Pass rate
57.9%
Below average — 15.1 pts behind the 73.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 76 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £35–£101
2007 Dodge Usa Caliber MOT pass rate
- 2007
- typical 107,690 mi
Only 76 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
Suspension
27.3% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2006 67.9% pass
- Avoid 2007 57.9% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 10 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 46.7%
- Typical mileage
- 108k mi
The 2007 Dodge Usa Caliber MOT pass rate is 57.9% of its MOT tests — 15.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.3% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 27.3% of everything recorded on the 2007 Dodge Usa Caliber, against 21.0% nationally — 6.3 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 73.0%; this one manages 57.9% — 15.1 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 60% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 2007 Dodge Usa Caliber compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.0%, so this figure is 15.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 46.7%. The median 2007 Dodge Usa Caliber in this dataset had covered 107,690 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 63% of tests, with a 54.2% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 55.6% of the time, April–September 61.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 15.79% of tests.
- 76 recorded tests behind this page.
- 57.9% overall pass rate, 46.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Dodge Usa Caliber, the average is 63.2% — best year 2006 (67.9%), worst 2007 (57.9%).
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
- 76
- Typical mileage (median)
- 107,690 mi
- Make and model
- Dodge Usa Caliber
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Caliber MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 45% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (63% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Caliber
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 23 | 65.2% |
| East of England | 17 | 47.1% |
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 2007 Caliber
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 2007 Caliber
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 lights 15.8% 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 suspension joints 10.5% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush 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.
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Check the battery 5.3% 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 2007 Caliber through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £35–£101 — and 60% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £35–£101
- Cheapest common item: anti-lock braking system warning lamp…
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: chassis condition corroded to the extent that…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 60%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 76 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 Caliber, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2006 to 2007. Across them the pass rate runs from 57.9% to 67.9% — a spread of 10 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2006 67.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 57.9%registration plate lamp(s)…
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 2007 Dodge Usa Caliber 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 2007 cars with a similar record
- Mazda Bongo 65.2%
- Ford Ka 66.4%
- Volkswagen Beetle 66.6%
- Peugeot 308 66.7%
- Nissan Qashqai 66.9%
- Kia Sportage 67.0%
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.
The full DVSA record for the 2007 Dodge Usa Caliber 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 305 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 | 87 | 27.30% | 20.98% | +6.32 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 53 | 16.60% | 12.21% | +4.39 |
| Brakes | 50 | 15.70% | 20.89% | −5.19 |
| Tyres | 33 | 10.30% | 19.76% | −9.46 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 17 | 5.30% | 5.57% | −0.27 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 17 | 5.30% | 5.52% | −0.22 |
| Non-component advisories | 17 | 5.30% | 4.18% | +1.12 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 11 | 3.40% | 1.76% | +1.64 |
| Visibility | 10 | 3.10% | 4.97% | −1.87 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 10 | 3.10% | 0.82% | +2.28 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 15.8% | £5–20 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 10.5% | £40–150 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 9.2% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 6.6% | £5–25 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.3% | £60–140 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.3% | £5–20 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 4.0% | £3–15 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 4.0% | £18–45 |
| Chassis condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Major | 4.0% | £180–450 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 4.0% | £180–450 |
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 | 19.7% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 18.4% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 18.4% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 18.4% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 17.1% | £30–75 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 14.5% | £120–300 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 7 | 71.4% | 45,680 mi |
| 60-90k | 22 | 54.5% | 75,459 mi |
| 90-120k | 17 | 64.7% | 105,895 mi |
| 120k+ | 30 | 53.3% | 149,399 mi |
Source: 76 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.
2007 Caliber MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2007 Dodge Usa Caliber?
57.9% of the 76 2007 Dodge Usa Caliber tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.0% for cars first used in 2007. First-attempt pass rate: 46.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2007 Dodge Usa Caliber?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (15.79%), pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (10.53%), position lamp not working (9.21%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2007 Dodge Usa Caliber MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 71.4% of the time, falling to 53.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2007 Dodge Usa Caliber in this dataset had covered 107,690 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2007 Dodge Usa Caliber?
Petrol: 54.2% pass rate across 48 tests. Diesel: 64.3% pass rate across 28 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2007 Dodge Usa Caliber MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 55.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 61.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.