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Mitsubishi Outlander MOT fail rate by age

How often the Mitsubishi Outlander fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 305,188 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 7 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 7 (n=44,426)17.5%
All cars at 7 years (n=10,537,318)20.6%
Median mileage at test66,962
All cars, median mileage52,953

133 of 330 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 7 years.

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Mitsubishi Outlander fails 13.2% of MOTs (17,050 tests), 1.1 points above the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 18 years it fails 45.2% (1,333 tests), 2.0 points above the 43.3% average.
  • The gap is widest at 16 years: 4.7 points above all cars.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 7 years: Anti-roll bar pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn, at 0.9 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 18 years 52.0%

Solid line: this model. Dashed line: all cars at the same age.

Mitsubishi Outlander: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
AgeMOT fail rateTests (n)All carsDifferenceMedian mileage
3 years13.2%17,05012.1%+1.1 pts26,853 miles
4 years14.1%27,81913.4%+0.7 pts36,799 miles
5 years13.3%34,18515.3%−2.0 pts45,894 miles
6 years14.6%39,94117.8%−3.2 pts56,817 miles
7 years17.5%44,42620.6%−3.1 pts66,962 miles
8 years21.9%40,57823.8%−1.9 pts76,420 miles
9 years26.3%33,55327.1%−0.8 pts85,349 miles
10 years30.1%23,25930.3%−0.2 pts92,866 miles
11 years34.7%11,83933.3%+1.4 pts100,293 miles
12 years38.5%6,31836.0%+2.6 pts107,954 miles
13 years41.5%5,61938.3%+3.3 pts116,380 miles
14 years43.6%6,28040.3%+3.3 pts125,498 miles
15 years46.2%6,24241.6%+4.6 pts131,143 miles
16 years47.2%4,18342.6%+4.7 pts133,798 miles
17 years47.1%2,56343.1%+4.0 pts132,101 miles
18 years45.2%1,33343.3%+2.0 pts121,823 miles

Most common fail items at 7 years

Split into structural or mechanical items and wear items. Wear items (tyres, brake pads, wipers, bulbs) say more about upkeep than about the design.

Structural and mechanical

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Anti-roll bar pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn Major0.9
Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded Major0.7

Out of 44,426 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous3.1
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous2.1
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major2
Wipers not clearing screen Major1.9
Dipped headlight not working Major1.3
Tyre with cords exposed Dangerous0.9
Headlight aimed too high Major0.9
Side/position light not working Major0.8

Out of 44,426 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 7 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Mitsubishi L20021.5%29,79020.6%
Mitsubishi Asx17.0%14,05020.6%
Mitsubishi Shogun18.0%5,84720.6%

MOT fail rate by first-use year

Each year has its own page: the fail rate for cars first used that year at each MOT from 2022 to 2025 with at least 1,000 tests, the most common faults at that age, and the car tax and ULEZ rules for that year.

First-use year data updated .

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First usedAge at testMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
200717 years in 202449.3%1,05743.1%
200817 years in 202545.5%1,18843.1%
200916 years in 202544.7%1,05242.6%
201015 years in 202544.4%1,31041.6%
201114 years in 202541.1%1,17040.3%
201213 years in 202536.6%1,05238.3%
201312 years in 202539.5%1,96436.0%
201411 years in 202533.8%7,00733.3%
201510 years in 202528.6%12,60330.3%
20169 years in 202523.2%10,97427.1%
20178 years in 202518.9%8,85723.8%
20187 years in 202515.4%10,84520.6%
20196 years in 202513.9%8,71217.8%
20205 years in 202513.5%5,32015.3%
20214 years in 202513.0%2,51113.4%

More on the Mitsubishi Outlander

Read this with care. A fail rate is not a measure of build quality. How far cars are driven, how they are used and how well owners maintain them all change it, and wear items such as tyres and brake pads are common fails. Compare a model only with cars of the same age. Methodology and limits.

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal MOT tests, 2022 to 2025. MOT data updated 22 September 2026.

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