Does the Mitsubishi Pajero fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?
The Mitsubishi Pajero records 0.36 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.43 expected for a car 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) (−0.07, 95% interval −0.17 to +0.03). It ranks 275 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 Pajero by registration
What exactly fails on road wheels?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Mitsubishi Pajero is “A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud”, recorded 51 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 51 | 0.31 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 16,563 (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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