Pass rate
83.3%
Around average — 10.2 pts ahead of the 73.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 84 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £22–£59
2008 Chrysler Crossfire MOT pass rate
- 2008
- typical 64,524 mi
Only 84 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
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Most common fault
Brakes
26.6% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£55 for Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2008 83.3% pass · this year
- Avoid 2003 70.4% pass
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 12.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 81.1%
- Typical mileage
- 65k mi
The 2008 Chrysler Crossfire MOT pass rate is 83.3% of its MOT tests — 10.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.6% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.3× the national share
Brakes make up 26.6% of everything recorded on the 2008 Chrysler Crossfire, against 20.9% nationally — 5.7 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- 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 73.1% and this one manages 83.3% — 10.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 56% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 2008 Chrysler Crossfire compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.1%, so this figure is 10.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 81.1%. The median 2008 Chrysler Crossfire in this dataset had covered 64,524 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 83.3% of the time, April–September 83.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp lens slightly defective", noted on 7.14% of tests.
- 84 recorded tests behind this page.
- 83.3% overall pass rate, 81.1% 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
- 84
- Typical mileage (median)
- 64,524 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 67% 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 | 22 | 81.8% |
| South West | 15 | 80.0% |
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 2008 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 2008 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 7.1% 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 suspension joints 3.6% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely 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 brakes 2.4% of tests
“brake discs significantly and obviously worn”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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 2008 Crossfire through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £22–£59 — and 56% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £22–£59
- Cheapest common item: individual direction indicators incorrect…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: rigid brake pipes excessively corroded
- £80–£180
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 56%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 84 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 2008 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 2008 cars with a similar record
- Lexus IS250 83.3%
- Porsche Cayenne 83.4%
- Toyota Alphard 83.8%
- Lexus RX400H 82.4%
- BMW 530 82.4%
- Jaguar Xk 82.0%
Closest pass rates among 2008 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 2008 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 169 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 | 45 | 26.60% | 20.89% | +5.71 |
| Suspension | 35 | 20.70% | 20.98% | −0.28 |
| Tyres | 32 | 18.90% | 19.76% | −0.86 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 27 | 16.00% | 12.21% | +3.79 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 9 | 5.30% | 5.52% | −0.22 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 8 | 4.70% | 5.57% | −0.87 |
| Visibility | 7 | 4.10% | 4.97% | −0.87 |
| Steering | 3 | 1.80% | 2.57% | −0.77 |
| Road Wheels | 2 | 1.20% | 0.75% | +0.45 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 0.60% | 1.76% | −1.16 |
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 | 7.1% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.6% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 2.4% | £45–110 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.4% | £30–80 |
| Individual direction indicators incorrect colour Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.4% | £3–12 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.4% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.4% | £5–20 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 2.4% | £80–180 |
| Service brake performance efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.4% | £60–150 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 2.4% | £8–22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 15.5% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 13.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.9% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 11.9% | £40–150 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 11.9% | £80–180 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.5% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 6 | 83.3% | 13,985 mi |
| 30-60k | 34 | 79.4% | 43,689 mi |
| 60-90k | 29 | 89.7% | 73,194 mi |
| 90-120k | 8 | 75.0% | 104,087 mi |
| 120k+ | 7 | 85.7% | 131,077 mi |
Source: 84 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.
2008 Crossfire MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2008 Chrysler Crossfire?
83.3% of the 84 2008 Chrysler Crossfire tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.1% for cars first used in 2008. First-attempt pass rate: 81.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2008 Chrysler Crossfire?
The three most recorded items are headlamp lens slightly defective (7.14%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (3.57%), brake discs significantly and obviously worn (2.38%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2008 Chrysler Crossfire MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 83.3% of the time, falling to 85.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2008 Chrysler Crossfire in this dataset had covered 64,524 mi.
Does the season affect the 2008 Chrysler Crossfire MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 83.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 83.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.