Pass rate
85.8%
Above average — 1.8 pts ahead of the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 38,121 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£78
2016 Mitsubishi Outlander MOT pass rate
- 2016
- typical 77,852 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
29.3% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
0.8 pts down across model years — 3.4% in 2007, 2.6% in 2021.
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 90.9% pass
- Avoid 2007 68.1% pass
Across the 19 years on record, a spread of 22.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 83.7%
- Typical mileage
- 78k mi
The 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander MOT pass rate is 85.8% of its MOT tests — 1.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Mitsubishi Outlander does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.4× the national share
Brakes make up 29.3% of everything recorded on the 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander, against 20.9% nationally — 8.4 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 13% 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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How does the 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 1.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 83.7%. The median 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander in this dataset had covered 77,852 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Hybrid — 80% of tests, with a 86.4% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 86.0% of the time, April–September 85.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt", noted on 3.96% of tests.
- 38,121 recorded tests behind this page.
- 85.8% overall pass rate, 83.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mitsubishi Outlander, the average is 83.7% — best year 2019 (90.9%), worst 2007 (68.1%).
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
- 38,121
- Typical mileage (median)
- 77,852 mi
- Make and model
- Mitsubishi Outlander
- 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 Outlander MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 75% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Hybrid is the most common here (80% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Outlander
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 10,832 | 86.5% |
| London | 6,813 | 90.4% |
| South West | 3,727 | 82.7% |
| East of England | 3,247 | 85.5% |
| West Midlands | 2,673 | 86.5% |
| Yorkshire | 2,400 | 85.7% |
| North West | 2,323 | 85.2% |
| Scotland | 2,245 | 77.9% |
| East Midlands | 1,856 | 85.6% |
| Wales | 1,199 | 82.6% |
| North East | 800 | 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 2016 Outlander
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 2016 Outlander
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 suspension joints 4.0% of tests
“track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or 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.
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Check the windscreen 2.3% 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 brakes 1.5% of tests
“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.
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 2016 Outlander through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£78 — and 13% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £30–£78
- 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
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 13%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 38,121 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 Outlander, side by side
19 model years on record, from 2003 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 68.1% to 90.9% — a spread of 22.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2003 70.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 68.7% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2005 69.4% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2006 73.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 68.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 69.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 70.0% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2010 71.8% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2011 73.9% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2012 75.4% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2013 76.0% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2014 79.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 82.6% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2016 85.8%track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2017 87.7% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2018 89.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 90.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 90.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 89.7% 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 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander 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 2016 cars with a similar record
- Volkswagen Passat 85.8%
- Ford B-Max 85.8%
- Volkswagen Sharan 85.8%
- Subaru Xv 85.8%
- Land Rover Range Rover 85.7%
- Smart Mcc Fortwo 85.7%
Closest pass rates among 2016 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 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander 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 44,885 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 | 13,268 | 29.30% | 20.89% | +8.41 |
| Tyres | 11,082 | 24.50% | 19.76% | +4.74 |
| Suspension | 7,154 | 15.80% | 20.98% | −5.18 |
| Steering | 2,981 | 6.60% | 2.57% | +4.03 |
| Non-component advisories | 2,917 | 6.40% | 4.18% | +2.22 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 2,905 | 6.40% | 12.21% | −5.81 |
| Visibility | 2,209 | 4.90% | 4.97% | −0.07 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1,071 | 2.40% | 5.57% | −3.17 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 753 | 1.70% | 5.52% | −3.82 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 545 | 1.20% | 1.76% | −0.56 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 4.0% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.3% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.1% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.5% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.2% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.1% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.88% | £40–150 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 0.86% | £45–110 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.86% | £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 | 15.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 11.4% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 8.0% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.9% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 4.0% | £40–150 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 3.2% | £80–180 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1,003 | 93.4% | 22,896 mi |
| 30-60k | 9,149 | 88.3% | 48,141 mi |
| 60-90k | 14,102 | 85.3% | 74,310 mi |
| 90-120k | 7,829 | 83.4% | 102,924 mi |
| 120k+ | 6,031 | 85.3% | 154,950 mi |
Source: 38,121 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.
2016 Outlander MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander?
85.8% of the 38,121 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 83.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander?
The three most recorded items are track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (3.96%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.30%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (2.07%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 93.4% of the time, falling to 85.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander in this dataset had covered 77,852 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander?
Hybrid: 86.4% pass rate across 30,564 tests. Diesel: 83.4% pass rate across 7,518 tests. Electric: 85.0% pass rate across 20 tests. Petrol: 86.7% pass rate across 15 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 86.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 85.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.