Mitsubishi Shogun MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Mitsubishi Shogun in Great Britain in 2025 — 23,946 tests. Figures cover every Shogun first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Shogun ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
69.7%
2.6 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
23,946
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
7.3%
of Shogun first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
73,750
middle half: 53,750–96,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Mitsubishi Shogun cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 41,052 Mitsubishi Shogun cars that were taxed or on SORN: 22,916 taxed and 18,136 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 Shogun vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures. DVLA's count for the Shogun also includes the Shogun Pinin and Shogun Sport, which the licensing data does not record under names of their own, so it is wider than the MOT figures above.

Still taxed, end of 2025
22,916
55.8% of the 41,052 Shogun cars taxed or on SORN; 184 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
18,136
declared off the road by their keepers — 44.2% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Shogun cars peaked at 62,283 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 39,367 (63.2%) to 22,916 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 6,501 at the end of 2014 to 18,136 at the end of 2025, up 179.0%. 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 Shogun cars, year by year

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

020k40k60k80k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Shogun cars, year 2014: 62kTaxed Shogun cars, year 2015: 59kTaxed Shogun cars, year 2016: 56kTaxed Shogun cars, year 2017: 52kTaxed Shogun cars, year 2018: 48kTaxed Shogun cars, year 2019: 43kTaxed Shogun cars, year 2020: 40kTaxed Shogun cars, year 2021: 37kTaxed Shogun cars, year 2022: 33kTaxed Shogun cars, year 2023: 29kTaxed Shogun cars, year 2024: 26kTaxed Shogun cars, year 2025: 23k23k
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YearTaxed Shogun cars
201462,283
201559,388
201656,108
201751,685
201847,670
201943,149
202039,865
202137,042
202232,736
202329,009
202425,526
202522,916

Shogun 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.

05k10k15k20k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Shogun cars on SORN, year 2014: 7kShogun cars on SORN, year 2015: 8kShogun cars on SORN, year 2016: 9kShogun cars on SORN, year 2017: 11kShogun cars on SORN, year 2018: 12kShogun cars on SORN, year 2019: 14kShogun cars on SORN, year 2020: 15kShogun cars on SORN, year 2021: 16kShogun cars on SORN, year 2022: 17kShogun cars on SORN, year 2023: 18kShogun cars on SORN, year 2024: 18kShogun cars on SORN, year 2025: 18k18k
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YearShogun cars on SORN
20146,501
20157,901
20169,487
201711,135
201812,462
201913,976
202015,226
202115,866
202216,788
202317,747
202417,771
202518,136

Which model years survive

Taxed Shogun cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 22,916 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 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 Shogun cars
20211,0274.5%
20205532.4%
20196252.7%
20189124.0%
20179013.9%
20161,3255.8%
20151,6317.1%
20141,3085.7%
20137763.4%
20125552.4%
20119154.0%
20108083.5%
20094391.9%
20087113.1%
20071,4836.5%
20061,7897.8%
20052,31910.1%
20042,0108.8%
20039954.3%
20025492.4%
20013291.4%
All other build years (18 years, each under 1%)9564.2%

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 SHOGUN 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 Shogun ages

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

Mitsubishi ShogunAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Mitsubishi Shogun, vehicle age 4: 86.2%Mitsubishi Shogun, vehicle age 5: 82.7%Mitsubishi Shogun, vehicle age 6: 81.2%Mitsubishi Shogun, vehicle age 7: 81.1%Mitsubishi Shogun, vehicle age 8: 80.4%Mitsubishi Shogun, vehicle age 9: 77.4%Mitsubishi Shogun, vehicle age 10: 77.6%Mitsubishi Shogun, vehicle age 11: 73.5%Mitsubishi Shogun, vehicle age 12: 70.1%Mitsubishi Shogun, vehicle age 13: 67.2%Mitsubishi Shogun, vehicle age 14: 65.7%Mitsubishi Shogun, vehicle age 15: 63.7%Mitsubishi Shogun, vehicle age 16: 61%Mitsubishi Shogun, vehicle age 17: 61.2%Mitsubishi Shogun, vehicle age 18: 59.4%Mitsubishi Shogun, vehicle age 19: 59.9%Mitsubishi Shogun, vehicle age 20: 60.4%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 Shogun 60.4%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Shogun testsShogun pass rateAll cars
41,19986.2%87.2%
567782.7%86.0%
672581.2%83.5%
71,12981.1%80.9%
81,15680.4%78.2%
91,54177.4%74.9%
101,83277.6%71.9%
111,53673.5%68.6%
1290170.1%65.8%
1365667.2%63.5%
141,05065.7%61.2%
1598763.7%59.3%
1655961.0%58.3%
1782361.2%57.2%
181,52059.4%57.4%
191,36959.9%57.0%
201,58560.4%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Shogun aheadShogun behind
-6-3+0+3+6Age 4: -1.0 points vs the average carAge 5: -3.3 points vs the average car5Age 6: -2.3 points vs the average carAge 7: +0.2 points vs the average car7Age 8: +2.2 points vs the average carAge 9: +2.5 points vs the average car9Age 10: +5.7 points vs the average carAge 11: +4.9 points vs the average car11Age 12: +4.3 points vs the average carAge 13: +3.7 points vs the average car13Age 14: +4.5 points vs the average carAge 15: +4.4 points vs the average car15Age 16: +2.7 points vs the average carAge 17: +4.0 points vs the average car17Age 18: +2.0 points vs the average carAge 19: +2.9 points vs the average car19Age 20: +2.8 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
4-1.0
5-3.3
6-2.3
7+0.2
8+2.2
9+2.5
10+5.7
11+4.9
12+4.3
13+3.7
14+4.5
15+4.4
16+2.7
17+4.0
18+2.0
19+2.9
20+2.8

