Mitsubishi Starion MOT reliability

Mitsubishi Starions passed their MOT first time 87% of the time across 38 tests in 2025. 22 are still licensed in Great Britain.

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These figures come from 38 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

87%

MOTs analysed

38

Still licensed (GB)

22

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

1989 petrol

11 MOTs

These figures come from only 11 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 100%. Typical mileage 92,116 (most between 74,337 and 102,920).

2005: 75% → 2006: 60% → 2007: 63% → 2008: 60% → 2009: 35% → 2010: 77% → 2011: 46% → 2012: 43% → 2013: 73% → 2014: 50% → 2015: 67% → 2016: 90% → 2017: 55% → 2018: 54% → 2019: 88% → 2020: 83% → 2021: 67% → 2022: 62% → 2023: 92% → 2024: 83% → 2025: 100%

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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.