MOT pass rate · 2025 data
Mitsubishi Eclipse MOT pass rate
The Mitsubishi Eclipse passed 88.93% of its 10,463 initial MOT tests in 2025 — above the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 11.6 percentage points better than average.
How the Mitsubishi Eclipse holds up with age
Every car fails the MOT more often as it gets older. What matters when you are buying is how steeply that happens for this particular model. These are the 2025 pass rates for the Mitsubishi Eclipse grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | 988 | 92.41% |
| 6–10 years | 9,454 | 88.6% |
| 11 years and over | 21 | 76.19% |
The Mitsubishi Eclipse drops 16.2 percentage points between its early years and the 11-plus bracket, which is a steep decline. On an older example, the MOT history is worth reading closely before you buy.
Why the Mitsubishi Eclipse fails its MOT
Across every Mitsubishi Eclipse that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was brakes, accounting for 31.52% of all recorded failure items. These are the areas worth having checked before you buy, and worth budgeting for on an older example.
| Failure area | Share of failure items | Recorded items |
|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 31.52% | 749 |
| Tyres | 25.59% | 608 |
| Suspension | 13.85% | 329 |
| Visibility | 12.58% | 299 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 8.88% | 211 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1.89% | 45 |
How the Mitsubishi Eclipse compares
Ranked on pass rate, the Mitsubishi Eclipse sits 126th of 651 models in this data , and 1st of the 9 Mitsubishi models covered . Mitsubishi as a whole averaged 76.72%, so this model runs 12.2 points ahead of its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used Mitsubishi Eclipse
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average Mitsubishi Eclipse came to its 2025 test at 47,643 miles and 6.5 years old. Most examples tested were petrol.
The useful check is the individual car's own MOT record: how many times it has failed, what for, and whether advisories keep reappearing. A recurring advisory on corrosion, suspension or brakes tells you far more than a model-wide average, and a mileage that does not move consistently between tests is a warning in itself.
Check a specific Mitsubishi Eclipse
Run the registration through a free MOT history check to see that car's test results, advisories and recorded mileages. For the risks an MOT never covers — outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers and ownership history — a full car history check brings them together in one £15 report.
Also useful: mileage check · write-off check · free car check
Other Mitsubishi models
- Mitsubishi L200 74.68% pass rate · 79,171 tests
- Mitsubishi Outlander 80.68% pass rate · 74,570 tests
- Mitsubishi ASX 78.37% pass rate · 28,731 tests
- Mitsubishi Shogun 72.78% pass rate · 28,373 tests
- Mitsubishi Colt 64.04% pass rate · 19,615 tests
- Mitsubishi Mirage 84.73% pass rate · 10,367 tests
Models with a similar pass rate
- MINI Cooper 87.98% pass rate
- MINI Countryman 88.41% pass rate
- Mercedes-Benz GLC 88.01% pass rate
- Suzuki Vitara 89.5% pass rate
- Hyundai Kona 89.77% pass rate
- SEAT Ateca 89.82% pass rate
Figures aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025, class 4 initial tests only, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Retests are excluded, so these are first-time pass rates.