68.7%
Mitsubishi L200 pass rate
Used Mitsubishi L200 buying guide
In 2025, Mitsubishi L200 cars passed 68.7% of 80,374 initial MOT tests, 3.6 points below the 72.3% UK average. Here is where it fails and what to check before you buy.
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Mitsubishi L200 MOT record in brief
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded.
72.3%
UK average, all cars
−3.6
percentage points below average
Ranked on pass rate the L200 sits 374th of 575 models in the data. Mitsubishi as a brand averaged 71.3%, so this model runs 2.6 points behind its own brand. Mitsubishi L200 cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 84.4% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 56.3%.
A pass rate is not a reliability score. The full Mitsubishi L200 MOT record has the pass rate by age, every common failure and how the L200 compares with similar cars.
L200 fuel types
Diesel made up 99.9% of Mitsubishi L200 MOT tests in 2025, against 39.3% across all models in this data. Almost every used example you look at will be a diesel.
Where the L200 fails its MOT
Where Mitsubishi L200 cars that failed their 2025 MOT were marked down, as a share of all recorded failure items.
The specific items testers recorded most often were rigid brake pipes excessively corroded (7.4%), position lamp not working (6.6%) and rear fog lamp not working (4.2%). See every common L200 MOT failure.
These are DVSA failure records across every Mitsubishi L200 that failed, not a claim that every L200 has these problems.
What should you check when buying a used L200?
The areas above, most common first, and what an MOT tester looks at in each.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Walk round with every light on: headlights, brake lights, indicators, fog lights and the number plate lamp. Check no warning lights stay on after starting. 29.5% of L200 failure items.
2
Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters. 19.8% of L200 failure items.
3
Brakes
Make sure the pedal feels firm, the car stops in a straight line, the handbrake holds on a slope and no brake warning light is showing. 19.5% of L200 failure items.
4
Body, chassis, structure
Look underneath and along the sills for corrosion, and check for damaged or poorly repaired panels. 10.2% of L200 failure items.
5
Visibility
Check the windscreen for chips or cracks in the driver's view, and that the wipers and washers clear it properly. 6.8% of L200 failure items.
None of this replaces the car's own record. Run a free MOT history check on the registration to see every test, advisory and recorded mileage for that car.
L200 vs similar cars
Head-to-head comparisons on the same 2025 DVSA data.
What the MOT record doesn't tell you
Knowing Mitsubishi L200 failures cluster around lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension tells you what to inspect. It tells you nothing about whether the car is safe to buy. An MOT does not show money still owed on the car, a write-off, a theft record or a clocked odometer.
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- Outstanding finance
- Write-off records
- Stolen markers
- Mileage history
- Previous keepers
Other used Mitsubishi models
The most-tested Mitsubishi models in 2025, with how their MOT pass rate compares with the L200.
- Used Mitsubishi Outlander 76.3% MOT pass rate
- Used Mitsubishi Asx 74.5% MOT pass rate
- Used Mitsubishi Shogun 67.6% MOT pass rate
- Used Mitsubishi Colt 54.1% MOT pass rate
- Used Mitsubishi Eclipse 86.2% MOT pass rate
- Used Mitsubishi Mirage 80.5% MOT pass rate
See all 9 Mitsubishi models ranked by MOT pass rate.
Used Mitsubishi L200 FAQs
Is the Mitsubishi L200 reliable?
MOT data does not measure reliability. It records whether a car met the roadworthiness standard on the day of its test. What it does show is a 68.7% first-time pass rate for the Mitsubishi L200 across 80,374 tests in 2025, below the 72.3% average for all cars.
Do older Mitsubishi L200 cars fail their MOT more often?
Mitsubishi L200 cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 84.4% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 56.3%. On an older example, the car's own MOT history tells you more than the model average.
What should I check before buying a used Mitsubishi L200?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, suspension and brakes. Then check the individual car's history: outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers, mileage and previous keepers. None of these appear in the MOT record or on the V5C.
How do I check a Mitsubishi L200's history?
Enter the registration of the specific car. A Carpeep car history check reports outstanding finance, write-off category, stolen markers, mileage history, previous keepers, MOT and tax status, import and export markers and scrapped status in one £15 report.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.