Pass rate
88.5%
Above average — 2.2 pts behind the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 2,216 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £35–£95
2020 Mitsubishi Shogun MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 35,261 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
37.1% 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 →
1.3 pts up across model years — 4.1% in 2001, 5.4% in 2021.
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 90.6% pass
- Avoid 2006 71.3% pass
Across the 22 years on record, a spread of 19.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 87.1%
- Typical mileage
- 35k mi
The 2020 Mitsubishi Shogun MOT pass rate is 88.5% of its MOT tests — 2.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 37.1% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Mitsubishi Shogun does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.8× the national share
Brakes make up 37.1% of everything recorded on the 2020 Mitsubishi Shogun, against 20.9% nationally — 16.2 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 21% 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 2020 Mitsubishi Shogun compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 2.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 87.1%. The median 2020 Mitsubishi Shogun in this dataset had covered 35,261 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 88.8% of the time, April–September 88.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick", noted on 2.89% of tests.
- 2,216 recorded tests behind this page.
- 88.5% overall pass rate, 87.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mitsubishi Shogun, the average is 77.3% — best year 2021 (90.6%), worst 2006 (71.3%).
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
- 2,216
- Typical mileage (median)
- 35,261 mi
- Make and model
- Mitsubishi Shogun
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Pads Set
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Shogun MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 68% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Shogun
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 399 | 89.2% |
| South East | 333 | 91.0% |
| North West | 237 | 90.7% |
| South West | 220 | 88.2% |
| Yorkshire | 219 | 87.7% |
| West Midlands | 202 | 91.6% |
| East of England | 154 | 86.4% |
| East Midlands | 149 | 79.9% |
| North East | 144 | 88.2% |
| Wales | 124 | 83.1% |
| London | 35 | 97.1% |
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 2020 Shogun
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 2020 Shogun
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 brakes 2.9% 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.
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Check the windscreen 1.8% 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 suspension joints 1.2% of tests
“linkage pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn”
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 2020 Shogun through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £35–£95 — and 21% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £35–£95
- Cheapest common item: side repeaters lens defective
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 21%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 2,216 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 Shogun, side by side
22 model years on record, from 2000 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 71.3% to 90.6% — a spread of 19.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 74.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2001 73.4% component mounting prescribed…
- 2002 72.2% component mounting prescribed…
- 2003 72.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 72.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 71.7% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2006 71.3% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2007 72.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 72.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 73.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2010 74.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 78.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2012 79.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2013 80.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2014 83.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 85.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 85.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 87.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 88.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 88.1% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2020 88.5%brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2021 90.6% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
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 2020 Mitsubishi Shogun 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 2020 cars with a similar record
- Jaguar Xe 88.5%
- Peugeot Rifter 88.6%
- Vauxhall Insignia 88.4%
- Hyundai Tucson N Lne 88.4%
- Peugeot 208 88.7%
- BMW 330E 88.7%
Closest pass rates among 2020 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 2020 Mitsubishi Shogun 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 1,983 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 | 738 | 37.10% | 20.89% | +16.21 |
| Suspension | 421 | 21.10% | 20.98% | +0.12 |
| Tyres | 411 | 20.60% | 19.76% | +0.84 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 130 | 6.50% | 12.21% | −5.71 |
| Visibility | 99 | 5.00% | 4.97% | +0.03 |
| Non-component advisories | 96 | 4.80% | 4.18% | +0.62 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 29 | 1.50% | 5.57% | −4.07 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 26 | 1.30% | 5.52% | −4.22 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 24 | 1.20% | 1.76% | −0.56 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 9 | 0.50% | 0.82% | −0.32 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 2.9% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.8% | £80–200 |
| Linkage pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.2% | £40–150 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.90% | £8–22 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 0.86% | £60–150 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 0.72% | £8–22 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.68% | £45–95 |
| Side repeaters lens defective which has no effect on emitted light Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.68% | £3–15 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.63% | £30–80 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.63% | £40–150 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 13.1% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 11.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 8.2% | £45–110 |
| Linkage pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.9% | £40–150 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 5.8% | £40–150 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 2.7% | £80–180 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 864 | 91.0% | 20,449 mi |
| 30-60k | 984 | 87.1% | 42,275 mi |
| 60-90k | 240 | 86.7% | 71,321 mi |
| 90-120k | 90 | 90.0% | 100,367 mi |
| 120k+ | 38 | 76.3% | 154,593 mi |
Source: 2,216 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.
2020 Shogun MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Mitsubishi Shogun?
88.5% of the 2,216 2020 Mitsubishi Shogun tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 87.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Mitsubishi Shogun?
The three most recorded items are brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (2.89%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.76%), linkage pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (1.17%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Mitsubishi Shogun MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 91.0% of the time, falling to 76.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Mitsubishi Shogun in this dataset had covered 35,261 mi.
Does the season affect the 2020 Mitsubishi Shogun MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 88.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 88.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.