69.9%
Mitsubishi Pajero
Mitsubishi Pajero MOT pass rate and common problems
The Mitsubishi Pajero passed 69.9% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 2.4 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was chassis condition or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting.
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How the Pajero 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 Pajero runs 1.4 points behind the Mitsubishi average. It is 5th of the 9 Mitsubishi models in the data. The average Pajero arrived at its test 23 years old with 138,449 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.
Pajero 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) | 25 | 64% | 8.3 pts below |
| 6 to 10 years (small sample) | 75 | 84% | 11.7 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 1,462 | 69.2% | 3.1 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 Pajero failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Mitsubishi Pajero cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and body, chassis, structure together account for 42.7% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Pajero MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Mitsubishi Pajero cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 34.2% of everything testers recorded against failed Mitsubishi Pajero cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Pajero
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: chassis condition or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting, exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases, integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced and joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 13.3% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: rear fog lamp not working and position lamp not working. 6.7% of failure items.
3
Brakes
Recorded most often: rigid brake pipes excessively corroded. 4.2% of failure items.
4
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems
Recorded most often: prescribed areas prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced. 3.8% of failure items.
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Mitsubishi Pajero MOT FAQs
What is the Mitsubishi Pajero MOT pass rate?
69.9% of Mitsubishi Pajero cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 1,563 tests. That is 2.4 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 349th of 575 models.
What does a Mitsubishi Pajero most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Mitsubishi Pajero cars failing their 2025 MOT was chassis condition or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting, on 5.3% of failure items. Next were rigid brake pipes excessively corroded (4.2%) and rear fog lamp not working (3.9%).
Which area causes the most Mitsubishi Pajero MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 22.1%, followed by body, chassis, structure at 20.6%.
Does this mean every Mitsubishi Pajero has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Mitsubishi Pajero 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 Pajero'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.