Mitsubishi Space Star MOT reliability

Mitsubishi Space Stars passed their MOT first time 45% of the time across 1,056 tests in 2025. 728 are still licensed in Great Britain.

Example photo of a Mitsubishi Space Star — Photo: Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

First-time pass rate

45%

MOTs analysed

1,056

Still licensed (GB)

728

Body type

Hatchback

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

2016 petrol

2 MOTs

These figures come from only 2 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 0%. Typical mileage 64,175 (most between 49,167 and 79,184).

2019: 100% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 50% → 2025: 0%

Most common failures

Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (50.0%)
Stop lamp: not working (50.0%)
Tyre pressure monitoring system: malfunctioning or obviously inoperative (50.0%)
Valve stem: seriously damaged (50.0%)

Where 2016 Space Stars fail

Lights & electrics

100.0%

Wheels & tyres

50.0%

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.