Mitsubishi Canter MOT reliability

Mitsubishi Canters passed their MOT first time 65% of the time across 528 tests in 2025. 345 are still licensed in Great Britain.

Example photo of a Mitsubishi Canter — Photo: Juligarcibs · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

First-time pass rate

65%

MOTs analysed

528

Still licensed (GB)

345

Body type

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Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2013 diesel

3 MOTs

These figures come from only 3 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 33%. Typical mileage 133,527 (most between 101,575 and 157,505).

2016: 100% → 2017: 100% → 2018: 100% → 2019: 100% → 2020: 50% → 2021: 50% → 2022: 50% → 2023: 67% → 2024: 67% → 2025: 33%

Most common failures

Headlamp: not working on dipped beam (33.3%)
Headlamp: not working on main beam (33.3%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (33.3%)
Outline marker lamp: not working (33.3%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (33.3%)

Where 2013 Canters fail

Wheels & tyres

33.3%

Brakes

33.3%

Lights & electrics

33.3%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

33.3%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.