Pass rate
93.3%
Above average — 5.4 pts ahead of the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 60 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£81
2018 Dodge Challenger MOT pass rate
- 2018
- 2 trims combined
- typical 23,192 mi
Only 60 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
Tyres
33.3% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2018 93.3% pass · this year
- Avoid 2009 81.6% pass
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 11.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 93.0%
- Typical mileage
- 23k mi
The 2018 Dodge Challenger MOT pass rate is 93.3% of its MOT tests — 5.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 33.3% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.7× the national share
Tyres make up 33.3% of everything recorded on the 2018 Dodge Challenger, against 19.8% nationally — 13.5 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- 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 87.9% and this one manages 93.3% — 5.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 33% 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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Every Dodge Challenger first registered in 2018 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2018 Dodge Challenger compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 5.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 93.0%. The median 2018 Dodge Challenger in this dataset had covered 23,192 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint likely to become detached", noted on 1.67% of tests.
- 60 recorded tests behind this page.
- 93.3% overall pass rate, 93.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Dodge Challenger, the average is 86.6% — best year 2018 (93.3%), worst 2009 (81.6%).
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
- 60
- Typical mileage (median)
- 23,192 mi
- Make and model
- Dodge Challenger
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Challenger MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 77% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Challenger
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 19 | 94.7% |
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 2018 Challenger
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 2018 Challenger
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 suspension joints 1.7% of tests
“ball joint likely to become detached”
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 1.7% of tests
“rear fog lamp missing”
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 number plates 1.7% of tests
“registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements”
Check both plates are present, legible and correctly spaced, with the postcode of the supplier and the BS AU 145e mark. A private plate in the wrong style is a fail before the car is even looked at.
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 2018 Challenger through its MOT
Across the 6 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£81 — and 33% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 6 common items
- £28–£81
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp missing
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 67%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 33%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 60 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 Challenger, side by side
11 model years on record, from 2009 to 2019. Across them the pass rate runs from 81.6% to 93.3% — a spread of 11.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2009 81.6% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2010 83.8% track rod end ball joint has…
- 2011 83.8% all direction indicators flashing…
- 2012 87.2% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2013 84.4% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2014 88.5% window excessively tinted but not…
- 2015 86.8% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2016 91.8% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2017 84.3% windscreen excessively tinted but…
- 2018 93.3%ball joint likely to become…
- 2019 86.0% ball joint dust cover severely…
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 2018 Dodge Challenger 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 2018 cars with a similar record
- Toyota Prius 93.3%
- Honda Hr-V 93.3%
- Lexus Ct 93.2%
- Hyundai IX20 93.2%
- Honda Jazz 93.4%
- Mazda Mx-5 93.7%
Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 Dodge Challenger 6 failure items · 3 advisories · 7 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 4 | 33.30% | 19.76% | +13.54 |
| Brakes | 2 | 16.70% | 20.89% | −4.19 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 2 | 16.70% | 12.21% | +4.49 |
| Suspension | 1 | 8.30% | 20.98% | −12.68 |
| Visibility | 1 | 8.30% | 4.97% | +3.33 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 8.30% | 1.76% | +6.54 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1 | 8.30% | 0.82% | +7.48 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint likely to become detached Suspension | Major | 1.7% | £18–45 |
| Buckle not functioning as intended Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 1.7% | £40–120 |
| Rear fog lamp missing Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.7% | £3–15 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 1.7% | £20–80 |
| Switch missing Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.7% | £5–25 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.7% | £80–200 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.3% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 3.3% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 3.3% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 34 | 97.1% | 14,473 mi |
| 30-60k | 14 | 85.7% | 44,572 mi |
| 60-90k | 12 | 91.7% | 65,424 mi |
Source: 60 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.
2018 Challenger MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Dodge Challenger?
93.3% of the 60 2018 Dodge Challenger tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 93.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Dodge Challenger?
The three most recorded items are ball joint likely to become detached (1.67%), buckle not functioning as intended (1.67%), rear fog lamp missing (1.67%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Dodge Challenger MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 97.1% of the time, falling to 91.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Dodge Challenger in this dataset had covered 23,192 mi.