Pass rate
69.1%
Below average — 4.0 pts behind the 73.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 123 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £44–£122
2008 Dodge Usa Caliber Sxt MOT pass rate
- 2008
- typical 99,683 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
38.4% 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 2008 69.1% pass · this year
- Avoid 2006 66.5% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 2.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 61.2%
- Typical mileage
- 100k mi
The 2008 Dodge Usa Caliber Sxt MOT pass rate is 69.1% of its MOT tests — 4.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 38.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Dodge Usa Caliber Sxt does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.8× the national share
Suspension accounts for 38.4% of everything recorded on the 2008 Dodge Usa Caliber Sxt, against 21.0% nationally — 17.4 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 73.1%; this one manages 69.1% — 4.0 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- 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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How does the 2008 Dodge Usa Caliber Sxt compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.1%, so this figure is 4.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 61.2%. The median 2008 Dodge Usa Caliber Sxt in this dataset had covered 99,683 mi.
78% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 70.8% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 73.1% of the time, April–September 62.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 16.26% of tests.
- 123 recorded tests behind this page.
- 69.1% overall pass rate, 61.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Dodge Usa Caliber Sxt, the average is 68.0% — best year 2008 (69.1%), worst 2006 (66.5%).
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
- 123
- Typical mileage (median)
- 99,683 mi
- Make and model
- Dodge Usa Caliber Sxt
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
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 Sxt MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 54% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (78% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Caliber Sxt
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 36 | 69.4% |
| London | 22 | 81.8% |
| West Midlands | 15 | 73.3% |
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 2008 Caliber Sxt
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 2008 Caliber Sxt
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 16.3% 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 10.6% 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 corrosion 5.7% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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 2008 Caliber Sxt through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £44–£122 — and 33% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £44–£122
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 33%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 123 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 Sxt, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2006 to 2008. Across them the pass rate runs from 66.5% to 69.1% — a spread of 2.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2006 66.5% position lamp not working
- 2007 68.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 69.1%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 2008 Dodge Usa Caliber Sxt 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 2008 cars with a similar record
- Vauxhall Meriva 69.0%
- Vauxhall Tigra 69.0%
- Hyundai Coupe 69.0%
- Peugeot 207 69.2%
- SEAT Ibiza 69.2%
- Kia Sorento 69.2%
Closest pass rates among 2008 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 2008 Dodge Usa Caliber Sxt 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 472 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 | 186 | 38.40% | 20.98% | +17.42 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 78 | 16.10% | 12.21% | +3.89 |
| Brakes | 54 | 11.20% | 20.89% | −9.69 |
| Tyres | 34 | 7.00% | 19.76% | −12.76 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 23 | 4.80% | 5.57% | −0.77 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 23 | 4.80% | 5.52% | −0.72 |
| Steering | 23 | 4.80% | 2.57% | +2.23 |
| Visibility | 21 | 4.30% | 4.97% | −0.67 |
| Non-component advisories | 17 | 3.50% | 4.18% | −0.68 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 13 | 2.70% | 1.76% | +0.94 |
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 | 16.3% | £5–20 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 10.6% | £40–150 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 7.3% | £18–45 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 7.3% | £5–25 |
| Prescribed areas prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 6.5% | £40–120 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 5.7% | £180–450 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 4.9% | £30–75 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 4.9% | £18–45 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.1% | £60–140 |
| Chassis condition or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting Body, chassis, structure | Major | 4.1% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 35.0% | £40–150 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 21.9% | £180–450 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 17.9% | £30–75 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 17.1% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 16.3% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 10.6% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 10 | 70.0% | 50,603 mi |
| 60-90k | 32 | 78.1% | 81,326 mi |
| 90-120k | 58 | 62.1% | 104,107 mi |
| 120k+ | 23 | 73.9% | 136,992 mi |
Source: 123 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.
2008 Caliber Sxt MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2008 Dodge Usa Caliber Sxt?
69.1% of the 123 2008 Dodge Usa Caliber Sxt tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.1% for cars first used in 2008. First-attempt pass rate: 61.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2008 Dodge Usa Caliber Sxt?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (16.26%), pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (10.57%), ball joint excessively worn (7.32%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2008 Dodge Usa Caliber Sxt MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 70.0% of the time, falling to 73.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2008 Dodge Usa Caliber Sxt in this dataset had covered 99,683 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2008 Dodge Usa Caliber Sxt?
Petrol: 70.8% pass rate across 96 tests. Diesel: 63.0% pass rate across 27 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2008 Dodge Usa Caliber Sxt MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 73.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 62.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.