54.1%
Mitsubishi Colt
Mitsubishi Colt MOT pass rate and common problems
The Mitsubishi Colt passed 54.1% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 18.2 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was position lamp not working.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Colt compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
71.3%
Mitsubishi average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Colt runs 17.2 points behind the Mitsubishi average. It is 9th of the 9 Mitsubishi models in the data. The average Colt arrived at its test 16.7 years old with 84,561 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
Colt MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years (small sample) | 5 | 100% | 27.7 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years (small sample) | 6 | 66.7% | 5.6 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 19,630 | 54.1% | 18.2 pts below |
Too few tests fall into some age groups to compare them reliably. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Colt failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Mitsubishi Colt cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 52% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Colt MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Mitsubishi Colt cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 41.7% of everything testers recorded against failed Mitsubishi Colt cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Colt
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working, headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect, stop lamp not working and registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps. 19.1% of failure items.
2
Suspension
Recorded most often: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt, component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength and coil spring fractured or broken. 9.6% of failure items.
3
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 5.3% of failure items.
4
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 4.8% of failure items.
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Mitsubishi Colt MOT FAQs
What is the Mitsubishi Colt MOT pass rate?
54.1% of Mitsubishi Colt cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 19,641 tests. That is 18.2 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 547th of 575 models.
What does a Mitsubishi Colt most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Mitsubishi Colt cars failing their 2025 MOT was position lamp not working, on 6.8% of failure items. Next were headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (6%) and wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (5.3%).
Which area causes the most Mitsubishi Colt MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 32.5%, followed by suspension at 19.5%.
Does this mean every Mitsubishi Colt has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Mitsubishi Colt that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific Mitsubishi Colt's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.