Chrysler Town MOT reliability

Chrysler Towns passed their MOT first time 63% of the time across 24 tests in 2025. 5 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 24 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

63%

MOTs analysed

24

Still licensed (GB)

5

Body type

Hatchback

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

2012 petrol

3 MOTs

These figures come from only 3 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 33%. Typical mileage 98,316 (most between 92,013 and 121,050).

2012: 100% → 2015: 100% → 2016: 75% → 2017: 50% → 2018: 67% → 2019: 25% → 2020: 50% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 67% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 33%

Most common failures

Service brake performance: lagging in operation (33.3%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (33.3%)
Position lamp: not working (33.3%)

Where 2012 Towns fail

Brakes

33.3%

Lights & electrics

33.3%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

33.3%

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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.