MOT pass rate · 2025 data
Mitsubishi Shogun MOT pass rate
The Mitsubishi Shogun passed 72.78% of its 28,373 initial MOT tests in 2025 — below the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 4.5 percentage points worse than average.
How the Mitsubishi Shogun 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 Shogun grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | 1,890 | 88.2% |
| 6–10 years | 6,401 | 82.5% |
| 11 years and over | 20,082 | 68.22% |
The Mitsubishi Shogun drops 20 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 Shogun fails its MOT
Across every Mitsubishi Shogun that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was suspension, accounting for 25.92% 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 | 25.92% | 7,233 |
| Brakes | 18.91% | 5,277 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 16.67% | 4,653 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 13.15% | 3,669 |
| Steering | 7.13% | 1,990 |
| Visibility | 4.94% | 1,380 |
How the Mitsubishi Shogun compares
Ranked on pass rate, the Mitsubishi Shogun sits 475th of 651 models in this data , and 8th of the 9 Mitsubishi models covered . Mitsubishi as a whole averaged 76.72%, so this model runs 3.9 points behind its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used Mitsubishi Shogun
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average Mitsubishi Shogun came to its 2025 test at 104,955 miles and 15.4 years old. Most examples tested 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 Shogun
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 Colt 64.04% pass rate · 19,615 tests
- Mitsubishi Eclipse 88.93% pass rate · 10,463 tests
- Mitsubishi Mirage 84.73% pass rate · 10,367 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
- Volkswagen Transporter 72.88% pass rate
- SEAT Ibiza 71.81% 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.