Dodge Nitro SXT CRD A
Registered from 2007 to 2009.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2008 2.8 diesel. 53 of 179 tests failed, 30%.
Better than 24% of 2008 cars. The typical one fails 26%, across 922 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 77% | 41 |
| Lights and electrics | 55% | 29 |
| Suspension | 32% | 17 |
| Visibility | 21% | 11 |
| Body and structure | 19% | 10 |
| Tyres and wheels | 13% | 7 |
The defects inspectors cite
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Where it stands out against its peers
- Brakes: failed more often than 99% of 2008 cars — 77% of its 53 failed tests, where an ordinary 2008 car has 32%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
NHTSA's investigations are American; no European regulator publishes an equivalent record, so this section has nothing to draw on for a European car. There is no European equivalent of the service-bulletin register either.
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Brakes — 77% of its failures
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Suspension — 32% of its failures
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Tyres and wheels — 13% of its failures
- Lights and electrics — 55% of its failures
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- Visibility — 21% of its failures
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Body and structure — 19% of its failures
When it starts failing
At 120–140k miles this one fails 30% of its inspections, against the 29% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80–100k miles | 29% | 27% | 41 | |
| 100–120k miles | 30% | 29% | 53 | |
| 120–140k miles | 30% | 29% | 33 |
127 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have more than 100k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.