Dodge 50 MOT reliability

Dodge 50s passed their MOT first time 33% of the time across 3 tests in 2025.

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.

First-time pass rate

33%

MOTs analysed

3

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. 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

1983 diesel

2 MOTs

Passed first time 50%. Typical mileage 63,686 (most between 56,388 and 70,983).

2005: 100% → 2006: 100% → 2007: 67% → 2008: 100% → 2009: 100% → 2010: 100% → 2011: 100% → 2012: 100% → 2013: 100% → 2014: 100% → 2015: 100% → 2016: 33% → 2017: 0% → 2018: 33% → 2019: 50% → 2021: 33% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 50% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 50%

Most common failures

Rbt (sp): efficiency less than 50% of the required value (50.0%)
Parking (secondary brake performance): on a single line braking system has inadequate effort at a wheel (50.0%)
Service brake imbalance: across an axle (50.0%)
Service brake performance: effort inadequate at a wheel (50.0%)

Where 1983 50s fail

Brakes

50.0%

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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.