67.6%
Mitsubishi Shogun pass rate
Used Mitsubishi Shogun buying guide
In 2025, Mitsubishi Shogun cars passed 67.6% of 28,376 initial MOT tests, 4.7 points below the 72.3% UK average. Here is where it fails and what to check before you buy.
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Mitsubishi Shogun MOT record in brief
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded.
72.3%
UK average, all cars
−4.7
percentage points below average
Ranked on pass rate the Shogun sits 392nd of 575 models in the data. Mitsubishi as a brand averaged 71.3%, so this model runs 3.6 points behind its own brand. Mitsubishi Shogun cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 84.2% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 61.8%.
A pass rate is not a reliability score. The full Mitsubishi Shogun MOT record has the pass rate by age, every common failure and how the Shogun compares with similar cars.
Shogun fuel types
Diesel made up 91.9% of Mitsubishi Shogun 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 Shogun fails its MOT
Where Mitsubishi Shogun 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 component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (6.2%), position lamp not working (4%) and ball joint excessively worn (3.7%). See every common Shogun MOT failure.
These are DVSA failure records across every Mitsubishi Shogun that failed, not a claim that every Shogun has these problems.
What should you check when buying a used Shogun?
The areas above, most common first, and what an MOT tester looks at in each.
1
Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters. 24% of Shogun failure items.
2
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. 20% of Shogun 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. 17.7% of Shogun failure items.
4
Body, chassis, structure
Look underneath and along the sills for corrosion, and check for damaged or poorly repaired panels. 12.2% of Shogun failure items.
5
Steering
Feel for play, knocking or stiffness in the steering, and check there is no steering warning light. 6.6% of Shogun 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.
What the MOT record doesn't tell you
Knowing Mitsubishi Shogun failures cluster around suspension and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 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 Shogun.
- Used Mitsubishi L200 68.7% MOT pass rate
- Used Mitsubishi Outlander 76.3% MOT pass rate
- Used Mitsubishi Asx 74.5% 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 Shogun FAQs
Is the Mitsubishi Shogun 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 67.6% first-time pass rate for the Mitsubishi Shogun across 28,376 tests in 2025, below the 72.3% average for all cars.
Do older Mitsubishi Shogun cars fail their MOT more often?
Mitsubishi Shogun cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 84.2% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 61.8%. 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 Shogun?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: suspension, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 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 Shogun'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.