Mitsubishi Eclipse MOT reliability

Mitsubishi Eclipses passed their MOT first time 86% of the time across 9,619 tests in 2025. 11,354 are still licensed in Great Britain.

Example photo of a Mitsubishi Eclipse — Photo: Alexander-93 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

First-time pass rate

86%

MOTs analysed

9,619

Still licensed (GB)

11,354

Body type

Coupe

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

2018 petrol

5,531 MOTs

Passed first time 86%. Typical mileage 49,875 (most between 37,294 and 63,001).

2019: 100% → 2020: 95% → 2021: 91% → 2022: 88% → 2023: 87% → 2024: 86% → 2025: 86%

Most common failures

Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (2.9%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (1.8%)
Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.8%)
Tyre pressure monitoring system: malfunctioning or obviously inoperative (1.1%)
Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.1%)

Where 2018 Eclipses fail

Wheels & tyres

4.6%

Brakes

4.4%

Suspension & axles

2.6%

Lights & electrics

2.5%

Visibility & wipers

2.5%

Body, structure & corrosion

0.5%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

0.5%

Steering

0.4%

Looking at a particular car?

See its own MOT history, mileage and red flags, compared with these figures. Free.

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.