by 1.1 points. In 2024 its pass rate was 57.4%.
MOT first-time pass rate by age: Nissan Terrano vs all cars
Comparing like with like: each bar pair covers cars of the same age, so an older average age does not count against a model.
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MOT first-time pass rate by vehicle age, Nissan Terrano compared with all cars
Suspension is the most common reason a Nissan Terrano fails its MOT,
appearing on 46.2% of failed tests. A failed test can have defects in
more than one category, so shares add up to more than 100%.
11.0% of Nissan Terrano tests found at least one dangerous defect, against 7.3% for all cars.
Most common MOT failure categories
Share of failed Nissan Terrano MOT tests with at least one defect in each category
Most common Nissan Terrano MOT defects and advisories
The single most common reason a Nissan Terrano failed its MOT in 2025 was
“Drive shafts: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”, on 17.7% of 457 failed tests.
73.1% of tests ended with at least one advisory, a problem to watch that did not fail the test; the most common was “Rigid brake pipes: corroded, covered in grease or other material”.
The same fault on any wheel or side counts once.
Most common reasons for failure
Share of failed tests with each defect. A test can fail for more than one.
Most common specific MOT defects on failed Nissan Terrano tests, 2025
Defect
Share of failed tests
Drive shafts: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure
Registrations of Nissan Terranos for the first time in Great Britain were highest at 2,769 in 2001, when this data begins. In 2025, 0 were registered. With almost none registered new, the number on the road is likely to keep falling.
Registered for the first time, by year
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Nissan Terranos registered for the first time in Great Britain, by year
Of the 787 Nissan Terranos licensed in the UK at the end of 2025, 63.0% have an engine of 2,601cc to 2,700cc, and 33.0% have an engine of 2,901cc to 3,000cc. The share with an engine of 2,901cc to 3,000cc has grown from 18.1% in 2014 to 33.0%.
Engine sizes, end of 2025
DVLA records engine size in 100cc bands.
Nissan Terranos licensed in the UK at the end of 2025, by engine size
Engine size
Share of those licensed
2,601cc to 2,700cc 496 licensed
63.0%
2,901cc to 3,000cc 260 licensed
33.0%
2,301cc to 2,400cc 15 licensed
1.9%
Other sizes 16 licensed
2.0%
Source:DfT / DVLAEnd of 2014 to end of 2025Updated
Engine size and fuel together, end of 2025
Engine size and fuel together, end of 2025
Engine size
Fuel
Licensed
Share
2,601–2,700cc
Diesel
496
63.0%
2,901–3,000cc
Diesel
260
33.0%
2,301–2,400cc
Petrol
15
1.9%
2,201–2,300cc
Diesel
12
1.5%
Engine sizes, 2014 to 2025
Share of those licensed at the end of each year, for the most common sizes.
Nissan Terranos licensed in the UK by fuel type, share of each year’s total
Year
Diesel
Petrol
2014
96.6%
3.4%
2015
97.0%
3.0%
2016
97.4%
2.6%
2017
97.9%
2.1%
2018
98.0%
2.0%
2019
98.0%
1.9%
2020
98.2%
1.8%
2021
98.4%
1.6%
2022
98.5%
1.4%
2023
98.4%
1.5%
2024
98.4%
1.6%
2025
98.1%
1.9%
Source:DfT / DVLAEnd of 2014 to end of 2025Updated
United Kingdom figures from DfT table VEH0220 (licensed cars at the end of each year, SORN
excluded), so they differ slightly from the Great Britain counts elsewhere on this page.
How we use engine sizes.
Nissan Terrano fuel economy and CO2
The Vehicle Certification Agency’s new car data lists the Nissan Terrano from 2000, when the data begins, to 2006. On the NEDC test (listings 2000 to 2006), official combined fuel economy for its petrol and diesel versions ranges from 23.0 to 32.1 mpg, with CO2 of 232 to 292 g/km.
Official NEDC figures by engine and fuel, listed 2000 to 2006
Official NEDC figures by engine and fuel, listed 2000 to 2006
Official figures from laboratory type-approval tests. VCA says they may not be achieved in
real-world driving, and should not be used to rank cars with similar figures.
Engine sizes are rounded to the nearest 0.1 litre. A version is one line in
VCA’s data (description, gearbox, engine and fuel), counted once however many years it was
listed.
Matched from VCA’s model names “Terrano II”, “Terrano II - R20 Series”. How we use VCA’s figures.
Nissan Terrano safety recalls
DVSA lists 6 safety recalls for the Nissan Terrano since 1992, the first in 2000. The most recent was launched on 17 August 2018.
A non-dessicated passenger airbag inflator was used during previous recall to replace this component
Launched 17 August 2018DVSA recall R/2018/100Manufacturer ref. PG8BA / PS8B0
Defect
In 2013 Nissan announced a Recall campaign to replace Takata SPI front passenger airbag inflators. A non-dessicated passenger airbag inflator was used for the replacement. Although there have been no known incidents associated with inflators of this type Nissan has decided to replace all inflators previously repaired with a non-dessicated inflator to a new dessicated version.
Remedy
Replace the front passenger airbag inflator with a new dessicated type.
A recall applies to cars built on particular dates or with particular VINs, not to every Nissan Terrano. The details come from manufacturers through DVSA, which says they may be delayed or
incomplete. To check a specific car, use GOV.UK’s vehicle recall check or ask the manufacturer or a
dealer. How we match recalls to models.
Figures cover Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). Northern Ireland is not included.
Licensed counts are vehicles with a current tax or exemption at the end of each year (or the latest quarter). SORN counts are shown separately.
First registrations count vehicles registered in Great Britain for the first time, including used imports.
Models are grouped by DVLA’s generic model name, so every generation and trim counts together.
MOT figures cover normal tests of cars aged three and over in 2025; retests are excluded. Age is rounded to the nearest year.
DVSA records the model name typed in at the test. We match those names to DVLA’s generic models, so a handful of tests may be counted under a close relative.
