Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross in Great Britain in 2025 — 12,083 tests. Figures cover every Eclipse Cross first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Eclipse Cross ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
86.2%
13.9 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
12,083
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
4.9%
of Eclipse Cross first tests; national 7.3%

How many Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 11,928 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross cars that were taxed or on SORN: 11,823 taxed and 105 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
11,823
99.1% of the 11,928 Eclipse Cross cars taxed or on SORN; 23 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
105
declared off the road by their keepers — 0.9% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Eclipse Cross cars peaked at 11,920 at the end of 2022 and has since fallen by 97 (0.8%) to 11,823 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 21 at the end of 2014 to 105 at the end of 2025, up 400.0%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed Eclipse Cross cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

05k10k15k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Eclipse Cross cars, year 2014: 29Taxed Eclipse Cross cars, year 2015: 32Taxed Eclipse Cross cars, year 2016: 30Taxed Eclipse Cross cars, year 2017: 130Taxed Eclipse Cross cars, year 2018: 5kTaxed Eclipse Cross cars, year 2019: 10kTaxed Eclipse Cross cars, year 2020: 11kTaxed Eclipse Cross cars, year 2021: 12kTaxed Eclipse Cross cars, year 2022: 12kTaxed Eclipse Cross cars, year 2023: 12kTaxed Eclipse Cross cars, year 2024: 12kTaxed Eclipse Cross cars, year 2025: 12k12k
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YearTaxed Eclipse Cross cars
201429
201532
201630
2017130
20185,480
20199,564
202010,744
202111,830
202211,920
202311,792
202411,791
202511,823

Eclipse Cross cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

01002003002014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Eclipse Cross cars on SORN, year 2014: 21Eclipse Cross cars on SORN, year 2015: 21Eclipse Cross cars on SORN, year 2016: 26Eclipse Cross cars on SORN, year 2017: 32Eclipse Cross cars on SORN, year 2018: 34Eclipse Cross cars on SORN, year 2019: 64Eclipse Cross cars on SORN, year 2020: 256Eclipse Cross cars on SORN, year 2021: 60Eclipse Cross cars on SORN, year 2022: 76Eclipse Cross cars on SORN, year 2023: 86Eclipse Cross cars on SORN, year 2024: 95Eclipse Cross cars on SORN, year 2025: 105105
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YearEclipse Cross cars on SORN
201421
201521
201626
201732
201834
201964
2020256
202160
202276
202386
202495
2025105

Which model years survive

Taxed Eclipse Cross cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 11,823 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 1 taxed Eclipse Cross car has no recorded year of manufacture and is not in the table, so the rows add up to 11,822. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed Eclipse Cross cars
20219818.3%
20201,29811.0%
20194,01033.9%
20185,41645.8%
All other build years (20 years, each under 1%)1171.0%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name ECLIPSE under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the Eclipse Cross ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Eclipse Cross vs all cars, 2025.

Mitsubishi Eclipse CrossAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross, vehicle age 4: 89.1%Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross, vehicle age 5: 86.5%Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross, vehicle age 6: 86.2%Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross, vehicle age 7: 85.6%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross 85.6%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Eclipse Cross testsEclipse Cross pass rateAll cars
499289.1%87.2%
51,32286.5%86.0%
64,10686.2%83.5%
75,53485.6%80.9%

Better or worse than the average car?

The Eclipse Cross's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the Eclipse Cross beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

Eclipse Cross ahead
-6-3+0+3+6Age 4: +1.9 points vs the average carAge 5: +0.5 points vs the average car5Age 6: +2.7 points vs the average carAge 7: +4.7 points vs the average car7Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
4+1.9
5+0.5
6+2.7
7+4.7

The Eclipse Cross fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the Eclipse Cross fleet still in use.

01k3k4k6kAge 4: 9924Age 5: 1kAge 6: 4k6Age 7: 5k7Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
4992
51,322
64,106
75,534

What an Eclipse Cross fails on

Where the failure items land when an Eclipse Cross fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Brakes26.5%
Tyres22.5%
Visibility16.3%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.0%
Suspension11.7%
Body, chassis, structure1.8%
Noise, emissions and leaks1.7%
Steering1.2%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.6% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a Eclipse Cross, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 45.5% of advisories45.5%Brakes: 36.4% of advisories36.4%Suspension: 8.8% of advisories8.8%Non-component advisories: 7.3% of advisories7.3%Identification of the vehicle: 0.5% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 0.5% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesIdentification of the vehicleNoise, emissions and leaks
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres45.5%
Brakes36.4%
Suspension8.8%
Non-component advisories7.3%
Identification of the vehicle0.5%
Noise, emissions and leaks0.5%

What mileage is normal for an Eclipse Cross?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Eclipse Cross; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical Eclipse Cross (median)
0k25k50k75k467Vehicle age (years)Age 4: typical 28,750 miles (middle half 21,250–38,750)Age 5: typical 33,750 miles (middle half 26,250–46,250)Age 6: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 33,750–56,250)Age 7: typical 48,750 miles (middle half 36,250–63,750)48k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
421,25028,75038,750
526,25033,75046,250
633,75043,75056,250
736,25048,75063,750

What fails at each age

The Eclipse Cross's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

BrakesTyresVisibilityLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSuspensionEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsBrakes29.5%
3-5 yrsTyres28.0%
3-5 yrsVisibility19.0%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment8.7%
3-5 yrsSuspension7.5%
3-5 yrsEverything else7.3%
6-9 yrsBrakes32.0%
6-9 yrsTyres25.4%
6-9 yrsSuspension14.7%
6-9 yrsVisibility11.6%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment8.6%
6-9 yrsEverything else7.7%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.