The Shogun fleet on the road, by age

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

05001k1k2kAge 4: 1k4Age 5: 677Age 6: 7256Age 7: 1kAge 8: 1k8Age 9: 1kAge 10: 1k10Age 11: 1kAge 12: 90112Age 13: 656Age 14: 1k14Age 15: 987Age 16: 55916Age 17: 823Age 18: 1k18Age 19: 1kAge 20: 1k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
41,199
5677
6725
71,129
81,156
91,541
101,832
111,536
12901
13656
141,050
15987
16559
17823
181,520
191,369
201,585

What a Shogun fails on

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

Suspension24.8%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment20.1%
Brakes18.7%
Body, chassis, structure10.5%
Steering7.3%
Visibility6.1%
Tyres5.2%
Noise, emissions and leaks3.7%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (96.4% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Suspension: 31.2% of advisories31.2%Brakes: 28.0% of advisories28.0%Tyres: 16.0% of advisories16.0%Body, chassis, structure: 10.7% of advisories10.7%Noise, emissions and leaks: 4.2% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 3.8% of advisories
SuspensionBrakesTyresBody, chassis, structureNoise, emissions and leaksNon-component advisories
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension31.2%
Brakes28.0%
Tyres16.0%
Body, chassis, structure10.7%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.2%
Non-component advisories3.8%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Shogun?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Shogun fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Diesel: 69.9% of 23,081 tests69.9%Diesel23,081 testsPetrol: 64.9% of 861 tests64.9%Petrol861 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel23,08169.9%
Petrol86164.9%

What mileage is normal for a Shogun?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Shogun; 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 Shogun (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k468101214161820Vehicle age (years)Age 4: typical 41,250 miles (middle half 28,750–53,750)Age 5: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 31,250–61,250)Age 6: typical 53,750 miles (middle half 38,750–71,250)Age 7: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 41,250–76,250)Age 8: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 43,750–81,250)Age 9: typical 66,250 miles (middle half 51,250–88,750)Age 10: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 53,750–96,250)Age 11: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 63,750–111,250)Age 12: typical 93,750 miles (middle half 71,250–118,750)Age 13: typical 103,750 miles (middle half 81,250–128,750)Age 14: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 91,250–141,250)Age 15: typical 118,750 miles (middle half 93,750–146,250)Age 16: typical 123,750 miles (middle half 101,250–148,750)Age 17: typical 123,750 miles (middle half 98,750–151,250)Age 18: typical 131,250 miles (middle half 106,250–156,250)Age 19: typical 131,250 miles (middle half 103,750–161,250)Age 20: typical 131,250 miles (middle half 106,250–158,750)131k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
428,75041,25053,750
531,25043,75061,250
638,75053,75071,250
741,25056,25076,250
843,75061,25081,250
951,25066,25088,750
1053,75073,75096,250
1163,75086,250111,250
1271,25093,750118,750
1381,250103,750128,750
1491,250113,750141,250
1593,750118,750146,250
16101,250123,750148,750
1798,750123,750151,250
18106,250131,250156,250
19103,750131,250161,250
20106,250131,250158,750

What fails at each age

The Shogun'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.

BrakesSuspensionLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentTyresBody, chassis, structureVisibilitySteeringEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsBrakes46.2%
3-5 yrsSuspension22.1%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment7.3%
3-5 yrsTyres7.3%
3-5 yrsBody, chassis, structure5.4%
3-5 yrsEverything else11.7%
6-9 yrsBrakes35.3%
6-9 yrsSuspension21.6%
6-9 yrsTyres12.5%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment12.3%
6-9 yrsVisibility5.8%
6-9 yrsEverything else12.5%
10-13 yrsBrakes25.4%
10-13 yrsSuspension24.5%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.7%
10-13 yrsTyres7.6%
10-13 yrsSteering7.5%
10-13 yrsEverything else18.3%
14+ yrsSuspension28.1%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.9%
14+ yrsBrakes16.6%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure13.2%
14+ yrsSteering8.6%
14+ yrsEverything else16.6%

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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.