Does the Mitsubishi L200 fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?

The Mitsubishi L200 records 0.45 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.32 expected for a lcv of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (+0.13, 95% interval +0.12 to +0.15). It ranks 112 of 516 models on road wheels (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on road wheels · check a Mitsubishi L200 by registration

What exactly fails on road wheels?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Mitsubishi L200 is “A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud”, recorded 2,211 times in 2019–2024.

Mitsubishi L200: most frequent road wheels defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud	2,211	0.41
A wheel with more than one loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud	169	0.03
A wheel and its fixings not compatible	44	0.01

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 539,553 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

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Does the Mitsubishi L200 fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?

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