Mitsubishi L200 years to avoid: the early ones

Based on 74,357 real MOT tests from DVSA records. Each year is compared against every other car first registered the same year — otherwise the numbers would only tell you that older cars fail more, which you knew.

The short answer

Avoid 2009 to 2011. The worst is the 2009, which fails its MOT 18% more often than other cars of the same age.

Found a Mitsubishi L200 you like?

Averages tell you what to expect. Its registration tells you what actually happened — every MOT, every advisory, and whether the mileage adds up.

Every L200 model year

Shaded rows are the years that differ most from other cars of the same age — worse, better.

MOT failure rate by registration year for the Mitsubishi L200
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2006	4,858	38.5%	about average
2007	4,228	39.6%	about average
2008	2,718	39.2%	about average
2009 Worst	2,388	39.5%	18% worse
2010	3,563	37.2%	15% worse
2011	4,269	35.4%	17% worse
2012	3,169	29.8%	about average
2013	3,996	27.5%	about average
2014	4,925	24.9%	about average
2015	6,818	20.4%	about average
2016	6,763	14.7%	about average
2017	8,273	13.0%	about average
2018	8,140	12.4%	about average
2019	7,660	11.3%	about average
2020	2,589	10.2%	about average

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Mitsubishi L200, grouped by the year the car was first registered. Retests are excluded, so a car that failed and was fixed still counts as a failure. Each year's rate is then divided by the rate for all cars first registered that year — so 120 means 20% more failures than its contemporaries, not 20% more than a brand new car.

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