1997 Mitsubishi Shogun: MOT pass rate and reliability

75.3% of 1997 Mitsubishi Shoguns pass the MOT first time, measured across 243 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 128,153 miles.

How the 1997 compares

  • Against all Mitsubishi Shoguns (74.1%, 26,267 tests): +1.2 points
  • Against all 1997 cars (70.4%): +4.9 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Mitsubishi Shogun model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 1997 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Mitsubishi Shogun:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
1997 75.3% 243 128,153
1998 78.2% 372 131,145
1999 71.7% 290 134,646
2000 71.4% 213 130,068
2001 70.5% 295 130,333
2002 66.8% 584 128,358
2003 67.3% 1,106 133,080
2004 64.7% 1,893 138,380
2005 64.9% 1,925 133,526
2006 61.9% 1,621 131,306
2007 64.4% 1,760 128,055
2008 65.7% 950 123,094
2009 64.5% 639 123,655
2010 65.7% 1,058 120,609
2011 73.7% 1,091 112,655
2012 74.3% 682 103,028
2013 75.7% 914 95,636
2014 78.9% 1,574 86,454
2015 82.7% 1,889 73,179
2016 82.7% 1,603 67,633
2017 86.4% 1,191 62,840
2018 88% 1,137 61,689
2019 88% 726 50,742
2020 88.4% 680 40,896
2021 89.6% 1,219 33,303

What this means if you are buying a 1997 Shogun

The 1997 sits close to the Mitsubishi Shogun average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. 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 a 29-year-old car fails on

A 1997 car is 29 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 high mileage, so timing belts, clutches, suspension bushes and corrosion are the items worth budgeting for rather than the MOT itself. On a 1997 Mitsubishi Shogun the average at test was 128,153 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 2021 at 89.6%, and the weakest in our data is 2006 at 61.9%. That 27.7 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 1997 car against a newer one tells you very little.

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