Mitsubishi Mirage Verve MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Mitsubishi Mirage Verve MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Mitsubishi Mirage Verve passed on its first attempt in 89.9%, and its overall record sits +9.8 percentage points above the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Mitsubishi Mirage Verve in the 2023–2025 data: 511 tests across 2 model years (2020–2021). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Mitsubishi Mirage Verve MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Mitsubishi Mirage Verve, the Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Mitsubishi Mirage Verve's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Mitsubishi Mirage Verve DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Mitsubishi Mirage Verve, each with how many of the model's 511 tests it was noted on.

• "Front fog lamps not working" (Major) — noted on about 10 Mitsubishi Mirage Verve tests, 2.0% of the model's MOT record.
• "Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick" (Major) — noted on about 9 Mitsubishi Mirage Verve tests, 1.8% of the model's MOT record.
• "Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative" (Rectified) — noted on about 8 Mitsubishi Mirage Verve tests, 1.6% of the model's MOT record.
• "Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm" (Major) — noted on about 7 Mitsubishi Mirage Verve tests, 1.4% of the model's MOT record.
• "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view" (Minor) — noted on about 6 Mitsubishi Mirage Verve tests, 1.2% of the model's MOT record.
• "Wipers blade defective" (Minor) — noted on about 6 Mitsubishi Mirage Verve tests, 1.2% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Mitsubishi Mirage Verve Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Mitsubishi Mirage Verve model year on record is 2020 (91.3% across 401 tests), and the weakest is 2021 (89.1%). The gap between them is 2.2 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Mitsubishi Mirage Verve Owners

These checks follow this Mitsubishi Mirage Verve's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Mitsubishi Mirage Verve.

• the lights — “front fog lamps 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.

• the brakes — “brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”

  Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.

• tyre pressures and valves — “tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative”

  Set the pressures to the figures on the door pillar, not the tyre wall, and check the valves do not hiss. A leaking valve is a two-minute fix that fails a test.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Mitsubishi Mirage Verve. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

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