Pass rate
Around average — 2.1 pts ahead of the 73.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 3,979 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£79
Pass rate
Around average — 2.1 pts ahead of the 73.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 3,979 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£79
Most common fault
Brakes
29.5% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 5.9 points. See every year →
The 2007 Chrysler Jeep 300 MOT pass rate is 75.1% of its MOT tests — 2.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.5% of what testers record.
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Chrysler Jeep 300 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes make up 29.5% of everything recorded on the 2007 Chrysler Jeep 300, against 20.9% nationally — 8.6 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
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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Cars of this age and mileage average 73.0%, so this figure is 2.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 69.5%. The median 2007 Chrysler Jeep 300 in this dataset had covered 112,519 mi.
86% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 74.4% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 75.2% of the time, April–September 74.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 6.66% of tests.
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 66% so small gaps stay visible.
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (86% of tests).
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 814 | 75.7% |
| East of England | 579 | 75.6% |
| North West | 459 | 73.9% |
| South West | 427 | 71.4% |
| West Midlands | 423 | 78.5% |
| Yorkshire | 334 | 74.0% |
| East Midlands | 323 | 72.8% |
| Scotland | 229 | 71.6% |
| Wales | 171 | 73.7% |
| North East | 126 | 80.2% |
| London | 94 | 90.4% |
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.
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
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.
Check the suspension joints 6.7% 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.
Check the lights 5.5% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
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.
Check the windscreen 3.9% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£79 — and 28% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 3,979 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 →
7 model years on record, from 2005 to 2012. Across them the pass rate runs from 74.4% to 80.3% — a spread of 5.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
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.
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Closest pass rates among 2007 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.
Shares of the 10,360 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 | 3,087 | 29.50% | 20.89% | +8.61 |
| Suspension | 2,726 | 26.00% | 20.98% | +5.02 |
| Tyres | 1,151 | 11.00% | 19.76% | −8.76 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 990 | 9.40% | 12.21% | −2.81 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 853 | 8.10% | 5.52% | +2.58 |
| Steering | 664 | 6.30% | 2.57% | +3.73 |
| Visibility | 365 | 3.50% | 4.97% | −1.47 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 267 | 2.50% | 5.57% | −3.07 |
| Non-component advisories | 158 | 1.50% | 4.18% | −2.68 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 99 | 0.90% | 1.76% | −0.86 |
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 6.7% | £18–45 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.5% | £5–20 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 5.3% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 5.0% | £40–150 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 4.3% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.9% | £80–200 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 3.4% | £3–15 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.2% | £18–45 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.2% | £5–25 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 2.9% | £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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 17.4% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 16.3% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 16.2% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 15.2% | £45–110 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 14.4% | £80–180 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.9% | £18–45 |
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 50 | 94.0% | 20,677 mi |
| 30-60k | 288 | 77.4% | 47,132 mi |
| 60-90k | 853 | 75.3% | 76,461 mi |
| 90-120k | 1,088 | 75.0% | 105,629 mi |
| 120k+ | 1,688 | 74.1% | 153,446 mi |
Source: 3,979 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.
75.1% of the 3,979 2007 Chrysler Jeep 300 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.0% for cars first used in 2007. First-attempt pass rate: 69.5%.
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (6.66%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (5.48%), rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (5.28%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.0% of the time, falling to 74.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2007 Chrysler Jeep 300 in this dataset had covered 112,519 mi.
Diesel: 74.4% pass rate across 3,414 tests. Petrol: 79.5% pass rate across 550 tests. LPG: 66.7% pass rate across 15 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 75.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 74.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.