2018 Mitsubishi Mirage: MOT pass rate and reliability

89.3% of 2018 Mitsubishi Mirages pass the MOT first time, measured across 1,039 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 30,377 miles.

How the 2018 compares

  • Against all Mitsubishi Mirages (86%, 10,503 tests): +3.3 points
  • Against all 2018 cars (85.9%): +3.4 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Mitsubishi Mirage model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2018 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Mitsubishi Mirage:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2013 80.8% 2,164 63,537
2014 84.3% 1,775 54,978
2015 85% 1,513 47,978
2016 88.4% 1,391 40,282
2017 87.2% 1,266 34,414
2018 89.3% 1,039 30,377
2019 91.6% 1,132 24,079
2020 94.3% 210 24,543

What this means if you are buying a 2018 Mirage

The 2018 is one of the stronger years for this model, passing 3.3 points more often than the Mitsubishi Mirage average. That is a point in its favour, though condition and service history still matter more than the model year. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What an 8-year-old car fails on

A 2018 car is 8 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2018 Mitsubishi Mirage the average at test was 30,377 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2020 at 94.3%, and the weakest in our data is 2013 at 80.8%. That 13.5 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2018 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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