Mitsubishi Strada MOT reliability

Mitsubishi Stradas passed their MOT first time 50% of the time across 4 tests in 2025.

These figures come from only 4 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.

First-time pass rate

50%

MOTs analysed

4

Still licensed (GB)

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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

2002 diesel

2 MOTs

Passed first time 0%. Typical mileage 68,181 (most between 68,128 and 68,233).

2005: 50% → 2006: 57% → 2007: 40% → 2008: 100% → 2009: 75% → 2010: 67% → 2011: 33% → 2012: 67% → 2013: 100% → 2014: 50% → 2015: 50% → 2016: 50% → 2017: 100% → 2018: 0% → 2019: 100% → 2020: 0% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 50% → 2025: 0%

Most common failures

Brake performance not tested: unable to be tested (100.0%)
Drag link end: ball joint has excessive play (50.0%)
Headlamp aim: too low (50.0%)
Integral vehicle structure condition: corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced (50.0%)
Joints: excessively worn (50.0%)

Where 2002 Stradas fail

Brakes

100.0%

Body, structure & corrosion

50.0%

Lights & electrics

50.0%

Steering

50.0%

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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.