Mitsubishi L200 - 2015
217.6 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2015 is 174.5 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Mitsubishi L200, model year 2015.
Sample size: 7,247 cars, 16,415 tests and 35,717 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 7,247 cars
The 2015 Mitsubishi L200 has a higher overall defect rate of 218 defects per 100 vehicles, compared to the average of 170 defects per 100 for its year, representing a 27.6% increase. Notably, it shows a concerning trend in defects related to mileage, with higher defect rates seen in vehicles over 124,000 miles. While the L200 performs better than average in steering and wheel suspension issues, it significantly underperforms in categories such as brakes, lights and electrics, and body structure. This model's specific concerns could indicate a need for closer inspection, especially in terms of safety-related features as it ages.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 7,247 cars
Categories
Brakes
▼ 98.3% worse
168.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 84.7 / 100 tests
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
Steering
▲ 45.5% better
5.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.9 / 100 tests
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- Power steering fluid: level below minimum mark
Visibility
▼ 17.4% worse
18.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 16.1 / 100 tests
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: defective
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 97.1% worse
61.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 31.0 / 100 tests
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- Reflector defective or damaged: by up to 50% of the reflecting surface
- An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 23.4% better
136.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 178.3 / 100 tests
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
- A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
Body/Structure
▼ 108.5% worse
24.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.7 / 100 tests
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- A towbar component damaged, defective or fractured
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
Equipment
▼ 42.5% worse
5.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 4.0 / 100 tests
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- A seat belt:
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
Other
▼ 15.2% worse
15.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.2 / 100 tests
- Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit
- Smoke opacity levels exceed default limit
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Emissions test unable to be completed
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 7,533
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,586
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,376
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,289
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,187
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,178
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,088
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 971
Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 715
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
MINOR
Occurrences: 667
Serious faults (Top 10)
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,178
An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 581
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 544
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 366
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 319
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 264
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 249
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 245
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
FAIL
Occurrences: 171
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has only one lamp or all lamps not working
FAIL
Occurrences: 150