MOT pass rate · 2025 data
Mitsubishi Lancer MOT pass rate
The Mitsubishi Lancer passed 73.35% of its 8,734 initial MOT tests in 2025 — below the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 4 percentage points worse than average.
How the Mitsubishi Lancer 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 Lancer grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | 35 | 91.43% |
| 6–10 years | 201 | 91.54% |
| 11 years and over | 8,495 | 72.84% |
The Mitsubishi Lancer drops 18.6 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 Lancer fails its MOT
Across every Mitsubishi Lancer that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was suspension, accounting for 25.49% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 25.49% | 1,988 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 22.05% | 1,720 |
| Brakes | 16.32% | 1,273 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 8.24% | 643 |
| Steering | 7.85% | 612 |
| Tyres | 6.9% | 538 |
How the Mitsubishi Lancer compares
Ranked on pass rate, the Mitsubishi Lancer sits 461st of 651 models in this data , and 7th of the 9 Mitsubishi models covered . Mitsubishi as a whole averaged 76.72%, so this model runs 3.4 points behind its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used Mitsubishi Lancer
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average Mitsubishi Lancer came to its 2025 test at 92,903 miles and 17.6 years old. Most examples tested were petrol, though 19.19% were diesel.
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 Lancer
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 Eclipse 88.93% pass rate · 10,463 tests
Models with a similar pass rate
- Ford Fiesta 72.78% pass rate
- Volkswagen Polo 73.12% pass rate
- Nissan Qashqai 73.5% pass rate
- Vauxhall Astra 72.34% pass rate
- Nissan Juke 74.48% pass rate
- Volkswagen Transporter 72.88% 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.