Pass rate
73.9%
Below average — 4.7 pts behind the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 6,183 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £29–£80
2013 Chrysler Ypsilon MOT pass rate
- 2013
- typical 61,542 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
26.2% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £40–£65 for Shock absorber leaking. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2015 79.1% pass
- Avoid 2013 73.9% pass · this year
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 5.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 65.8%
- Typical mileage
- 62k mi
The 2013 Chrysler Ypsilon MOT pass rate is 73.9% of its MOT tests — 4.7 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.2% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Fewer problems with lamps & electrics
Lamps & electrics are 5.7% of this car’s recorded faults, against 12.2% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a car of this age.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 78.6%; this one manages 73.9% — 4.7 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 11% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
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 2013 Chrysler Ypsilon compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 4.7 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 65.8%. The median 2013 Chrysler Ypsilon in this dataset had covered 61,542 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 100% of tests, with a 74.0% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 74.8% of the time, April–September 73.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 6.57% of tests.
- 6,183 recorded tests behind this page.
- 73.9% overall pass rate, 65.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Chrysler Ypsilon, the average is 74.6% — best year 2015 (79.1%), worst 2013 (73.9%).
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
- 6,183
- Typical mileage (median)
- 61,542 mi
- Make and model
- Chrysler Ypsilon
- 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 Ypsilon MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (100% of tests).
Where the Chrysler Ypsilon is most common
Across all Ypsilon model years on record (2011–2015): 6,868 Chrysler Ypsilon cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 18,333 tests. Glasgow (G) has the most, with 264 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 | Glasgow (G) | 264 | 70.7% |
| 2 | Birmingham (B) | 261 | 82.2% |
| 3 | Edinburgh (EH) | 181 | 69.5% |
| 4 | Sheffield (S) | 154 | 80.6% |
| 5 | Wigan (WN) | 143 | 73.6% |
| 6 | Ayr (KA) | 139 | 66.3% |
| 7 | Manchester (M) | 138 | 74.9% |
| 8 | Nottingham (NG) | 133 | 72.8% |
| 9 | Hull (HU) | 129 | 73.0% |
| 10 | Bristol (BS) | 126 | 74.7% |
| 11 | Stoke On Trent (ST) | 120 | 72.0% |
| 12 | Dundee (DD) | 116 | 63.1% |
| 13 | Cardiff (CF) | 110 | 71.6% |
| 14 | Warrington (WA) | 105 | 75.7% |
| 15 | Kirkcaldy (KY) | 101 | 63.6% |
| 16 | Peterborough (PE) | 101 | 74.1% |
| 17 | Hamilton (ML) | 97 | 66.8% |
| 18 | Leicester (LE) | 91 | 77.2% |
| 19 | Aberdeen (AB) | 89 | 66.7% |
| 20 | Northampton (NN) | 89 | 77.5% |
The twenty areas with the most Chrysler Ypsilon 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 Ypsilon
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1,618 | 69.0% |
| North West | 1,037 | 74.5% |
| West Midlands | 631 | 74.8% |
| Yorkshire | 603 | 76.9% |
| South East | 560 | 79.6% |
| East of England | 455 | 76.3% |
| East Midlands | 397 | 74.6% |
| South West | 322 | 72.4% |
| Wales | 223 | 72.6% |
| North East | 203 | 71.9% |
| London | 134 | 85.8% |
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 2013 Ypsilon
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 2013 Ypsilon
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 6.6% 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 shock absorbers 4.2% of tests
“shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush”
Press down hard on each corner of the car and let go. It should settle in one bounce; if it keeps rocking, or you can see oil weeping down a shock absorber, that is the fault a tester will find.
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Check the suspension joints 3.3% of tests
“ball joint excessively worn”
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 2013 Ypsilon through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £29–£80 — and 11% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £29–£80
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 11%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 6,183 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 Ypsilon, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2011 to 2015. Across them the pass rate runs from 73.9% to 79.1% — a spread of 5.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2011 75.0% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2012 74.5% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2013 73.9%coil spring fractured or broken
- 2014 75.0% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2015 79.1% shock absorbers has an…
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 2013 Chrysler Ypsilon 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 2013 cars with a similar record
- Nissan Navara 73.9%
- Dacia Duster 73.8%
- Hyundai Santa Fe 73.8%
- Peugeot 308 74.2%
- Citroen Nemo 73.6%
- Chevrolet Captiva 73.6%
Closest pass rates among 2013 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 2013 Chrysler Ypsilon 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 12,880 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 | 3,425 | 26.20% | 20.98% | +5.22 |
| Tyres | 2,491 | 19.10% | 19.76% | −0.66 |
| Brakes | 2,431 | 18.60% | 20.89% | −2.29 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1,177 | 9.00% | 5.57% | +3.43 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1,007 | 7.70% | 5.52% | +2.18 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 750 | 5.70% | 12.21% | −6.51 |
| Non-component advisories | 541 | 4.10% | 4.18% | −0.08 |
| Visibility | 441 | 3.40% | 4.97% | −1.57 |
| Steering | 321 | 2.50% | 2.57% | −0.07 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 296 | 2.30% | 1.76% | +0.54 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 6.6% | £25–65 |
| Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush Suspension | Major | 4.2% | £30–75 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.3% | £18–45 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 2.5% | £30–75 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.8% | £45–120 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.5% | £80–200 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 1.5% | £18–45 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.3% | £8–22 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.3% | £3–15 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.2% | £60–250 |
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 | 19.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.3% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 11.3% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 10.7% | £200–700 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 10.3% | £45–120 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 6.4% | £25–65 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 421 | 83.6% | 22,693 mi |
| 30-60k | 2,269 | 76.4% | 46,387 mi |
| 60-90k | 2,339 | 72.0% | 73,155 mi |
| 90-120k | 598 | 69.1% | 101,315 mi |
| 120k+ | 111 | 66.7% | 136,783 mi |
Source: 6,183 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.
2013 Ypsilon MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 Chrysler Ypsilon?
73.9% of the 6,183 2013 Chrysler Ypsilon tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 65.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 Chrysler Ypsilon?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (6.57%), shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush (4.17%), ball joint excessively worn (3.27%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 Chrysler Ypsilon MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 83.6% of the time, falling to 66.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 Chrysler Ypsilon in this dataset had covered 61,542 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2013 Chrysler Ypsilon?
Petrol: 74.0% pass rate across 6,159 tests. Diesel: 66.7% pass rate across 24 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2013 Chrysler Ypsilon MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 74.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 73.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.