80.5%
Mitsubishi Mirage
Mitsubishi Mirage MOT pass rate and common problems
The Mitsubishi Mirage passed 80.5% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 8.2 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively.
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How the Mirage 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 Mirage runs 9.2 points ahead of the Mitsubishi average. It is 2nd of the 9 Mitsubishi models in the data. The average Mirage arrived at its test 9 years old with 46,848 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.
Mirage MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Mitsubishi Mirage cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 87.5% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 72.9%, a drop of 14.6 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 1,779 | 87.5% | 15.2 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 6,446 | 82% | 9.7 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 2,910 | 72.9% | 0.6 pts above |
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 Mirage failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Mitsubishi Mirage cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Tyres and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 43.1% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Mirage MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Mitsubishi Mirage cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 52.5% of everything testers recorded against failed Mitsubishi Mirage cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Mirage
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, condition has ply or cords exposed and tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative. 14.5% of failure items.
2
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively and washers provides insufficient washer liquid. 12.8% of failure items.
3
Brakes
Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick and rigid brake pipes excessively corroded. 10.6% of failure items.
4
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working and headlamp aim too low. 9.5% of failure items.
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Mitsubishi Mirage MOT FAQs
What is the Mitsubishi Mirage MOT pass rate?
80.5% of Mitsubishi Mirage cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 11,135 tests. That is 8.2 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 192nd of 575 models.
What does a Mitsubishi Mirage most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Mitsubishi Mirage cars failing their 2025 MOT was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively, on 10.3% of failure items. Next were tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (9.3%) and brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (7.1%).
Which area causes the most Mitsubishi Mirage MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was tyres at 22.7%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 20.4%.
Do older Mitsubishi Mirage cars fail their MOT more often?
Mitsubishi Mirage cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 87.5% of MOT tests in 2025, against 72.9% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Mitsubishi Mirage has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Mitsubishi Mirage 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 Mirage'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.