Dodge MOT pass rates and reliability
We have 3,607 MOT tests on Dodge cars from 2023, covering 3 models with enough tests to compare. Choose a model to see what it fails on most often, how its pass rate changes with age and how far it is typically driven.
Across 3,607 MOT tests on Dodge cars in 2023, 60% passed first time, below the national average of 71% for all cars. Of the Dodge models with enough tests, the RAM did best at 80% and the Caliber did least well at 48%. Newer models pass more often whatever the make, so compare cars of a similar age.
Dodge models
What Dodge cars fail on
Share of tests with at least one failure in each area, across all models, against the figure for all cars.
- Lights and electrics20.7% (all cars 11.3%)
- Suspension15.8% (all cars 9.0%)
- Brakes15.4% (all cars 6.8%)
- Visibility6.2% (all cars 4.8%)
- Body and structure5.7% (all cars 3.5%)
- Tyres5.6% (all cars 6.4%)
- Seat belts and airbags4.9% (all cars 1.0%)
- Exhaust and emissions4.7% (all cars 3.1%)
Most common Dodge failure items
Share of tests on which each item was recorded.
- Position lamp: not working 7.6%
- Suspension arms, ball joint: ball joint excessively worn 5.0%
- Stop lamp: not working 4.0%
- Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements 3.4%
- Rbt (sp): efficiency less than 50% of the required value 2.4%
- Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play 2.3%
- Suspension arms, pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn 2.3%
- Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak 2.0%
Check a particular Dodge
Model figures tell you what to look out for. To see one car's own MOT history, mileage and tax, enter its registration.
Source: Department for Transport, Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2023, cars and light vans, normal tests only. Pass rates are first-time passes; a pass after repair at the test station counts as a fail. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.