Pass rate
77.9%
Around average — 5.5 pts ahead of the 72.4% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 68 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £54–£155
2005 Mitsubishi Gto MOT pass rate
- 2005
- 2 trims combined
- typical 91,655 mi
Only 68 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
19.4% 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 · this year
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 6.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 73.2%
- Typical mileage
- 92k mi
The 2005 Mitsubishi Gto MOT pass rate is 77.9% of its MOT tests — 5.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 19.4% 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: 2.9× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 16.0% of everything recorded on the 2005 Mitsubishi Gto, against 5.5% nationally — 10.5 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 19.4%, 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 72.4% and this one manages 77.9% — 5.5 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 2005 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2005 Mitsubishi Gto compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.4%, so this figure is 5.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 73.2%. The median 2005 Mitsubishi Gto in this dataset had covered 91,655 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 73.7% of the time, April–September 83.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 7.35% of tests.
- 68 recorded tests behind this page.
- 77.9% overall pass rate, 73.2% 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
- 68
- Typical mileage (median)
- 91,655 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
Windscreen
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.
Regional pass rates for the Gto
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| East Midlands | 17 | 82.4% |
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 2005 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 2005 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 windscreen 7.3% 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 exhaust and emissions 5.9% of tests
“emissions not tested unable to be completed”
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 lights 5.9% of tests
“rear fog lamp not working”
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.
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 2005 Gto through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £54–£155 — and 23% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £54–£155
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated,
- £120–£300
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 23%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 68 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 2005 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 2005 cars with a similar record
- Land Rover Range Rover 78.0%
- Toyota MR2 77.8%
- BMW 630 77.8%
- Toyota RAV4 77.6%
- BMW 525 77.6%
- BMW 530 78.3%
Closest pass rates among 2005 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 2005 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 173 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 | 34 | 19.40% | 20.98% | −1.58 |
| Brakes | 32 | 18.30% | 20.89% | −2.59 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 28 | 16.00% | 5.52% | +10.48 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 21 | 12.00% | 5.57% | +6.43 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 19 | 10.90% | 12.21% | −1.31 |
| Steering | 13 | 7.40% | 2.57% | +4.83 |
| Tyres | 9 | 5.10% | 19.76% | −14.66 |
| Non-component advisories | 7 | 4.00% | 4.18% | −0.18 |
| Visibility | 6 | 3.40% | 4.97% | −1.57 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 4 | 2.30% | 0.82% | +1.48 |
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 | 7.3% | £80–200 |
| Emissions not tested unable to be completed Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 5.9% | £60–250 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.9% | £3–15 |
| Steering rack gaiter damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 5.9% | £120–300 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.4% | £60–140 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.4% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.9% | £18–45 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.9% | £60–250 |
| Decelerometer (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.9% | £45–110 |
| Exhaust system noise is clearly in excess of that emitted by a similar vehicle fitted with a standard silencer in… Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.9% | £45–120 |
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 | 16.2% | £80–180 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 14.7% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.8% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Fuel Pipe/s corroded Non-component advisories | Advisory | 8.8% | £180–450 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 7.3% | £40–150 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 5.9% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2 | 100.0% | 6,521 mi |
| 30-60k | 5 | 80.0% | 55,409 mi |
| 60-90k | 27 | 85.2% | 78,638 mi |
| 90-120k | 22 | 72.7% | 109,219 mi |
| 120k+ | 12 | 66.7% | 138,494 mi |
Source: 68 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.
2005 Gto MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2005 Mitsubishi Gto?
77.9% of the 68 2005 Mitsubishi Gto tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.4% for cars first used in 2005. First-attempt pass rate: 73.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2005 Mitsubishi Gto?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (7.35%), emissions not tested unable to be completed (5.88%), rear fog lamp not working (5.88%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2005 Mitsubishi Gto MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 66.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2005 Mitsubishi Gto in this dataset had covered 91,655 mi.
Does the season affect the 2005 Mitsubishi Gto MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 73.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 83.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.