Pass rate
74.2%
Below average — 1.1 pts ahead of the 73.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 256 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £41–£116
2008 Mitsubishi Delica MOT pass rate
- 2008
- typical 90,758 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
23.2% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2010 81.9% pass
- Avoid 2014 65.7% pass
Across the 22 years on record, a spread of 16.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 66.2%
- Typical mileage
- 91k mi
The 2008 Mitsubishi Delica MOT pass rate is 74.2% of its MOT tests — 1.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Mitsubishi Delica does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Steering: 3.7× the national share
Steering accounts for 9.5% of everything recorded on the 2008 Mitsubishi Delica, against 2.6% nationally — 6.9 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 23.2%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Ask for the steering to be checked for play with the wheels on the ground, not on a jack.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 13% 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.
- Based on a small sample. 256 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2008 Mitsubishi Delica compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.1%, so this figure is 1.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 66.2%. The median 2008 Mitsubishi Delica in this dataset had covered 90,758 mi.
75% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 78.0% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 76.5% of the time, April–September 72.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated", noted on 5.86% of tests.
- 256 recorded tests behind this page.
- 74.2% overall pass rate, 66.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mitsubishi Delica, the average is 72.0% — best year 2010 (81.9%), worst 2014 (65.7%).
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
- 256
- Typical mileage (median)
- 90,758 mi
- Make and model
- Mitsubishi Delica
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Body Panel Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Delica MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 54% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (75% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Delica
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 51 | 68.6% |
| South East | 38 | 81.6% |
| Scotland | 36 | 75.0% |
| North West | 34 | 82.4% |
| Wales | 22 | 68.2% |
| West Midlands | 20 | 65.0% |
| East of England | 16 | 75.0% |
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 2008 Delica
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 2008 Delica
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 4.7% 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 3.5% of tests
“linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”
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 windscreen 3.1% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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 2008 Delica through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £41–£116 — and 13% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £41–£116
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 13%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 256 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 Delica, side by side
22 model years on record, from 2000 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 65.7% to 81.9% — a spread of 16.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 68.5% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2001 74.0% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2002 69.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2003 67.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 70.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 70.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 67.5% rear fog lamp not working
- 2007 78.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 74.2%joints constant velocity boot…
- 2009 73.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2010 81.9% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2011 76.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2012 75.8% rear fog lamp missing
- 2013 75.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 65.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 71.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 73.1% service brake performance…
- 2017 71.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 71.5% rear fog lamp not working
- 2019 71.4% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2020 74.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2021 76.8% ball joint dust cover severely…
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 2008 Mitsubishi Delica 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 2008 cars with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz A-Class 74.2%
- SEAT Leon 74.2%
- Toyota Rav-4 74.3%
- Volkswagen Jetta 74.3%
- Audi A3 74.1%
- Volvo XC90 74.1%
Closest pass rates among 2008 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 2008 Mitsubishi Delica 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 523 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 | 122 | 23.20% | 20.98% | +2.22 |
| Brakes | 89 | 16.90% | 20.89% | −3.99 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 80 | 15.20% | 12.21% | +2.99 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 50 | 9.50% | 5.57% | +3.93 |
| Steering | 50 | 9.50% | 2.57% | +6.93 |
| Tyres | 47 | 8.90% | 19.76% | −10.86 |
| Visibility | 34 | 6.50% | 4.97% | +1.53 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 27 | 5.10% | 5.52% | −0.42 |
| Non-component advisories | 19 | 3.60% | 4.18% | −0.58 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 5 | 1.00% | 0.82% | +0.18 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 5.9% | £80–250 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.7% | £5–20 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.5% | £80–250 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 3.5% | £18–45 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.5% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.1% | £18–45 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 3.1% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.1% | £80–200 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.7% | £60–140 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 2.7% | £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 | 8.6% | £80–180 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 7.4% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.0% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 7.0% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.6% | £40–150 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 5.9% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 35 | 80.0% | 51,479 mi |
| 60-90k | 86 | 79.1% | 74,039 mi |
| 90-120k | 70 | 75.7% | 102,207 mi |
| 120k+ | 62 | 62.9% | 165,621 mi |
Source: 256 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.
2008 Delica MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2008 Mitsubishi Delica?
74.2% of the 256 2008 Mitsubishi Delica tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.1% for cars first used in 2008. First-attempt pass rate: 66.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2008 Mitsubishi Delica?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (5.86%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.69%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (3.52%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2008 Mitsubishi Delica MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 80.0% of the time, falling to 62.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2008 Mitsubishi Delica in this dataset had covered 90,758 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2008 Mitsubishi Delica?
Petrol: 78.0% pass rate across 191 tests. Diesel: 63.1% pass rate across 65 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2008 Mitsubishi Delica MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 76.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 72.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.