Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin fails its first MOT more often than the average UK car, by 17.6 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 1,336 individual Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 59.1% first-time pass rate means roughly 41 in every 100 Mitsubishi Shogun Pinins presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is worse than average, so budget for remedial work and treat a fresh 12-month MOT as a genuine selling point rather than a given. The average Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin tested had covered 83,387 miles and was built around 2004.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. The Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin sits 17.6 points below the national average, ranked 1,963 of 2,005 models. On one bought as repairable salvage, assume the mechanical side needs more than the visible accident damage, and pad your repair estimate accordingly.

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Most common MOT failures on a Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin

1. The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any sub-frame, spring or suspension component mounting (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired, 28.3% of tests (29.93x the national rate for this defect)
2. The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any seat belt anchorage (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired, 7% of tests (26.39x the national rate for this defect)
3. Body, cab or chassis excessively corroded at a mounting point, 5.8% of tests (25.2x the national rate for this defect)
4. Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is seriously reduced, 7% of tests (16.87x the national rate for this defect)
5. Emissions test unable to be completed, 3.1% of tests (7.66x the national rate for this defect)
6. Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded, 6.7% of tests (6.31x the national rate for this defect)
7. Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer, 3.1% of tests (6.02x the national rate for this defect)
8. Exhaust system leaking or insecure, 5.7% of tests (5.63x the national rate for this defect)
9. Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake, 5% of tests (4.84x the national rate for this defect)
10. A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 8.7% of tests (3.9x the national rate for this defect)

From 1,334 DVSA-tracked Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 2.77% of these flagged Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 5.11% nationally.

Most common MOT advisories on a Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin

An advisory doesn't fail the car - the tester flags it as worth watching, but it still passes. A different list from the failures above: what testers are noting on a Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin before it actually fails on it.

1. Body, cab or chassis excessively corroded at a mounting point, 5.8% of tests (20.13x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
2. Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is seriously reduced, 19.3% of tests (15.48x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
3. The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any sub-frame, spring or suspension component mounting (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired, 21.3% of tests (14.02x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
4. Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded, 38.6% of tests (6.23x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
5. A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened, 25.3% of tests (5.34x the national rate for this advisory)
6. Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow, 5.2% of tests (4.74x the national rate for this advisory)
7. Exhaust system leaking or insecure, 11.8% of tests (4.16x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
8. Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake, 6.8% of tests (3.41x the national rate for this advisory), also fails
9. A suspension component excessively damaged or corroded, 15.8% of tests (3.06x the national rate for this advisory)
10. Fluid leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users, 12.7% of tests (2.29x the national rate for this advisory)

From 1,334 DVSA-tracked Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin tests, 2024.

Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin pass rate by model year

Pass rates fall steadily as cars age, so the model year matters as much as the model. First-time pass rate for each Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin year:

• 2004 Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin - 64% first-time pass, 275 tests
• 2005 Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin - 65.3% first-time pass, 375 tests

Other Mitsubishi models

• Mitsubishi L200 - 75.2%
• Mitsubishi Outlander - 80.3%
• Mitsubishi Asx - 78.7%
• Mitsubishi Shogun - 73.3%
• Mitsubishi Colt - 64.2%
• Mitsubishi Mirage - 85.7%
• Mitsubishi Lancer - 71.5%
• Mitsubishi Eclipse - 88.7%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Nissan Pickup - 59.6%
• Ford Focus C-Max - 59.5%
• Renault Grand Espace - 59.4%
• Mazda 5 - 59%
• Nissan Pathfinder - 58.8%
• Hyundai Matrix - 58.7%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences
• Do you need an HPI check on a car you know is a write-off?

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