Pass rate
79.7%
Around average — 7.5 pts ahead of the 72.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 74 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £37–£128
2004 Mitsubishi Gto MOT pass rate
- 2004
- 2 trims combined
- typical 97,650 mi
Only 74 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
Brakes
26.3% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
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
- 76.9%
- Typical mileage
- 98k mi
The 2004 Mitsubishi Gto MOT pass rate is 79.7% of its MOT tests — 7.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Mitsubishi Gto does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 2.5× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 13.7% of everything recorded on the 2004 Mitsubishi Gto, against 5.5% nationally — 8.2 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 26.3%, but at 20.9% 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 72.2% and this one manages 79.7% — 7.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 35% 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 2004 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2004 Mitsubishi Gto compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.2%, so this figure is 7.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 76.9%. The median 2004 Mitsubishi Gto in this dataset had covered 97,650 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Position lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning", noted on 6.76% of tests.
- 74 recorded tests behind this page.
- 79.7% overall pass rate, 76.9% 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
- 74
- Typical mileage (median)
- 97,650 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
Headlight Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Gto MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 63% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Gto
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| East of England | 18 | 88.9% |
| South East | 15 | 73.3% |
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 2004 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 2004 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 lights 6.8% of tests
“position 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 exhaust and emissions 5.4% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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Check the suspension joints 4.0% 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 2004 Gto through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £37–£128 — and 35% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £37–£128
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 40%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 35%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 74 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 2004 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 2004 cars with a similar record
- Toyota Alphard 79.2%
- BMW 645 78.8%
- Porsche Cayenne 81.1%
- BMW Z4 78.3%
- Toyota Prius 78.3%
- Smart Roadster 78.3%
Closest pass rates among 2004 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 2004 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 186 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 50 | 26.30% | 20.89% | +5.41 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 36 | 18.90% | 12.21% | +6.69 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 26 | 13.70% | 5.52% | +8.18 |
| Suspension | 23 | 12.10% | 20.98% | −8.88 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 18 | 9.50% | 5.57% | +3.93 |
| Steering | 12 | 6.30% | 2.57% | +3.73 |
| Tyres | 8 | 4.20% | 19.76% | −15.56 |
| Non-component advisories | 8 | 4.20% | 4.18% | +0.02 |
| Visibility | 3 | 1.60% | 4.97% | −3.37 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 1.10% | 1.76% | −0.66 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Position lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.8% | £5–25 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 5.4% | £60–250 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 5.4% | £80–250 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.4% | £3–15 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 4.0% | £18–45 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 4.0% | £60–250 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.0% | £30–80 |
| Horn not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.0% | £8–25 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 4.0% | £60–150 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.7% | £60–250 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 25.7% | £80–180 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 13.5% | £45–110 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 10.8% | £200–700 |
| Non-component advisories Fuel Pipe/s corroded Non-component advisories | Advisory | 9.5% | £180–450 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 6.8% | £45–120 |
| Flexible brake hoses ferrule excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 6.8% | £25–70 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 3 | 100.0% | 48,725 mi |
| 60-90k | 26 | 84.6% | 75,668 mi |
| 90-120k | 28 | 71.4% | 104,288 mi |
| 120k+ | 17 | 82.4% | 142,248 mi |
Source: 74 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.
2004 Gto MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2004 Mitsubishi Gto?
79.7% of the 74 2004 Mitsubishi Gto tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.2% for cars first used in 2004. First-attempt pass rate: 76.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2004 Mitsubishi Gto?
The three most recorded items are position lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning (6.76%), catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (5.41%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (5.41%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2004 Mitsubishi Gto MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 82.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2004 Mitsubishi Gto in this dataset had covered 97,650 mi.