2018 Nissan X-Trail 1.6L Diesel · WR67 OHS

The 2018 Nissan X‑Trail has only 35,981 mi on the clock – roughly 4,500 mi per year – which is well below the average for an eight‑year‑old vehicle. Low mileage can mean the car has been driven gently, but it can also indicate long periods of storage where components such as tyres and brakes may age without much wear. The most recent MOT (16 April 2026) was a pass, but it carried two clear advisories: the rear brake pads are wearing thin and the off‑side front tyre shows outer‑side wall cracking with only 3 mm of tread remaining. The day before, the same mileage record shows a failed MOT because, in addition to the rear‑pad warning, the front brake disc was noted as pitted or scored and the front brake pads were less than 1.5 mm thick. Looking back through the MOT history, the brake wear pattern is recurring. In March 2025 the front disc was already flagged as pitted, and the front pads were described as thin. In April 2024 the front disc and pads were again noted as worn. The 2023 MOT was clean, but from 2024 onward a consistent decline in brake material has been recorded, now extending to the rear pads. The tyre damage first appears in the 2026 entries, suggesting the tyre has been deteriorating while the vehicle was otherwise low‑mileage. Overall the trend is worsening rather than stabilising.