Pass rate
86.0%
Above average — 3.5 pts behind the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 50 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £14–£45
2019 Dodge Challenger MOT pass rate
- 2019
- typical 25,680 mi
Only 50 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
Lamps & electrics
22.0% of faults · 12.2% nationally
Which year to buy
- Best 2018 93.3% pass
- Avoid 2009 81.6% pass
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 11.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 84.1%
- Typical mileage
- 26k mi
The 2019 Dodge Challenger MOT pass rate is 86.0% of its MOT tests — 3.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.0% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.8× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 22.0% of everything recorded on the 2019 Dodge Challenger, against 12.2% nationally — 9.8 points above. 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 89.5%; this one manages 86.0% — 3.5 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Based on a small sample. 50 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2019 Dodge Challenger compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 89.5%, so this figure is 3.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 84.1%. The median 2019 Dodge Challenger in this dataset had covered 25,680 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 4.00% of tests.
- 50 recorded tests behind this page.
- 86.0% overall pass rate, 84.1% 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
- 50
- Typical mileage (median)
- 25,680 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 73% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2019 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 2019 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 4.0% 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 number plates 4.0% of tests
“registration plates missing”
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.
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Check the lights 2.0% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
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.
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 2019 Challenger through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £14–£45 — and 42% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £14–£45
- Cheapest common item: individual direction indicators incorrect…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: registration plates missing
- £20–£80
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 42%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 50 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 2019 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 2019 cars with a similar record
- Citroen C4 86.0%
- Dacia Logan 86.0%
- Ford Allied 86.0%
- Citroen C4 Cactus 85.9%
- Fiat TIPO 85.9%
- Mercedes-Benz Cls 85.9%
Closest pass rates among 2019 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 2019 Dodge Challenger 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 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 9 | 22.00% | 12.21% | +9.79 |
| Tyres | 8 | 19.50% | 19.76% | −0.26 |
| Brakes | 6 | 14.60% | 20.89% | −6.29 |
| Suspension | 4 | 9.80% | 20.98% | −11.18 |
| Visibility | 3 | 7.30% | 4.97% | +2.33 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 7.30% | 1.76% | +5.54 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2 | 4.90% | 5.52% | −0.62 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 4.90% | 4.18% | +0.72 |
| Steering | 2 | 4.90% | 2.57% | +2.33 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1 | 2.40% | 0.82% | +1.58 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 4.0% | £18–45 |
| Registration plates missing Identification of the vehicle | Major | 4.0% | £20–80 |
| Fixing missing Road Wheels | Rectified | 2.0% | £20–55 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.0% | £30–80 |
| Individual direction indicators incorrect colour Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £3–12 |
| Individual direction indicators with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.0% | £3–12 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £5–25 |
| Rear fog lamp missing Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £3–15 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £3–15 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 2.0% | £20–80 |
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 | 12.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 6.0% | £18–45 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 4.0% | £200–700 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 2.0% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 2.0% | £45–110 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 2.0% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 32 | 81.3% | 18,671 mi |
| 30-60k | 15 | 93.3% | 42,518 mi |
| 60-90k | 3 | 100.0% | 67,657 mi |
Source: 50 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.
2019 Challenger MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2019 Dodge Challenger?
86.0% of the 50 2019 Dodge Challenger tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 89.5% for cars first used in 2019. First-attempt pass rate: 84.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2019 Dodge Challenger?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (4.00%), registration plates missing (4.00%), fixing missing (2.00%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2019 Dodge Challenger MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 81.3% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2019 Dodge Challenger in this dataset had covered 25,680 mi.