Pass rate
86.1%
Above average — 13.2 pts ahead of the 72.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 144 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £19–£51
2002 Dodge Ram MOT pass rate
- 2002
- typical 108,070 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
21.6% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2016 91.0% pass
- Avoid 2001 79.4% pass
Across the 20 years on record, a spread of 11.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 84.6%
- Typical mileage
- 108k mi
The 2002 Dodge Ram MOT pass rate is 86.1% of its MOT tests — 13.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 21.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Dodge Ram does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Steering: 3.9× the national share
Steering accounts for 10.0% of everything recorded on the 2002 Dodge Ram, against 2.6% nationally — 7.4 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 21.6%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Ask for the steering to be checked for play with the wheels on the ground, not on a jack.
- 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 72.9% and this one manages 86.1% — 13.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 144 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 2002 Dodge Ram compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.9%, so this figure is 13.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 84.6%. The median 2002 Dodge Ram in this dataset had covered 108,070 mi.
85% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 86.1% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 89.4% of the time, April–September 81.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 13.19% of tests.
- 144 recorded tests behind this page.
- 86.1% overall pass rate, 84.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Dodge Ram, the average is 85.3% — best year 2016 (91.0%), worst 2001 (79.4%).
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
- 144
- Typical mileage (median)
- 108,070 mi
- Make and model
- Dodge Ram
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
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 Ram MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 60% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (85% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Ram
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 33 | 72.7% |
| South East | 28 | 89.3% |
| East of England | 24 | 95.8% |
| North West | 16 | 100.0% |
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 2002 Ram
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 2002 Ram
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 13.2% 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 lights 5.6% 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.
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Check the battery 4.9% of tests
“battery(ies) insecure”
Check the battery is secure and its terminals are clean and tight — a loose battery is a fail on its own, and a weak one shows up as slow cranking on a cold morning.
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 2002 Ram through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £19–£51 — and 38% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £19–£51
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: battery(ies) insecure
- £60–£140
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 38%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 144 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 Ram, side by side
20 model years on record, from 2001 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 79.4% to 91.0% — a spread of 11.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2001 79.4% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2002 86.1%ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2003 85.2% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2004 85.0% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2005 84.7% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2006 84.1% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2007 81.6% position lamp not working
- 2008 88.7% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2009 83.5% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2010 82.6% position lamp not working
- 2011 82.5% mirrors slightly damaged
- 2012 86.8% individual direction indicators…
- 2013 89.8% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2014 83.7% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2015 88.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 91.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 86.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 88.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 90.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 86.2% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
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 2002 Dodge Ram 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 2002 cars with a similar record
- Porsche 911 85.5%
- BMW M3 86.7%
- Mercedes-Benz Sl 85.2%
- Honda S2000 84.6%
- Mercedes-Benz Slk 81.2%
- BMW Z3 80.7%
Closest pass rates among 2002 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 2002 Dodge Ram 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 290 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 | 63 | 21.60% | 20.98% | +0.62 |
| Brakes | 60 | 20.60% | 20.89% | −0.29 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 52 | 17.90% | 12.21% | +5.69 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 31 | 10.70% | 5.52% | +5.18 |
| Steering | 29 | 10.00% | 2.57% | +7.43 |
| Tyres | 21 | 7.20% | 19.76% | −12.56 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 20 | 6.90% | 5.57% | +1.33 |
| Non-component advisories | 8 | 2.70% | 4.18% | −1.48 |
| Visibility | 4 | 1.40% | 4.97% | −3.57 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 2 | 0.70% | 0.82% | −0.12 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 13.2% | £18–45 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.6% | £5–20 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.9% | £60–140 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.8% | £3–12 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.8% | £5–25 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 2.8% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 2.1% | £18–45 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.1% | £45–120 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.1% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.1% | £5–25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 10.4% | £18–45 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 10.4% | £80–180 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 7.6% | £200–700 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 6.9% | £18–45 |
| Other components leaking Steering | Advisory | 5.6% | £60–200 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 16 | 68.8% | 49,833 mi |
| 60-90k | 29 | 86.2% | 72,932 mi |
| 90-120k | 34 | 91.2% | 103,385 mi |
| 120k+ | 60 | 86.7% | 159,126 mi |
Source: 144 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.
2002 Ram MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2002 Dodge Ram?
86.1% of the 144 2002 Dodge Ram tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.9% for cars first used in 2002. First-attempt pass rate: 84.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2002 Dodge Ram?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (13.19%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (5.56%), battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier (4.86%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2002 Dodge Ram MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 68.8% of the time, falling to 86.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2002 Dodge Ram in this dataset had covered 108,070 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2002 Dodge Ram?
Petrol: 86.1% pass rate across 122 tests. Diesel: 82.4% pass rate across 17 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2002 Dodge Ram MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 89.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 81.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.