Pass rate
89.5%
Above average — 1.2 pts behind the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 409 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£66
2020 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 31,205 mi
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Most common fault
Tyres
45.6% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 91.3% pass
- Avoid 2020 89.5% pass · this year
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 1.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 88.3%
- Typical mileage
- 31k mi
The 2020 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross MOT pass rate is 89.5% of its MOT tests — 1.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 45.6% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.3× the national share
Tyres make up 45.6% of everything recorded on the 2020 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross, against 19.8% nationally — 25.8 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
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 Eclipse Cross compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 1.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 88.3%. The median 2020 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross in this dataset had covered 31,205 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 89.1% of the time, April–September 90.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers blade defective", noted on 2.20% of tests.
- 409 recorded tests behind this page.
- 89.5% overall pass rate, 88.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross, the average is 89.9% — best year 2021 (91.3%), worst 2020 (89.5%).
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
- 409
- Typical mileage (median)
- 31,205 mi
- Make and model
- Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
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 Eclipse Cross MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 78% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Eclipse Cross
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 138 | 87.0% |
| Yorkshire | 52 | 88.5% |
| South East | 47 | 89.4% |
| North West | 34 | 88.2% |
| East of England | 26 | 92.3% |
| West Midlands | 25 | 96.0% |
| Wales | 24 | 91.7% |
| South West | 23 | 78.3% |
| East Midlands | 19 | 100.0% |
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 2020 Eclipse Cross
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 Eclipse Cross
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 1.5% 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 tyre pressures and valves 1.5% of tests
“tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative”
Set the pressures to the figures on the door pillar, not the tyre wall, and check the valves do not hiss. A leaking valve is a two-minute fix that fails a test.
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 Eclipse Cross through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£66 — and 38% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £28–£66
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: service brake performance excessively…
- £60–£150
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 38%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 409 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 Eclipse Cross, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2019 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 89.5% to 91.3% — a spread of 1.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2019 90.9% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2020 89.5%wipers blade defective
- 2021 91.3% 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 Eclipse Cross 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
- Renault Kadjar 89.5%
- Dacia Sandero 89.5%
- Dacia Duster 89.5%
- Hyundai Tucson 89.6%
- Vauxhall Crossland X Griffin 89.6%
- BMW 320 89.6%
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 Eclipse Cross 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 371 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 170 | 45.60% | 19.76% | +25.84 |
| Brakes | 103 | 27.60% | 20.89% | +6.71 |
| Non-component advisories | 30 | 8.00% | 4.18% | +3.82 |
| Visibility | 22 | 5.90% | 4.97% | +0.93 |
| Suspension | 20 | 5.40% | 20.98% | −15.58 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 18 | 4.80% | 12.21% | −7.41 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 4 | 1.10% | 5.57% | −4.47 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 0.50% | 1.76% | −1.26 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 0.30% | 5.52% | −5.22 |
| Steering | 1 | 0.30% | 2.57% | −2.27 |
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 | 1.7% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.5% | £18–45 |
| Service brake performance excessively fluctuating Brakes | Major | 1.5% | £60–150 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Major | 1.5% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Rectified | 0.98% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 0.98% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 0.73% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 0.73% | £45–110 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 16.9% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 14.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.8% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.1% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.7% | £20–80 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.7% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 191 | 91.6% | 18,815 mi |
| 30-60k | 197 | 86.8% | 41,313 mi |
| 60-90k | 19 | 94.7% | 66,367 mi |
| 90-120k | 2 | 100.0% | 91,499 mi |
Source: 409 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 Eclipse Cross MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross?
89.5% of the 409 2020 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 88.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross?
The three most recorded items are wipers blade defective (2.20%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.71%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (1.47%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 91.6% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross in this dataset had covered 31,205 mi.
Does the season affect the 2020 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 89.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 90.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.