Pass rate
70.4%
Below average — 2.2 pts behind the 72.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 419 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £39–£102
2003 Chrysler Crossfire MOT pass rate
- 2003
- typical 84,462 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
21.3% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2008 83.3% pass
- Avoid 2003 70.4% pass · this year
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 12.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 63.1%
- Typical mileage
- 84k mi
The 2003 Chrysler Crossfire MOT pass rate is 70.4% of its MOT tests — 2.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 21.3% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Fewer problems with tyres
Tyres are 12.6% of this car’s recorded faults, against 19.8% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a car of this age.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2003 Chrysler Crossfire compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.6%, so this figure is 2.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 63.1%. The median 2003 Chrysler Crossfire in this dataset had covered 84,462 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 71.7% of the time, April–September 68.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 5.73% of tests.
- 419 recorded tests behind this page.
- 70.4% overall pass rate, 63.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Chrysler Crossfire, the average is 77.9% — best year 2008 (83.3%), worst 2003 (70.4%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 419
- Typical mileage (median)
- 84,462 mi
- Make and model
- Chrysler Crossfire
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Coil Spring
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Crossfire MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 57% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Chrysler Crossfire is most common
Across all Crossfire model years on record (2003–2008): 3,062 Chrysler Crossfire cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 6,894 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 88 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham (B) | 88 | 84.0% |
| 2 | Peterborough (PE) | 79 | 75.9% |
| 3 | Sheffield (S) | 71 | 79.3% |
| 4 | Leicester (LE) | 65 | 83.1% |
| 5 | Nottingham (NG) | 61 | 76.8% |
| 6 | Chelmsford (CM) | 59 | 71.8% |
| 7 | Norwich (NR) | 56 | 81.0% |
| 8 | Guildford (GU) | 54 | 71.1% |
| 9 | Northampton (NN) | 53 | 78.7% |
| 10 | Coventry (CV) | 52 | 79.0% |
| 11 | Doncaster (DN) | 51 | 76.1% |
| 12 | Bristol (BS) | 51 | 74.4% |
| 13 | Ashford (TN) | 49 | 84.2% |
| 14 | Poole (BH) | 48 | 72.0% |
| 15 | Ipswich (IP) | 46 | 68.9% |
| 16 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 43 | 76.2% |
| 17 | Plymouth (PL) | 43 | 76.5% |
| 18 | London (SE) | 41 | 81.8% |
| 19 | Swansea (SA) | 40 | 81.9% |
| 20 | Southampton (SO) | 39 | 73.3% |
The twenty areas with the most Chrysler Crossfire cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Crossfire
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 79 | 72.2% |
| East of England | 66 | 72.7% |
| North West | 64 | 71.9% |
| South West | 43 | 67.4% |
| East Midlands | 38 | 60.5% |
| Yorkshire | 35 | 77.1% |
| West Midlands | 27 | 63.0% |
| Wales | 26 | 65.4% |
| Scotland | 25 | 72.0% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2003 Crossfire
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2003 Crossfire
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the coil springs 5.7% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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Check the suspension joints 5.0% of tests
“track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated,”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the lights 4.3% of tests
“headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2003 Crossfire through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £39–£102 — and 39% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £39–£102
- Cheapest common item: electronic stability control warning lamp…
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 39%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 419 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Crossfire, side by side
6 model years on record, from 2003 to 2008. Across them the pass rate runs from 70.4% to 83.3% — a spread of 12.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2003 70.4%coil spring fractured or broken
- 2004 76.5% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2005 79.2% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2006 79.0% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2007 80.6% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2008 83.3% headlamp lens slightly defective
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2003 Chrysler Crossfire with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2003 cars with a similar record
- Vauxhall Vectra 70.4%
- Suzuki Carry 70.5%
- Ford Focus 70.6%
- Volvo XC90 70.7%
- Skoda Fabia 70.1%
- Vauxhall Zafira 70.1%
Closest pass rates among 2003 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2003 Chrysler Crossfire 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 1,142 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 246 | 21.30% | 20.98% | +0.32 |
| Brakes | 241 | 20.90% | 20.89% | +0.01 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 191 | 16.60% | 12.21% | +4.39 |
| Tyres | 145 | 12.60% | 19.76% | −7.16 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 87 | 7.50% | 5.57% | +1.93 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 74 | 6.40% | 5.52% | +0.88 |
| Steering | 62 | 5.40% | 2.57% | +2.83 |
| Non-component advisories | 39 | 3.40% | 4.18% | −0.78 |
| Visibility | 36 | 3.10% | 4.97% | −1.87 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 21 | 1.80% | 1.76% | +0.04 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 5.7% | £25–65 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 5.0% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.3% | £30–80 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 4.1% | £180–450 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.8% | £80–200 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.6% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.1% | £5–20 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault Brakes | Major | 2.9% | £3–15 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.9% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.4% | £5–25 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 20.1% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 14.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.0% | £45–110 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 9.8% | £200–700 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.6% | £45–95 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 8.6% | £20–55 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 14 | 100.0% | 18,769 mi |
| 30-60k | 60 | 76.7% | 47,128 mi |
| 60-90k | 180 | 68.3% | 76,968 mi |
| 90-120k | 125 | 68.8% | 102,178 mi |
| 120k+ | 40 | 65.0% | 149,116 mi |
Source: 419 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2003 Crossfire MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2003 Chrysler Crossfire?
70.4% of the 419 2003 Chrysler Crossfire tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.6% for cars first used in 2003. First-attempt pass rate: 63.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2003 Chrysler Crossfire?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (5.73%), track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (5.01%), headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.30%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2003 Chrysler Crossfire MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 65.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2003 Chrysler Crossfire in this dataset had covered 84,462 mi.
Does the season affect the 2003 Chrysler Crossfire MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 71.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 68.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.