Mitsubishi L200 MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Mitsubishi L200 in Great Britain in 2025 — 80,370 tests. Figures cover every L200 first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. The L200 is a van, tested in the car MOT class (class 4) to the same standard. How the L200 ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
68.6%
3.7 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
80,370
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
6.8%
of L200 first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
91,250
middle half: 68,750–113,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How the L200 ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, L200 vs all cars, 2025.

Mitsubishi L200All cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Mitsubishi L200, vehicle age 4: 85.6%Mitsubishi L200, vehicle age 5: 84.4%Mitsubishi L200, vehicle age 6: 82%Mitsubishi L200, vehicle age 7: 79.7%Mitsubishi L200, vehicle age 8: 78.5%Mitsubishi L200, vehicle age 9: 75.7%Mitsubishi L200, vehicle age 10: 67.1%Mitsubishi L200, vehicle age 11: 63.5%Mitsubishi L200, vehicle age 12: 60.1%Mitsubishi L200, vehicle age 13: 57.9%Mitsubishi L200, vehicle age 14: 55.6%Mitsubishi L200, vehicle age 15: 54.3%Mitsubishi L200, vehicle age 16: 52.9%Mitsubishi L200, vehicle age 17: 54%Mitsubishi L200, vehicle age 18: 53.9%Mitsubishi L200, vehicle age 19: 55.2%Mitsubishi L200, vehicle age 20: 57%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%All cars 57.6%Mitsubishi L200 57%
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Age (years)L200 testsL200 pass rateAll cars
42,59185.6%87.2%
54,63084.4%86.0%
68,56182.0%83.5%
77,69279.7%80.9%
87,90178.5%78.2%
96,45575.7%74.9%
106,32567.1%71.9%
114,45263.5%68.6%
123,48360.1%65.8%
132,65257.9%63.5%
143,69155.6%61.2%
153,22654.3%59.3%
162,09052.9%58.3%
172,22454.0%57.2%
183,35653.9%57.4%
194,03755.2%57.0%
202,38857.0%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

The L200's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the L200 beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

L200 aheadL200 behind
-6-3+0+3+6Age 4: -1.6 points vs the average carAge 5: -1.6 points vs the average car5Age 6: -1.5 points vs the average carAge 7: -1.2 points vs the average car7Age 8: +0.3 points vs the average carAge 9: +0.8 points vs the average car9Age 10: -4.8 points vs the average carAge 11: -5.1 points vs the average car11Age 12: -5.7 points vs the average carAge 13: -5.6 points vs the average car13Age 14: -5.6 points vs the average carAge 15: -5.0 points vs the average car15Age 16: -5.4 points vs the average carAge 17: -3.2 points vs the average car17Age 18: -3.5 points vs the average carAge 19: -1.8 points vs the average car19Age 20: -0.6 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
4-1.6
5-1.6
6-1.5
7-1.2
8+0.3
9+0.8
10-4.8
11-5.1
12-5.7
13-5.6
14-5.6
15-5.0
16-5.4
17-3.2
18-3.5
19-1.8
20-0.6

The L200 fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the L200 fleet still in use.

02k4k6k9kAge 4: 2k4Age 5: 4kAge 6: 8k6Age 7: 7kAge 8: 7k8Age 9: 6kAge 10: 6k10Age 11: 4kAge 12: 3k12Age 13: 2kAge 14: 3k14Age 15: 3kAge 16: 2k16Age 17: 2kAge 18: 3k18Age 19: 4kAge 20: 2k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
42,591
54,630
68,561
77,692
87,901
96,455
106,325
114,452
123,483
132,652
143,691
153,226
162,090
172,224
183,356
194,037
202,388

What an L200 fails on

Where the failure items land when an L200 fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment29.5%
Suspension19.9%
Brakes19.6%
Body, chassis, structure10.3%
Visibility6.8%
Tyres4.4%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.0%
Steering2.7%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.2% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a L200, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Brakes: 35.6% of advisories35.6%Suspension: 23.3% of advisories23.3%Tyres: 17.1% of advisories17.1%Body, chassis, structure: 9.7% of advisories9.7%Noise, emissions and leaks: 5.4% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 3.1% of advisories
BrakesSuspensionTyresBody, chassis, structureNoise, emissions and leaksNon-component advisories
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes35.6%
Suspension23.3%
Tyres17.1%
Body, chassis, structure9.7%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.4%
Non-component advisories3.1%

What mileage is normal for an L200?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) L200; 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 L200 (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k468101214161820Vehicle age (years)Age 4: typical 46,250 miles (middle half 33,750–66,250)Age 5: typical 53,750 miles (middle half 38,750–71,250)Age 6: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 43,750–81,250)Age 7: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 51,250–91,250)Age 8: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 58,750–101,250)Age 9: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 63,750–108,750)Age 10: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 68,750–113,750)Age 11: typical 93,750 miles (middle half 73,750–118,750)Age 12: typical 103,750 miles (middle half 81,250–126,250)Age 13: typical 111,250 miles (middle half 88,750–133,750)Age 14: typical 121,250 miles (middle half 96,250–151,250)Age 15: typical 126,250 miles (middle half 101,250–153,750)Age 16: typical 128,750 miles (middle half 101,250–158,750)Age 17: typical 133,750 miles (middle half 108,750–161,250)Age 18: typical 131,250 miles (middle half 106,250–158,750)Age 19: typical 136,250 miles (middle half 106,250–163,750)Age 20: typical 123,750 miles (middle half 96,250–146,250)123k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
433,75046,25066,250
538,75053,75071,250
643,75061,25081,250
751,25068,75091,250
858,75078,750101,250
963,75086,250108,750
1068,75091,250113,750
1173,75093,750118,750
1281,250103,750126,250
1388,750111,250133,750
1496,250121,250151,250
15101,250126,250153,750
16101,250128,750158,750
17108,750133,750161,250
18106,250131,250158,750
19106,250136,250163,750
2096,250123,750146,250

What fails at each age

The L200'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.

BrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentVisibilityTyresSuspensionBody, chassis, structureNoise, emissions and leaksEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsBrakes25.5%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment21.5%
3-5 yrsVisibility13.4%
3-5 yrsTyres12.6%
3-5 yrsSuspension12.0%
3-5 yrsEverything else15.0%
6-9 yrsBrakes32.6%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment21.4%
6-9 yrsSuspension16.2%
6-9 yrsTyres10.0%
6-9 yrsVisibility8.1%
6-9 yrsEverything else11.7%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment28.8%
10-13 yrsBrakes24.6%
10-13 yrsSuspension19.2%
10-13 yrsBody, chassis, structure7.6%
10-13 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks5.8%
10-13 yrsEverything else14.0%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment25.3%
14+ yrsSuspension24.9%
14+ yrsBrakes17.0%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure15.0%
14+ yrsVisibility4.4%
14+ yrsEverything else13.4%

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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. “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.