68.7%
Mitsubishi L200
Mitsubishi L200 MOT pass rate and common problems
The Mitsubishi L200 passed 68.7% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 3.6 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was rigid brake pipes excessively corroded.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the L200 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 L200 runs 2.6 points behind the Mitsubishi average. It is 6th of the 9 Mitsubishi models in the data. The average L200 arrived at its test 11.3 years old with 96,517 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.
L200 MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Mitsubishi L200 cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 84.4% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 56.3%, a drop of 28.1 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 12,047 | 84.4% | 12.1 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 34,519 | 75.3% | 3 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 33,808 | 56.3% | 16 pts below |
That is a steep decline with age, so the headline rate flatters older examples. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where L200 failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Mitsubishi L200 cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 49.3% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common L200 MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Mitsubishi L200 cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 37.4% of everything testers recorded against failed Mitsubishi L200 cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a L200
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working, rear fog lamp not working, stop lamp not working and registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps. 15% of failure items.
2
Brakes
Recorded most often: rigid brake pipes excessively corroded and brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 9.7% of failure items.
3
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 3.8% of failure items.
4
Suspension
Recorded most often: ball joint excessively worn. 3.7% of failure items.
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Mitsubishi L200 MOT FAQs
What is the Mitsubishi L200 MOT pass rate?
68.7% of Mitsubishi L200 cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 80,374 tests. That is 3.6 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 374th of 575 models.
What does a Mitsubishi L200 most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Mitsubishi L200 cars failing their 2025 MOT was rigid brake pipes excessively corroded, on 7.4% of failure items. Next were position lamp not working (6.6%) and rear fog lamp not working (4.2%).
Which area causes the most Mitsubishi L200 MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 29.5%, followed by suspension at 19.8%.
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, against 56.3% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Mitsubishi L200 has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Mitsubishi L200 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 L200'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.