Chrysler Grand Voyager MOT pass rate and common problems

The Chrysler Grand Voyager passed 58.3% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 14 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was position lamp not working.

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How the Grand Voyager compares

Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.

58.3%

Chrysler Grand Voyager

61.7%

Chrysler average

72.3%

UK average, all cars

The Grand Voyager runs 3.4 points behind the Chrysler average. It is 4th of the 5 Chrysler models in the data. The average Grand Voyager arrived at its test 16.6 years old with 114,539 miles recorded.

A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.

Grand Voyager MOT pass rate by age

The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.

Chrysler Grand Voyager cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 63.5% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 58%, a drop of 5.5 percentage points.

Age at testTestsPass ratevs UK average
6 to 10 years 222 63.5% 8.8 pts below
11 years and over 4,628 58% 14.3 pts below

That is a smaller decline than most cars show. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.

Where Grand Voyager failures cluster

Every failure item recorded on Chrysler Grand Voyager cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.

  • Brakes28.8%
  • Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment26.3%
  • Suspension17.1%
  • Body, chassis, structure6.3%
  • Tyres5.7%
  • Visibility4.9%

Brakes and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 55.1% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.

The 10 most common Grand Voyager MOT failures

Specific items recorded on Chrysler Grand Voyager cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.

  1. 1Position lamp not workingLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 6.9%
  2. 2Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirementsBrakes 5.2%
  3. 3Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strengthSuspension 3.9%
  4. 4Parking brake performance inoperative on one sideBrakes 3.6%
  5. 5Rbt (sp) efficiency less than 50% of the required valueBrakes 3.5%
  6. 6Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunctionNoise, emissions and leaks 3.4%
  7. 7Stop lamp not workingLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 3.1%
  8. 8Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an abs faultBrakes 2.9%
  9. 9Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thickBrakes 2.9%
  10. 10Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectivelyVisibility 2.7%

Together these 10 items make up 38.1% of everything testers recorded against failed Chrysler Grand Voyager cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.

What to look at on a Grand Voyager

The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.

1

Brakes

Recorded most often: rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements, parking brake performance inoperative on one side, rbt (sp) efficiency less than 50% of the required value, anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an abs fault and brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 18% of failure items.

2

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment

Recorded most often: position lamp not working and stop lamp not working. 10% of failure items.

3

Suspension

Recorded most often: component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength. 3.9% of failure items.

4

Noise, emissions and leaks

Recorded most often: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction. 3.4% of failure items.

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Chrysler Grand Voyager MOT FAQs

What is the Chrysler Grand Voyager MOT pass rate?

58.3% of Chrysler Grand Voyager cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 4,850 tests. That is 14 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 511th of 575 models.

What does a Chrysler Grand Voyager most commonly fail its MOT on?

The item testers recorded most often on Chrysler Grand Voyager cars failing their 2025 MOT was position lamp not working, on 6.9% of failure items. Next were rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (5.2%) and component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (3.9%).

Which area causes the most Chrysler Grand Voyager MOT failures?

Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was brakes at 28.8%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 26.3%.

Do older Chrysler Grand Voyager cars fail their MOT more often?

Chrysler Grand Voyager cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 63.5% of MOT tests in 2025, against 58% for cars aged 11 years and over.

Does this mean every Chrysler Grand Voyager has these problems?

No. These are the items testers recorded across every Chrysler Grand Voyager that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.

How do I see a specific Chrysler Grand Voyager's MOT history?

Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.

MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.