Does the Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin records 30.25 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 24.37 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+5.88, 95% interval +4.99 to +6.76). It ranks 110 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on brakes · check a Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin by registration
What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin is “Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded”, recorded 1,415 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 1,415 | 9.50 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 711 | 4.78 |
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 405 | 2.72 |
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 372 | 2.50 |
| Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle. | 207 | 1.39 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 14,887 (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
If a Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
19.4% of Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 2,943 miles later (3,878 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 3,878 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
Other pages for this model
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