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Mitsubishi Colt MOT pass rate by year

How the Mitsubishi Colt's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1987 to 2013, across the DVSA record.

What is the Mitsubishi Colt MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Mitsubishi Colt model year, from the DVSA record. Only years with at least 1,000 tests are shown, so each figure is a real average rather than a handful of cars. The Mitsubishi Colt averages 27.7% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
198769.2%30.8%1,455
198869.6%30.4%2,176
198965.9%34.1%2,223
199066.7%33.3%3,481
199165.1%34.9%5,206
199266.0%34.0%5,804
199365.8%34.2%6,334
199466.9%33.1%5,508
199566.6%33.4%3,889
199666.4%33.6%15,808
199767.0%33.0%24,073
199867.8%32.2%26,088
199967.6%32.4%37,417
200069.3%30.7%18,636
200169.2%30.8%13,700
200271.2%28.8%12,206
200371.5%28.5%6,834
200471.5%28.5%34,737
200571.8%28.2%128,819
200672.8%27.2%138,912
200772.4%27.6%147,136
200872.2%27.8%136,495
200974.9%25.1%93,676
201076.3%23.7%52,587
201178.4%21.6%29,488
201278.8%21.2%23,107
201379.1%20.9%7,429

Does age change how often a Mitsubishi Colt fails?

Older Mitsubishi Colts fail more often, as expected. The 1987 cars fail 30.8% of tests against 20.9% for the 2013. Across every year the model averages 27.7%. The 1991 is the weakest year at 34.9%, and the 2013 the strongest at 20.9%.

More on the Mitsubishi Colt

The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.

See also
Mitsubishi Colt: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them
All Mitsubishi models compared by MOT failure rate
MOT failure rates across Britain

Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain