Pass rate
74.3%
Below average — 0.3 pts ahead of the 74.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 443 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£72
2009 Dodge Usa Nitro Sxt Crd MOT pass rate
- 2009
- 2 trims combined
- typical 98,748 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
26.6% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2009 74.3% pass · this year
- Avoid 2007 69.7% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 4.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 69.3%
- Typical mileage
- 99k mi
The 2009 Dodge Usa Nitro Sxt Crd MOT pass rate is 74.3% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Dodge Usa Nitro Sxt Crd does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.6× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 19.3% of everything recorded on the 2009 Dodge Usa Nitro Sxt Crd, against 12.2% nationally — 7.1 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 26.6%, 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.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 35% 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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Every Dodge Usa Nitro Sxt Crd first registered in 2009 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2009 Dodge Usa Nitro Sxt Crd compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.0%, so this figure is 0.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 69.3%. The median 2009 Dodge Usa Nitro Sxt Crd in this dataset had covered 98,748 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 74.9% of the time, April–September 73.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 6.77% of tests.
- 443 recorded tests behind this page.
- 74.3% overall pass rate, 69.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Dodge Usa Nitro Sxt Crd, the average is 72.3% — best year 2009 (74.3%), worst 2007 (69.7%).
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
- 443
- Typical mileage (median)
- 98,748 mi
- Make and model
- Dodge Usa Nitro Sxt Crd
- 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 Nitro Sxt Crd MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Nitro Sxt Crd
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 93 | 74.2% |
| South West | 53 | 64.2% |
| East of England | 51 | 74.5% |
| Scotland | 48 | 66.7% |
| Yorkshire | 41 | 70.7% |
| East Midlands | 36 | 77.8% |
| West Midlands | 36 | 80.6% |
| Wales | 31 | 74.2% |
| North West | 30 | 83.3% |
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 2009 Nitro Sxt Crd
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 2009 Nitro Sxt Crd
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 6.8% 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 battery 5.4% 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 3.8% 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 2009 Nitro Sxt Crd through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£72 — and 35% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £28–£72
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: parking brake performance inoperative on one…
- £60–£150
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 35%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 443 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 Sxt Crd, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2007 to 2009. Across them the pass rate runs from 69.7% to 74.3% — a spread of 4.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2007 69.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 71.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 74.3%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 2009 Dodge Usa Nitro Sxt Crd 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 2009 cars with a similar record
- Nissan Note 74.2%
- Mitsubishi Lancer 74.2%
- Ford Focus 74.1%
- Toyota Aygo 74.5%
- Ford Mondeo 74.0%
- Vauxhall Insignia 74.0%
Closest pass rates among 2009 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 2009 Dodge Usa Nitro Sxt Crd 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 1,030 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 | 277 | 26.60% | 20.89% | +5.71 |
| Suspension | 205 | 19.70% | 20.98% | −1.28 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 201 | 19.30% | 12.21% | +7.09 |
| Tyres | 112 | 10.80% | 19.76% | −8.96 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 69 | 6.60% | 5.57% | +1.03 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 58 | 5.60% | 5.52% | +0.08 |
| Visibility | 41 | 3.90% | 4.97% | −1.07 |
| Non-component advisories | 36 | 3.50% | 4.18% | −0.68 |
| Steering | 16 | 1.50% | 2.57% | −1.07 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 15 | 1.40% | 1.76% | −0.36 |
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 | 6.8% | £5–20 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 5.6% | £45–110 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.4% | £60–140 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.5% | £3–12 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.1% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.8% | £18–45 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency less than 50% of the required value Brakes | Major | 3.8% | £45–110 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 3.6% | £60–150 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.4% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 2.9% | £25–65 |
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 | 13.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.6% | £45–110 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 11.5% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.9% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 7.5% | £40–150 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 5.9% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2 | 50.0% | 28,945 mi |
| 30-60k | 20 | 95.0% | 51,960 mi |
| 60-90k | 132 | 72.0% | 79,028 mi |
| 90-120k | 185 | 76.2% | 104,128 mi |
| 120k+ | 104 | 70.2% | 143,809 mi |
Source: 443 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.
2009 Nitro Sxt Crd MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2009 Dodge Usa Nitro Sxt Crd?
74.3% of the 443 2009 Dodge Usa Nitro Sxt Crd tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.0% for cars first used in 2009. First-attempt pass rate: 69.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2009 Dodge Usa Nitro Sxt Crd?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (6.77%), rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (5.64%), battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier (5.42%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2009 Dodge Usa Nitro Sxt Crd MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 50.0% of the time, falling to 70.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2009 Dodge Usa Nitro Sxt Crd in this dataset had covered 98,748 mi.
Does the season affect the 2009 Dodge Usa Nitro Sxt Crd MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 74.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 73.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.