Pass rate
69.0%
Below average — 4.3 pts behind the 73.3% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 184 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £60–£162
2001 Mitsubishi Galant MOT pass rate
- 2001
- typical 107,960 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
20.0% 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
- Avoid 2001 69.0% pass · this year
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 7.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 61.5%
- Typical mileage
- 108k mi
The 2001 Mitsubishi Galant MOT pass rate is 69.0% of its MOT tests — 4.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 20.0% 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
Body & chassis: 2.0× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 10.9% of everything recorded on the 2001 Mitsubishi Galant, against 5.6% nationally — 5.3 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 20.0%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 73.3%; this one manages 69.0% — 4.3 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 17% 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 2001 Mitsubishi Galant compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.3%, so this figure is 4.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 61.5%. The median 2001 Mitsubishi Galant in this dataset had covered 107,960 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 66.7% of the time, April–September 71.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 7.61% of tests.
- 184 recorded tests behind this page.
- 69.0% overall pass rate, 61.5% 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
- 184
- Typical mileage (median)
- 107,960 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
Windscreen
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 56% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Galant
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 43 | 60.5% |
| South East | 39 | 76.9% |
| West Midlands | 31 | 61.3% |
| East of England | 21 | 76.2% |
| Yorkshire | 17 | 76.5% |
| North West | 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 2001 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 2001 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 the windscreen 7.6% 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.
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Check the suspension joints 6.5% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
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 corrosion 6.0% 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.
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 2001 Galant through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £60–£162 — and 17% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £60–£162
- 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
- 17%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 184 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 2001 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 2001 cars with a similar record
- Ford Fiesta 69.0%
- Vauxhall Corsa 69.1%
- Honda Accord 69.5%
- Peugeot 206 69.8%
- MINI Mini 68.2%
- Citroen Xsara 68.1%
Closest pass rates among 2001 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 2001 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 609 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 | 125 | 20.00% | 20.98% | −0.98 |
| Brakes | 119 | 19.00% | 20.89% | −1.89 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 68 | 10.90% | 5.57% | +5.33 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 64 | 10.20% | 12.21% | −2.01 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 60 | 9.60% | 5.52% | +4.08 |
| Tyres | 51 | 8.10% | 19.76% | −11.66 |
| Non-component advisories | 49 | 7.80% | 4.18% | +3.62 |
| Steering | 29 | 4.60% | 2.57% | +2.03 |
| Visibility | 22 | 3.50% | 4.97% | −1.47 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 22 | 3.50% | 1.76% | +1.74 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 7.6% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 6.5% | £18–45 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 6.0% | £180–450 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 4.9% | £80–250 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.9% | £5–20 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 4.3% | £80–250 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.3% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.3% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.3% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp not working on main beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.3% | £5–25 |
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 | 21.2% | £200–700 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 20.6% | £80–180 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 14.7% | £120–300 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.5% | £45–110 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 11.4% | £20–80 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 11.4% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 17 | 70.6% | 48,811 mi |
| 60-90k | 32 | 78.1% | 71,735 mi |
| 90-120k | 59 | 69.5% | 103,509 mi |
| 120k+ | 76 | 64.5% | 149,706 mi |
Source: 184 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.
2001 Galant MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2001 Mitsubishi Galant?
69.0% of the 184 2001 Mitsubishi Galant tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.3% for cars first used in 2001. First-attempt pass rate: 61.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2001 Mitsubishi Galant?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (7.61%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (6.52%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (5.98%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2001 Mitsubishi Galant MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 70.6% of the time, falling to 64.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2001 Mitsubishi Galant in this dataset had covered 107,960 mi.
Does the season affect the 2001 Mitsubishi Galant MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 66.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 71.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.