Pass rate
76.6%
Around average — 0.7 pts ahead of the 75.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 7,823 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £26–£67
2011 Mitsubishi Asx MOT pass rate
- 2011
- typical 106,049 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
29.0% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £40–£65 for Shock absorber leaking. What fitting it takes →
1.5 pts down across model years — 3.3% in 2010, 1.8% in 2014.
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 95.0% pass
- Avoid 2010 74.3% pass
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 20.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 70.7%
- Typical mileage
- 106k mi
The 2011 Mitsubishi Asx MOT pass rate is 76.6% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Mitsubishi Asx does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.4× the national share
Suspension accounts for 29.0% of everything recorded on the 2011 Mitsubishi Asx, against 21.0% nationally — 8.0 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 27% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2011 Mitsubishi Asx compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 75.9%, so this figure is 0.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 70.7%. The median 2011 Mitsubishi Asx in this dataset had covered 106,049 mi.
59% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 75.7% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 76.2% of the time, April–September 77.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 7.04% of tests.
- 7,823 recorded tests behind this page.
- 76.6% overall pass rate, 70.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mitsubishi Asx, the average is 82.6% — best year 2020 (95.0%), worst 2010 (74.3%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 7,823
- Typical mileage (median)
- 106,049 mi
- Make and model
- Mitsubishi Asx
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Asx MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 65% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (59% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Asx
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 1,451 | 75.1% |
| South East | 1,325 | 78.2% |
| West Midlands | 777 | 78.9% |
| Yorkshire | 756 | 77.2% |
| North West | 755 | 75.6% |
| East of England | 663 | 82.4% |
| Wales | 607 | 72.7% |
| Scotland | 574 | 68.8% |
| East Midlands | 445 | 78.2% |
| North East | 273 | 75.1% |
| London | 197 | 82.7% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2011 Asx
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2011 Asx
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 7.0% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the suspension joints 6.6% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the exhaust and emissions 3.5% of tests
“exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2011 Asx through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £26–£67 — and 27% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £26–£67
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 27%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 7,823 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Asx, side by side
11 model years on record, from 2010 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 74.3% to 95.0% — a spread of 20.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2010 74.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 76.6%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 78.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 78.5% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2014 79.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 83.4% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2016 85.6% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2017 87.3% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2018 90.6% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2019 92.1% wipers does not clear the…
- 2020 95.0% wipers does not clear the…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2011 Mitsubishi Asx with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2011 cars with a similar record
- Audi A1 76.6%
- Ford Mondeo 76.6%
- Volkswagen Tiguan 76.6%
- Peugeot 508 76.6%
- SEAT Alhambra 76.6%
- Vauxhall Meriva 76.5%
Closest pass rates among 2011 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2011 Mitsubishi Asx 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 20,142 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 5,898 | 29.00% | 20.98% | +8.02 |
| Brakes | 5,241 | 25.80% | 20.89% | +4.91 |
| Tyres | 2,535 | 12.50% | 19.76% | −7.26 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1,518 | 7.50% | 12.21% | −4.71 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1,478 | 7.30% | 5.57% | +1.73 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1,022 | 5.00% | 5.52% | −0.52 |
| Steering | 947 | 4.70% | 2.57% | +2.13 |
| Non-component advisories | 700 | 3.40% | 4.18% | −0.78 |
| Visibility | 637 | 3.10% | 4.97% | −1.87 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 166 | 0.80% | 0.82% | −0.02 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.0% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 6.6% | £18–45 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 5.3% | £18–45 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.5% | £45–120 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.8% | £5–25 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.6% | £80–200 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 2.5% | £30–75 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 2.5% | £18–45 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 2.3% | £80–180 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.1% | £18–45 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 18.1% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 17.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 17.6% | £45–110 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 14.9% | £180–450 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 10.6% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.2% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 41 | 95.1% | 21,691 mi |
| 30-60k | 430 | 87.2% | 49,465 mi |
| 60-90k | 1,835 | 79.0% | 77,324 mi |
| 90-120k | 2,916 | 76.2% | 104,757 mi |
| 120k+ | 2,597 | 73.3% | 143,434 mi |
Source: 7,823 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2011 Asx MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2011 Mitsubishi Asx?
76.6% of the 7,823 2011 Mitsubishi Asx tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 75.9% for cars first used in 2011. First-attempt pass rate: 70.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2011 Mitsubishi Asx?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (7.04%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (6.60%), track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (5.33%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2011 Mitsubishi Asx MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 95.1% of the time, falling to 73.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2011 Mitsubishi Asx in this dataset had covered 106,049 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2011 Mitsubishi Asx?
Diesel: 75.7% pass rate across 4,609 tests. Petrol: 77.8% pass rate across 3,214 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2011 Mitsubishi Asx MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 76.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 77.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.