Pass rate
76.9%
Around average — 3.1 pts ahead of the 73.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 121 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £62–£168
2000 Mitsubishi Galant MOT pass rate
- 2000
- typical 105,936 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 2000 76.9% pass · this year
- Avoid 2001 69.0% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 7.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 73.1%
- Typical mileage
- 106k mi
The 2000 Mitsubishi Galant MOT pass rate is 76.9% of its MOT tests — 3.1 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 Galant does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 2.0× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 10.8% of everything recorded on the 2000 Mitsubishi Galant, against 5.5% nationally — 5.3 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 23.2%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. A smoky diesel or a leaking joint fails on emissions more often than on wear, so ask for a recent emissions printout.
- 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 73.8% and this one manages 76.9% — 3.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 24% 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 2000 Mitsubishi Galant compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.8%, so this figure is 3.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 73.1%. The median 2000 Mitsubishi Galant in this dataset had covered 105,936 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 78.3% of the time, April–September 75.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength", noted on 7.44% of tests.
- 121 recorded tests behind this page.
- 76.9% overall pass rate, 73.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mitsubishi Galant, the average is 71.7% — best year 2000 (76.9%), worst 2001 (69.0%).
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
- 121
- Typical mileage (median)
- 105,936 mi
- Make and model
- Mitsubishi Galant
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Corrosion Welding Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Galant MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 60% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Galant
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 27 | 77.8% |
| East of England | 24 | 62.5% |
| West Midlands | 17 | 76.5% |
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 2000 Galant
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 2000 Galant
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 corrosion 7.4% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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Check the lights 7.4% 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 windscreen 5.8% 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 2000 Galant through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £62–£168 — and 24% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £62–£168
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 40%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 24%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 121 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 Galant, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2000 to 2002. Across them the pass rate runs from 69.0% to 76.9% — a spread of 7.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 76.9%component mounting prescribed…
- 2001 69.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2002 71.0% 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 2000 Mitsubishi Galant 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 2000 cars with a similar record
- Toyota Corolla 76.7%
- Saab 9-3 76.6%
- BMW 3 Series 76.5%
- Land Rover Discovery 75.7%
- BMW Z3 78.4%
- Honda Civic 75.3%
Closest pass rates among 2000 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 2000 Mitsubishi Galant 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 339 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 | 82 | 23.20% | 20.98% | +2.22 |
| Brakes | 50 | 14.20% | 20.89% | −6.69 |
| Tyres | 39 | 11.00% | 19.76% | −8.76 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 38 | 10.80% | 5.52% | +5.28 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 37 | 10.50% | 12.21% | −1.71 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 32 | 9.10% | 5.57% | +3.53 |
| Steering | 19 | 5.40% | 2.57% | +2.83 |
| Visibility | 14 | 4.00% | 4.97% | −0.97 |
| Non-component advisories | 14 | 4.00% | 4.18% | −0.18 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 14 | 4.00% | 1.76% | +2.24 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 7.4% | £180–450 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.4% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 5.8% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 5.0% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.3% | £18–45 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.3% | £60–250 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.3% | £45–120 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 3.3% | £80–250 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.3% | £5–25 |
| Service brake performance efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.3% | £60–150 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 16.5% | £200–700 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 14.9% | £80–180 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 14.1% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 13.2% | £45–95 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 10.7% | £20–80 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 9.1% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2 | 100.0% | 21,174 mi |
| 30-60k | 14 | 92.9% | 50,760 mi |
| 60-90k | 25 | 76.0% | 77,448 mi |
| 90-120k | 42 | 78.6% | 105,936 mi |
| 120k+ | 38 | 68.4% | 158,940 mi |
Source: 121 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.
2000 Galant MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2000 Mitsubishi Galant?
76.9% of the 121 2000 Mitsubishi Galant tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.8% for cars first used in 2000. First-attempt pass rate: 73.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2000 Mitsubishi Galant?
The three most recorded items are component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (7.44%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (7.44%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (5.79%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2000 Mitsubishi Galant MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 68.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2000 Mitsubishi Galant in this dataset had covered 105,936 mi.
Does the season affect the 2000 Mitsubishi Galant MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 78.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 75.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.