Pass rate
92.1%
Above average — 0.9 pts ahead of the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,211 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £23–£55
2021 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Exceed MOT pass rate
- 2021
- 2 trims combined
- typical 23,621 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
45.8% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 94.2% pass
- Avoid 2021 92.1% pass · this year
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 2.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 91.4%
- Typical mileage
- 24k mi
The 2021 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Exceed MOT pass rate is 92.1% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 45.8% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.3× the national share
Tyres make up 45.8% of everything recorded on the 2021 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Exceed, against 19.8% nationally — 26.0 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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Every Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Exceed first registered in 2021 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2021 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Exceed compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 0.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 91.4%. The median 2021 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Exceed in this dataset had covered 23,621 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 93.7% of the time, April–September 91.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively", noted on 2.89% of tests.
- 1,211 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.1% overall pass rate, 91.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Exceed, the average is 92.8% — best year 2020 (94.2%), worst 2021 (92.1%).
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
- 1,211
- Typical mileage (median)
- 23,621 mi
- Make and model
- Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Exceed
- 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 Exceed MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 83% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Exceed is most common
Across all Eclipse Cross Exceed model years on record (2019–2021): 1,928 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Exceed cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 3,193 tests. Hamilton (ML) has the most, with 60 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton (ML) | 60 | 88.2% |
| 2 | Glasgow (G) | 51 | 90.6% |
| 3 | Birmingham (B) | 49 | 95.8% |
| 4 | Aberdeen (AB) | 48 | 95.6% |
| 5 | Sheffield (S) | 45 | 94.4% |
| 6 | Doncaster (DN) | 42 | 91.5% |
| 7 | Exeter (EX) | 41 | 91.3% |
| 8 | Poole (BH) | 41 | 95.4% |
| 9 | Hull (HU) | 39 | 97.1% |
| 10 | Kirkcaldy (KY) | 38 | 84.6% |
| 11 | Cardiff (CF) | 36 | 90.3% |
| 12 | Paisley (PA) | 36 | 93.2% |
| 13 | Maidstone (ME) | 35 | 98.3% |
| 14 | Edinburgh (EH) | 34 | 90.9% |
| 15 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 32 | 94.9% |
| 16 | Peterborough (PE) | 32 | 94.5% |
| 17 | Bradford (BD) | 30 | 85.7% |
| 18 | Walsall (WS) | 29 | 90.0% |
| 19 | Swansea (SA) | 28 | 95.9% |
| 20 | Stoke On Trent (ST) | 27 | 98.0% |
The twenty areas with the most Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Exceed cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Eclipse Cross Exceed
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 276 | 88.4% |
| Yorkshire | 174 | 93.1% |
| South East | 150 | 93.3% |
| South West | 126 | 89.7% |
| North West | 113 | 94.7% |
| West Midlands | 99 | 96.0% |
| East of England | 70 | 94.3% |
| Wales | 63 | 92.1% |
| North East | 56 | 92.9% |
| London | 44 | 95.5% |
| East Midlands | 40 | 90.0% |
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 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 2021 Eclipse Cross 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 2.9% 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 brakes 1.6% 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 0.9% 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 Exceed through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £23–£55 — and 53% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £23–£55
- Cheapest common item: wipers does not clear the windscreen…
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 53%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,211 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 Exceed, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2019 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 92.1% to 94.2% — a spread of 2.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2019 92.1% wipers does not clear the…
- 2020 94.2% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 92.1%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 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 2021 cars with a similar record
- MINI COOPER 92.1%
- Fiat 500 Lounge 92.1%
- MG Hs Excite 92.1%
- Audi Q7 92.1%
- Audi Q2 Technik 92.1%
- Hyundai I20 Element T-Gdi 92.1%
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 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 896 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 | 411 | 45.80% | 19.76% | +26.04 |
| Brakes | 243 | 27.10% | 20.89% | +6.21 |
| Visibility | 104 | 11.60% | 4.97% | +6.63 |
| Non-component advisories | 74 | 8.20% | 4.18% | +4.02 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 27 | 3.00% | 12.21% | −9.21 |
| Suspension | 21 | 2.30% | 20.98% | −18.68 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 9 | 1.00% | 5.57% | −4.57 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 3 | 0.30% | 5.52% | −5.22 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 0.30% | 1.76% | −1.46 |
| Steering | 1 | 0.10% | 2.57% | −2.47 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.9% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 2.6% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.6% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.5% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.5% | £8–22 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Major | 0.91% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.91% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.66% | £30–80 |
| Brake pads worn down to wear indicator Brakes | Major | 0.33% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.33% | £30–80 |
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 | 17.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.4% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 9.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.0% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.9% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.5% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 824 | 91.7% | 18,780 mi |
| 30-60k | 358 | 92.7% | 40,138 mi |
| 60-90k | 27 | 92.6% | 69,082 mi |
| 90-120k | 2 | 100.0% | 96,799 mi |
Source: 1,211 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 Exceed MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Exceed?
92.1% of the 1,211 2021 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Exceed tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 91.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Exceed?
The three most recorded items are wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (2.89%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (2.64%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (1.57%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Exceed MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 91.7% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Exceed in this dataset had covered 23,621 mi.
Does the season affect the 2021 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Exceed MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 93.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 91.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.