Pass rate
70.0%
Below average — 3.0 pts behind the 73.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 70 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £35–£89
2007 Dodge Usa Nitro MOT pass rate
- 2007
- typical 89,381 mi
Only 70 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
Brakes
26.4% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2007 70.0% pass · this year
- Avoid 2008 69.5% pass
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 0.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 60.4%
- Typical mileage
- 89k mi
The 2007 Dodge Usa Nitro MOT pass rate is 70.0% of its MOT tests — 3.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.4% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.7× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 20.3% of everything recorded on the 2007 Dodge Usa Nitro, against 12.2% nationally — 8.1 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 26.4%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. 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 73.0%; this one manages 70.0% — 3.0 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Based on a small sample. 70 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 2007 Dodge Usa Nitro compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.0%, so this figure is 3.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 60.4%. The median 2007 Dodge Usa Nitro in this dataset had covered 89,381 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 74.2% of the time, April–September 66.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 11.43% of tests.
- 70 recorded tests behind this page.
- 70.0% overall pass rate, 60.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Dodge Usa Nitro, the average is 69.7% — best year 2007 (70.0%), worst 2008 (69.5%).
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
- 70
- Typical mileage (median)
- 89,381 mi
- Make and model
- Dodge Usa Nitro
- 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 Nitro MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Nitro
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 16 | 75.0% |
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 2007 Nitro
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 Nitro
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 11.4% 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 5.7% 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.
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Check the suspension joints 4.3% of tests
“ball joint 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.
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 Nitro through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £35–£89 — and 36% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £35–£89
- Cheapest common item: anti-lock braking system warning lamp…
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 36%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 70 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 Nitro, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2007 to 2008. Across them the pass rate runs from 69.5% to 70.0% — a spread of 0.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2007 70.0%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 69.5% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
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 Nitro 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
- Kia Rio 70.0%
- Citroen C2 70.1%
- Peugeot 407 70.1%
- Kia Sorento 69.9%
- Peugeot 207 69.8%
- Fiat Punto 69.8%
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 Nitro 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 182 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 48 | 26.40% | 20.89% | +5.51 |
| Suspension | 40 | 22.00% | 20.98% | +1.02 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 37 | 20.30% | 12.21% | +8.09 |
| Tyres | 19 | 10.40% | 19.76% | −9.36 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 11 | 6.00% | 5.52% | +0.48 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 10 | 5.50% | 5.57% | −0.07 |
| Visibility | 9 | 4.90% | 4.97% | −0.07 |
| Non-component advisories | 4 | 2.20% | 4.18% | −1.98 |
| Steering | 3 | 1.60% | 2.57% | −0.97 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1 | 0.50% | 0.82% | −0.32 |
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 | 11.4% | £5–20 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 7.1% | £60–150 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.7% | £60–140 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.7% | £5–25 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 5.7% | £45–110 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 4.3% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.3% | £30–80 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 4.3% | £60–150 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.3% | £80–200 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 2.9% | £3–15 |
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 | 12.9% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.9% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 10.0% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 10.0% | £40–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.6% | £18–45 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 8.6% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 2 | 100.0% | 58,726 mi |
| 60-90k | 33 | 66.7% | 80,199 mi |
| 90-120k | 17 | 70.6% | 104,895 mi |
| 120k+ | 16 | 75.0% | 139,580 mi |
Source: 70 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 Nitro MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2007 Dodge Usa Nitro?
70.0% of the 70 2007 Dodge Usa Nitro tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.0% for cars first used in 2007. First-attempt pass rate: 60.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2007 Dodge Usa Nitro?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (11.43%), service brake performance excessively binding (7.14%), battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier (5.71%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2007 Dodge Usa Nitro MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 75.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2007 Dodge Usa Nitro in this dataset had covered 89,381 mi.
Does the season affect the 2007 Dodge Usa Nitro MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 74.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 66.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.