Pass rate
83.9%
Around average — 5.3 pts ahead of the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 7,513 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £19–£48
2013 Mitsubishi Mirage MOT pass rate
- 2013
- typical 59,494 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
25.8% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
1.9 pts down across model years — 6.3% in 2013, 4.4% in 2020.
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 92.4% pass
- Avoid 2013 83.9% pass · this year
Across the 9 years on record, a spread of 8.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 81.1%
- Typical mileage
- 59k mi
The 2013 Mitsubishi Mirage MOT pass rate is 83.9% of its MOT tests — 5.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 25.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Mitsubishi Mirage does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.3× the national share
Tyres make up 25.8% of everything recorded on the 2013 Mitsubishi Mirage, against 19.8% nationally — 6.0 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- 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 78.6% and this one manages 83.9% — 5.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
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
Watching a Mitsubishi Mirage? Get an email when these numbers change .
How does the 2013 Mitsubishi Mirage compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 5.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 81.1%. The median 2013 Mitsubishi Mirage in this dataset had covered 59,494 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 83.6% of the time, April–September 84.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 13.00% of tests.
- 7,513 recorded tests behind this page.
- 83.9% overall pass rate, 81.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mitsubishi Mirage, the average is 87.9% — best year 2019 (92.4%), worst 2013 (83.9%).
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
- 7,513
- Typical mileage (median)
- 59,494 mi
- Make and model
- Mitsubishi Mirage
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Mirage MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 64% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Mirage
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 1,515 | 84.5% |
| South East | 1,186 | 85.2% |
| West Midlands | 892 | 86.1% |
| North West | 637 | 83.8% |
| Yorkshire | 630 | 83.5% |
| Wales | 610 | 80.3% |
| Scotland | 529 | 77.7% |
| East of England | 525 | 86.1% |
| East Midlands | 464 | 83.4% |
| North East | 270 | 81.5% |
| London | 255 | 88.2% |
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 2013 Mirage
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 2013 Mirage
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.
-
Check the suspension joints 13.0% 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.
-
Check the lights 3.1% 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.
-
Check the wipers and washers 2.2% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the 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 2013 Mirage through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £19–£48 — and 37% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £19–£48
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 37%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 7,513 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 Mirage, side by side
9 model years on record, from 2013 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 83.9% to 92.4% — a spread of 8.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2013 83.9%ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2014 86.6% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2015 87.3% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2016 88.9% wipers blade defective
- 2017 89.6% wipers blade defective
- 2018 89.8% wipers blade defective
- 2019 92.4% wipers blade defective
- 2020 91.5% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2021 91.6% wipers does not clear the…
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 2013 Mitsubishi Mirage 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 2013 cars with a similar record
- MINI First 83.9%
- Suzuki Jimny 83.8%
- BMW X5 84.1%
- BMW 4 Series 84.2%
- Volkswagen Golf 83.6%
- London Taxis Int TX4 83.6%
Closest pass rates among 2013 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 2013 Mitsubishi Mirage 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 10,818 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 2,848 | 25.80% | 19.76% | +6.04 |
| Suspension | 2,661 | 24.10% | 20.98% | +3.12 |
| Brakes | 1,997 | 18.10% | 20.89% | −2.79 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 926 | 8.40% | 12.21% | −3.81 |
| Visibility | 709 | 6.40% | 4.97% | +1.43 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 566 | 5.10% | 5.57% | −0.47 |
| Non-component advisories | 417 | 3.80% | 4.18% | −0.38 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 360 | 3.30% | 5.52% | −2.22 |
| Steering | 195 | 1.80% | 2.57% | −0.77 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 139 | 1.30% | 1.76% | −0.46 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 13.0% | £18–45 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.1% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 2.3% | £18–45 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 2.2% | £8–22 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.8% | £45–95 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.7% | £5–25 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.7% | £80–200 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.6% | £5–25 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.5% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.2% | £8–22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 17.0% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 12.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.0% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.5% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 4.5% | £25–65 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 3.0% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 843 | 92.2% | 21,670 mi |
| 30-60k | 2,979 | 86.1% | 46,217 mi |
| 60-90k | 2,393 | 82.3% | 73,309 mi |
| 90-120k | 964 | 77.6% | 102,098 mi |
| 120k+ | 327 | 72.8% | 144,758 mi |
Source: 7,513 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.
2013 Mirage MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 Mitsubishi Mirage?
83.9% of the 7,513 2013 Mitsubishi Mirage tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 81.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 Mitsubishi Mirage?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (13.00%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (3.06%), ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.33%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 Mitsubishi Mirage MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.2% of the time, falling to 72.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 Mitsubishi Mirage in this dataset had covered 59,494 mi.
Does the season affect the 2013 Mitsubishi Mirage MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 83.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 84.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.