Pass rate
86.3%
Above average — 4.9 pts behind the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 73 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £29–£67
2021 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Dsign MOT pass rate
- 2021
- typical 28,055 mi
Only 73 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Tyres
52.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tyre has a tear. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 90.8% pass
- Avoid 2021 86.3% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 4.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 84.1%
- Typical mileage
- 28k mi
The 2021 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Dsign MOT pass rate is 86.3% of its MOT tests — 4.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 52.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Dsign does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.6× the national share
Tyres make up 52.0% of everything recorded on the 2021 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Dsign, against 19.8% nationally — 32.2 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 91.2%; this one manages 86.3% — 4.9 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 31% 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 2021 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Dsign compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 4.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 84.1%. The median 2021 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Dsign in this dataset had covered 28,055 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively", noted on 5.48% of tests.
- 73 recorded tests behind this page.
- 86.3% overall pass rate, 84.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Dsign, the average is 89.8% — best year 2020 (90.8%), worst 2021 (86.3%).
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
- 73
- Typical mileage (median)
- 28,055 mi
- Make and model
- Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Dsign
- 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 Eclipse Cross Dsign MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Eclipse Cross Dsign
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 25 | 84.0% |
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 2021 Eclipse Cross Dsign
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 2021 Eclipse Cross Dsign
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 5.5% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
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 lights 2.7% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
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 tyre pressures and valves 2.7% 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 2021 Eclipse Cross Dsign through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £29–£67 — and 31% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £29–£67
- Cheapest common item: side repeaters lens defective
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: brake discs in such a condition that it is…
- £45–£110
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 31%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 73 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 Dsign, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2020 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 86.3% to 90.8% — a spread of 4.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2020 90.8% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 86.3%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 2021 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Dsign 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 2021 cars with a similar record
- Vauxhall Corsa E 86.3%
- Fiat 500E La Prima 86.5%
- BMW X5 XDRIVE45E 85.9%
- Land Rover Discovry 86.7%
- Citroen E-C4 85.8%
- Ford Ranger 86.9%
Closest pass rates among 2021 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 2021 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Dsign 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 7 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 50 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 | 26 | 52.00% | 19.76% | +32.24 |
| Brakes | 7 | 14.00% | 20.89% | −6.89 |
| Visibility | 6 | 12.00% | 4.97% | +7.03 |
| Non-component advisories | 5 | 10.00% | 4.18% | +5.82 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 4 | 8.00% | 12.21% | −4.21 |
| Suspension | 1 | 2.00% | 20.98% | −18.98 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 2.00% | 1.76% | +0.24 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 5.5% | £8–22 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.7% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.7% | £30–80 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Major | 2.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Major | 1.4% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.4% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords damaged Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.4% | £30–80 |
| Side repeaters lens defective which has no effect on emitted light Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.4% | £3–15 |
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 | 13.7% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 9.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 6.8% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 2.7% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Items removed from drivers view prior to test Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.7% | £20–80 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.7% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 46 | 87.0% | 21,628 mi |
| 30-60k | 24 | 87.5% | 38,615 mi |
| 60-90k | 3 | 66.7% | 70,081 mi |
Source: 73 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.
2021 Eclipse Cross Dsign MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Dsign?
86.3% of the 73 2021 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Dsign tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 84.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Dsign?
The three most recorded items are wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (5.48%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.74%), headlamp aim too high (2.74%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Dsign MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 87.0% of the time, falling to 66.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Dsign in this dataset had covered 28,055 mi.