Pass rate
93.9%
Above average — 3.2 pts ahead of the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 2,291 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £20–£48
2020 Mitsubishi Asx Exceed MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 23,534 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
33.0% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 95.3% pass
- Avoid 2021 92.3% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 93.6%
- Typical mileage
- 24k mi
The 2020 Mitsubishi Asx Exceed MOT pass rate is 93.9% of its MOT tests — 3.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 33.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Mitsubishi Asx Exceed does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.6× the national share
Brakes make up 33.0% of everything recorded on the 2020 Mitsubishi Asx Exceed, against 20.9% nationally — 12.1 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 90.7% and this one manages 93.9% — 3.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 64% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 2020 Mitsubishi Asx Exceed compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 3.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 93.6%. The median 2020 Mitsubishi Asx Exceed in this dataset had covered 23,534 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 94.2% of the time, April–September 93.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers blade defective", noted on 2.23% of tests.
- 2,291 recorded tests behind this page.
- 93.9% overall pass rate, 93.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mitsubishi Asx Exceed, the average is 93.8% — best year 2019 (95.3%), worst 2021 (92.3%).
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
- 2,291
- Typical mileage (median)
- 23,534 mi
- Make and model
- Mitsubishi Asx Exceed
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Wiper Blade
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Asx Exceed MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Asx Exceed
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 543 | 92.4% |
| South East | 315 | 94.0% |
| Yorkshire | 262 | 94.3% |
| South West | 251 | 94.4% |
| West Midlands | 219 | 94.5% |
| North West | 168 | 96.4% |
| Wales | 126 | 92.9% |
| East of England | 122 | 95.1% |
| East Midlands | 117 | 91.5% |
| North East | 115 | 96.5% |
| London | 53 | 94.3% |
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 2020 Asx Exceed
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 2020 Asx Exceed
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 wipers and washers 2.2% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the brakes 0.9% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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Check the tyre tread 0.4% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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 2020 Asx Exceed through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £20–£48 — and 64% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £20–£48
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 64%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 2,291 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 Exceed, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2019 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 92.3% to 95.3% — a spread of 3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2019 95.3% wipers does not clear the…
- 2020 93.9%wipers blade defective
- 2021 92.3% 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 2020 Mitsubishi Asx Exceed 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 2020 cars with a similar record
- Porsche Cayenne 94.0%
- Volvo XC40 Inscript Pro 94.0%
- Volvo XC60 Momentum B5 93.8%
- Toyota YARIS 94.1%
- Jaguar I-Pace 94.1%
- Toyota Corolla Gr 94.1%
Closest pass rates among 2020 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 2020 Mitsubishi Asx Exceed 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 1,153 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 382 | 33.00% | 20.89% | +12.11 |
| Tyres | 367 | 31.70% | 19.76% | +11.94 |
| Visibility | 168 | 14.50% | 4.97% | +9.53 |
| Non-component advisories | 129 | 11.10% | 4.18% | +6.92 |
| Suspension | 46 | 4.00% | 20.98% | −16.98 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 22 | 1.90% | 12.21% | −10.31 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 22 | 1.90% | 5.52% | −3.62 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 9 | 0.80% | 1.76% | −0.96 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 5 | 0.40% | 0.82% | −0.42 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 3 | 0.30% | 5.57% | −5.27 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 2.2% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.1% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 2.0% | £8–22 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.92% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.44% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.39% | £80–200 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Major | 0.35% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.22% | £45–95 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Rectified | 0.22% | £45–95 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.4% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 7.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 4.4% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.9% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.4% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.1% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1,525 | 95.1% | 17,922 mi |
| 30-60k | 693 | 92.4% | 39,735 mi |
| 60-90k | 63 | 85.7% | 69,049 mi |
| 90-120k | 8 | 87.5% | 98,435 mi |
| 120k+ | 2 | 50.0% | 126,629 mi |
Source: 2,291 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.
2020 Asx Exceed MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Mitsubishi Asx Exceed?
93.9% of the 2,291 2020 Mitsubishi Asx Exceed tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 93.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Mitsubishi Asx Exceed?
The three most recorded items are wipers blade defective (2.23%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (2.14%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (2.01%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Mitsubishi Asx Exceed MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 95.1% of the time, falling to 50.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Mitsubishi Asx Exceed in this dataset had covered 23,534 mi.
Does the season affect the 2020 Mitsubishi Asx Exceed MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 94.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 93.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.