Dodge (usa) Nitro MOT reliability

Dodge (usa) Nitros passed their MOT first time 62% of the time across 305 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

62%

MOTs analysed

305

Still licensed (GB)

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Body type

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Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age.

In detail:

First registered

2007 diesel

46 MOTs

These figures come from 46 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 56%. Typical mileage 106,178 (most between 87,004 and 121,357).

2010: 64% → 2011: 64% → 2012: 62% → 2013: 59% → 2014: 63% → 2015: 58% → 2016: 53% → 2017: 55% → 2018: 51% → 2019: 49% → 2020: 56% → 2021: 52% → 2022: 60% → 2023: 56% → 2024: 59% → 2025: 56%

Most common failures

Position lamp: not working (13.0%)
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (10.9%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency less than 50% of the required value (8.7%)
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (6.5%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (6.5%)

Where 2007 Nitros fail

Lights & electrics

28.3%

Brakes

23.9%

Wheels & tyres

10.9%

Body, structure & corrosion

8.7%

Suspension & axles

8.7%

Seat belts & other equipment

4.3%

Visibility & wipers

4.3%

Steering

2.2%

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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.