Mitsubishi I MOT reliability

Mitsubishi Is passed their MOT first time 71% of the time across 389 tests in 2025. 105 are still licensed in Great Britain.

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First-time pass rate

71%

MOTs analysed

389

Still licensed (GB)

105

Body type

–

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

2010 electric

9 MOTs

These figures come from only 9 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 78%. Typical mileage 31,612 (most between 22,813 and 37,802).

2013: 90% → 2014: 100% → 2015: 89% → 2016: 100% → 2017: 70% → 2018: 90% → 2019: 70% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 82% → 2022: 89% → 2023: 77% → 2024: 85% → 2025: 78%

Most common failures

Horn: not working (11.1%)
Position lamp: not working (11.1%)
Rear fog lamp: not working (11.1%)
SRS malfunction indicator lamp: warning lamp indicates a fault (11.1%)
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid (11.1%)

2010 petrol

1 MOT

These figures come from only 1 MOT test. 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 100%. Typical mileage 5,235 (most between 5,235 and 5,235).

2024: 100% → 2025: 100%

Where 2010 Is fail

Lights & electrics

22.2%

Seat belts & other equipment

11.1%

Visibility & wipers

11.1%

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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.