Pass rate
79.7%
Around average — 6.8 pts ahead of the 72.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 59 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £62–£181
2002 Mitsubishi Gto MOT pass rate
- 2002
- 2 trims combined
- typical 97,182 mi
Only 59 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
Suspension
19.2% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2003 84.5% pass
- Avoid 2005 77.9% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 6.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 77.8%
- Typical mileage
- 97k mi
The 2002 Mitsubishi Gto MOT pass rate is 79.7% of its MOT tests — 6.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 19.2% of what testers record.
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MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Mitsubishi Gto does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 3.1× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 17.2% of everything recorded on the 2002 Mitsubishi Gto, against 5.6% nationally — 11.6 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 19.2%, 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.
- 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 72.9% and this one manages 79.7% — 6.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 23% 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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Every Mitsubishi Gto first registered in 2002 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2002 Mitsubishi Gto compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.9%, so this figure is 6.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 77.8%. The median 2002 Mitsubishi Gto in this dataset had covered 97,182 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated", noted on 8.47% of tests.
- 59 recorded tests behind this page.
- 79.7% overall pass rate, 77.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mitsubishi Gto, the average is 80.7% — best year 2003 (84.5%), worst 2005 (77.9%).
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
- 59
- Typical mileage (median)
- 97,182 mi
- Make and model
- Mitsubishi Gto
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Body Panel Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Gto MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2002 Gto
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 2002 Gto
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 steering 6.8% of tests
“steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated,”
With the wheels straight, rock the steering wheel gently with the engine off — more than about an inch of free play before the wheels move is worth investigating. Split rack gaiters are cheap to replace and commonly recorded.
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Check the lights 6.8% of tests
“stop lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning”
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 suspension joints 5.1% 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.
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 2002 Gto through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £62–£181 — and 23% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £62–£181
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp with a multiple light source up to…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 30%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 23%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 59 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 Gto, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2002 to 2005. Across them the pass rate runs from 77.9% to 84.5% — a spread of 6.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2002 79.7%joints constant velocity boot…
- 2003 84.5% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2004 79.7% position lamp with a multiple…
- 2005 77.9% windscreen damaged but not…
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 2002 Mitsubishi Gto 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 2002 cars with a similar record
- Jaguar XK8 79.8%
- Porsche Boxster 80.3%
- Subaru Impreza 80.5%
- BMW Z3 80.7%
- Mercedes-Benz Slk 81.2%
- Land Rover Range Rover 77.4%
Closest pass rates among 2002 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 2002 Mitsubishi Gto 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 150 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 | 29 | 19.20% | 20.98% | −1.78 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 26 | 17.20% | 5.57% | +11.63 |
| Brakes | 25 | 16.60% | 20.89% | −4.29 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 20 | 13.20% | 12.21% | +0.99 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 19 | 12.60% | 5.52% | +7.08 |
| Tyres | 8 | 5.30% | 19.76% | −14.46 |
| Steering | 8 | 5.30% | 2.57% | +2.73 |
| Visibility | 6 | 4.00% | 4.97% | −0.97 |
| Non-component advisories | 6 | 4.00% | 4.18% | −0.18 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 3 | 2.00% | 0.82% | +1.18 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 8.5% | £80–250 |
| Steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 6.8% | £120–300 |
| Stop lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.8% | £3–12 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 5.1% | £18–45 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 5.1% | £60–250 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 5.1% | £180–450 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.1% | £3–15 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.4% | £60–250 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.4% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.4% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 11.9% | £200–700 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Advisory | 8.5% | £180–450 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 8.5% | £80–180 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 6.8% | £45–120 |
| Exhaust system noise is clearly in excess of that emitted by a similar vehicle fitted with a standard silencer in… Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 6.8% | £45–120 |
| Integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 6.8% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 9 | 88.9% | 54,069 mi |
| 60-90k | 13 | 84.6% | 77,978 mi |
| 90-120k | 23 | 78.3% | 105,464 mi |
| 120k+ | 12 | 66.7% | 140,657 mi |
Source: 59 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.
2002 Gto MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2002 Mitsubishi Gto?
79.7% of the 59 2002 Mitsubishi Gto tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.9% for cars first used in 2002. First-attempt pass rate: 77.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2002 Mitsubishi Gto?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (8.47%), steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (6.78%), stop lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning (6.78%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2002 Mitsubishi Gto MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 88.9% of the time, falling to 66.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2002 Mitsubishi Gto in this dataset had covered 97,182 mi.