Chrysler Sebring MOT reliability

Chrysler Sebrings passed their MOT first time 58% of the time across 323 tests in 2025. 226 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

58%

MOTs analysed

323

Still licensed (GB)

226

Body type

Convertible

Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2008 petrol

64 MOTs

These figures come from 64 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 58%. Typical mileage 81,636 (most between 66,011 and 103,060).

2009: 100% → 2010: 83% → 2011: 77% → 2012: 79% → 2013: 69% → 2014: 73% → 2015: 76% → 2016: 66% → 2017: 67% → 2018: 61% → 2019: 60% → 2020: 56% → 2021: 54% → 2022: 69% → 2023: 55% → 2024: 61% → 2025: 58%

Most common failures

Position lamp: not working (17.2%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (7.8%)
Ball joint excessively worn (7.8%)
Stop lamp: not working (4.7%)
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (3.1%)

2008 diesel

41 MOTs

These figures come from 41 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 44%. Typical mileage 100,603 (most between 77,294 and 118,922).

2009: 88% → 2010: 64% → 2011: 69% → 2012: 70% → 2013: 62% → 2014: 62% → 2015: 59% → 2016: 61% → 2017: 60% → 2018: 51% → 2019: 52% → 2020: 52% → 2021: 57% → 2022: 52% → 2023: 53% → 2024: 79% → 2025: 44%

Most common failures

Ball joint excessively worn (9.8%)
Anti-lock braking system: warning lamp indicates an ABS fault (9.8%)
Electronic stability control: warning lamp indicates a fault (9.8%)
Position lamp: not working (9.8%)
Brake discs: significantly and obviously worn (9.8%)

Where 2008 Sebrings fail

Lights & electrics

21.9%

Suspension & axles

14.1%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

9.4%

Visibility & wipers

6.3%

Wheels & tyres

4.7%

Brakes

4.7%

Seat belts & other equipment

4.7%

Steering

3.1%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.