Dodge Nitro MOT reliability

Dodge Nitros passed their MOT first time 57% of the time across 906 tests in 2025. 872 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

57%

MOTs analysed

906

Still licensed (GB)

872

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

2008 diesel

389 MOTs

Passed first time 58%. Typical mileage 112,855 (most between 92,494 and 133,132).

2009: 100% → 2010: 81% → 2011: 69% → 2012: 68% → 2013: 63% → 2014: 60% → 2015: 57% → 2016: 56% → 2017: 55% → 2018: 55% → 2019: 56% → 2020: 55% → 2021: 58% → 2022: 55% → 2023: 51% → 2024: 55% → 2025: 58%

Most common failures

Position lamp: not working (7.2%)
Stop lamp: not working (6.9%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency less than 50% of the required value (6.9%)
Ball joint excessively worn (5.4%)
Parking brake performance: inoperative on one side (4.4%)

2008 petrol

54 MOTs

These figures come from 54 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 65%. Typical mileage 98,033 (most between 76,609 and 129,627).

2008: 100% → 2009: 100% → 2010: 67% → 2011: 73% → 2012: 73% → 2013: 67% → 2014: 62% → 2015: 68% → 2016: 66% → 2017: 68% → 2018: 61% → 2019: 67% → 2020: 55% → 2021: 72% → 2022: 64% → 2023: 56% → 2024: 54% → 2025: 65%

Most common failures

Stop lamp: not working (5.6%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (5.6%)
Position lamp: not working (5.6%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (5.6%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency less than 50% of the required value (3.7%)

2008 lpg

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 67%. Typical mileage 109,331 (most between 94,720 and 143,261).

2011: 75% → 2012: 75% → 2013: 50% → 2014: 50% → 2015: 33% → 2016: 67% → 2017: 60% → 2018: 75% → 2019: 50% → 2020: 75% → 2021: 50% → 2022: 50% → 2023: 33% → 2024: 0% → 2025: 67%

Most common failures

Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (33.3%)

Where 2008 Nitros fail

Brakes

22.4%

Lights & electrics

22.1%

Suspension & axles

13.1%

Wheels & tyres

7.2%

Visibility & wipers

6.7%

Body, structure & corrosion

5.7%

Seat belts & other equipment

5.4%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

1.8%

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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.