Mitsubishi Outlander years to avoid: the early ones

Based on 69,414 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 2007 and 2009. The worst is the 2007, which fails its MOT 23% more often than other cars of the same age. The 2016 is the strongest, failing 19% less often than average.

Found a Mitsubishi Outlander 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 Outlander 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 Outlander
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2007 Worst	1,410	43.5%	23% worse
2008	1,893	38.5%	about average
2009	1,464	39.1%	17% worse
2010	1,629	36.3%	about average
2011	1,437	32.6%	about average
2012	1,211	31.2%	about average
2013	2,161	29.0%	about average
2014	7,260	23.1%	about average
2015	13,050	18.4%	about average
2016	11,246	13.7%	19% better
2017	8,955	12.1%	16% better
2018	10,858	10.1%	16% better
2019	6,840	9.8%	about average

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Mitsubishi Outlander, 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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