Pass rate
68.1%
Below average — 4.5 pts behind the 72.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 770 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £64–£165
2003 Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin MOT pass rate
- 2003
- typical 84,540 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
25.8% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2000 70.9% pass
- Avoid 2002 67.4% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 3.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 59.2%
- Typical mileage
- 85k mi
The 2003 Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin MOT pass rate is 68.1% of its MOT tests — 4.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension 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 Shogun Pinin does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.2× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 12.5% of everything recorded on the 2003 Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin, against 5.6% nationally — 6.9 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 25.8%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 72.6%; this one manages 68.1% — 4.5 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
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 2003 Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.6%, so this figure is 4.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 59.2%. The median 2003 Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin in this dataset had covered 84,540 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 68.7% of the time, April–September 67.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength", noted on 12.60% of tests.
- 770 recorded tests behind this page.
- 68.1% overall pass rate, 59.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin, the average is 69.2% — best year 2000 (70.9%), worst 2002 (67.4%).
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
- 770
- Typical mileage (median)
- 84,540 mi
- Make and model
- Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Corrosion Welding Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Shogun Pinin MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 55% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Shogun Pinin
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 216 | 69.0% |
| South West | 181 | 63.0% |
| East of England | 88 | 67.0% |
| West Midlands | 77 | 68.8% |
| East Midlands | 45 | 71.1% |
| North West | 41 | 65.9% |
| London | 36 | 86.1% |
| Wales | 36 | 63.9% |
| Yorkshire | 26 | 76.9% |
| North East | 19 | 63.2% |
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 2003 Shogun Pinin
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 2003 Shogun Pinin
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 corrosion 12.6% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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Check the lights 7.0% 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.
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Check the windscreen 4.7% 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.
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 2003 Shogun Pinin through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £64–£165 — and 39% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £64–£165
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 39%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 770 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 Pinin, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2000 to 2006. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.4% to 70.9% — a spread of 3.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 70.9% component mounting prescribed…
- 2001 67.9% component mounting prescribed…
- 2002 67.4% component mounting prescribed…
- 2003 68.1%component mounting prescribed…
- 2004 70.4% component mounting prescribed…
- 2005 70.2% component mounting prescribed…
- 2006 68.0% component mounting prescribed…
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 2003 Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin 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 2003 cars with a similar record
- Ford Ka 68.0%
- Ford Galaxy 68.0%
- Citroen C3 68.2%
- Volkswagen Polo 68.3%
- Vauxhall Corsa 68.4%
- Citroen Xsara 68.4%
Closest pass rates among 2003 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 2003 Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin 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 2,595 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 | 685 | 25.80% | 20.98% | +4.82 |
| Brakes | 517 | 19.50% | 20.89% | −1.39 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 365 | 13.80% | 12.21% | +1.59 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 331 | 12.50% | 5.57% | +6.93 |
| Tyres | 210 | 7.90% | 19.76% | −11.86 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 193 | 7.30% | 5.52% | +1.78 |
| Visibility | 106 | 4.00% | 4.97% | −0.97 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 65 | 2.50% | 0.82% | +1.68 |
| Steering | 64 | 2.40% | 2.57% | −0.17 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 59 | 2.20% | 1.76% | +0.44 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 12.6% | £180–450 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.0% | £5–20 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.2% | £5–25 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.2% | £5–25 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.7% | £80–200 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 4.3% | £45–120 |
| Prescribed areas prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 4.3% | £40–120 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 3.8% | £18–45 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.3% | £3–12 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 3.1% | £80–180 |
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 | 27.5% | £80–180 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 14.8% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 13.8% | £25–65 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Advisory | 13.4% | £180–450 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 8.8% | £45–120 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 8.6% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 11 | 72.7% | 23,469 mi |
| 30-60k | 152 | 73.7% | 47,939 mi |
| 60-90k | 272 | 69.1% | 74,681 mi |
| 90-120k | 230 | 63.9% | 104,078 mi |
| 120k+ | 101 | 67.3% | 141,532 mi |
Source: 770 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.
2003 Shogun Pinin MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2003 Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin?
68.1% of the 770 2003 Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.6% for cars first used in 2003. First-attempt pass rate: 59.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2003 Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin?
The three most recorded items are component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (12.60%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (7.01%), headlamp lens slightly defective (5.19%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2003 Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 72.7% of the time, falling to 67.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2003 Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin in this dataset had covered 84,540 mi.
Does the season affect the 2003 Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 68.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 67.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.