Pass rate
79.0%
Around average — 6.5 pts ahead of the 72.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,639 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £27–£72
2006 Chrysler Crossfire MOT pass rate
- 2006
- typical 70,817 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Brakes
20.9% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2008 83.3% pass
- Avoid 2003 70.4% pass
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 12.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 74.8%
- Typical mileage
- 71k mi
The 2006 Chrysler Crossfire MOT pass rate is 79.0% of its MOT tests — 6.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 20.9% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.4× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 17.6% of everything recorded on the 2006 Chrysler Crossfire, against 12.2% nationally — 5.4 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 20.9%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 72.5% and this one manages 79.0% — 6.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
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 2006 Chrysler Crossfire compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.5%, so this figure is 6.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 74.8%. The median 2006 Chrysler Crossfire in this dataset had covered 70,817 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 78.4% of the time, April–September 79.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp lens slightly defective", noted on 4.09% of tests.
- 1,639 recorded tests behind this page.
- 79.0% overall pass rate, 74.8% 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
- 1,639
- Typical mileage (median)
- 70,817 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
Headlight Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Crossfire MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 63% 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 | 326 | 81.6% |
| East of England | 185 | 76.2% |
| North West | 175 | 75.4% |
| South West | 173 | 77.5% |
| Yorkshire | 172 | 79.7% |
| West Midlands | 161 | 82.6% |
| Scotland | 138 | 72.5% |
| East Midlands | 114 | 85.1% |
| London | 74 | 85.1% |
| Wales | 64 | 79.7% |
| North East | 57 | 70.2% |
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 2006 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 2006 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 lights 4.1% of tests
“headlamp lens slightly defective”
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.
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Check the coil springs 3.8% 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 2.7% 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.
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 2006 Crossfire through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £27–£72 — and 38% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £27–£72
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 38%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,639 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 2006 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 2006 cars with a similar record
Closest pass rates among 2006 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 2006 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 3,545 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 751 | 20.90% | 20.89% | +0.01 |
| Suspension | 665 | 18.50% | 20.98% | −2.48 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 634 | 17.60% | 12.21% | +5.39 |
| Tyres | 430 | 11.90% | 19.76% | −7.86 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 377 | 10.50% | 5.52% | +4.98 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 234 | 6.50% | 5.57% | +0.93 |
| Steering | 161 | 4.50% | 2.57% | +1.93 |
| Visibility | 136 | 3.80% | 4.97% | −1.17 |
| Non-component advisories | 98 | 2.70% | 4.18% | −1.48 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 59 | 1.60% | 1.76% | −0.16 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.1% | £5–25 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 3.8% | £25–65 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.0% | £30–80 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 2.7% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.4% | £80–200 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.2% | £5–20 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.9% | £60–140 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.5% | £5–25 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.5% | £8–22 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 1.3% | £60–150 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 16.4% | £200–700 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 14.3% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 11.7% | £45–95 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 8.2% | £20–55 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.4% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.7% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 84 | 92.9% | 19,930 mi |
| 30-60k | 494 | 82.8% | 47,150 mi |
| 60-90k | 570 | 80.4% | 74,294 mi |
| 90-120k | 379 | 71.0% | 101,989 mi |
| 120k+ | 111 | 71.2% | 140,197 mi |
Source: 1,639 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.
2006 Crossfire MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2006 Chrysler Crossfire?
79.0% of the 1,639 2006 Chrysler Crossfire tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.5% for cars first used in 2006. First-attempt pass rate: 74.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2006 Chrysler Crossfire?
The three most recorded items are headlamp lens slightly defective (4.09%), coil spring fractured or broken (3.78%), headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (3.05%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2006 Chrysler Crossfire MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.9% of the time, falling to 71.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2006 Chrysler Crossfire in this dataset had covered 70,817 mi.
Does the season affect the 2006 Chrysler Crossfire MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 78.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 79.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.