55.7%
Chrysler Pt Cruiser
Chrysler Pt Cruiser MOT pass rate and common problems
The Chrysler Pt Cruiser passed 55.7% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 16.6 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Pt Cruiser compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
61.7%
Chrysler average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Pt Cruiser runs 6 points behind the Chrysler average. It is 5th of the 5 Chrysler models in the data. The average Pt Cruiser arrived at its test 19.9 years old with 86,117 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.
Pt Cruiser MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 to 10 years (small sample) | 2 | 50% | 22.3 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 1,918 | 55.7% | 16.6 pts below |
Too few tests fall into some age groups to compare them reliably. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Pt Cruiser failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Chrysler Pt Cruiser cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 49.5% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Pt Cruiser MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Chrysler Pt Cruiser cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 39% of everything testers recorded against failed Chrysler Pt Cruiser cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Pt Cruiser
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn, component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength, ball joint excessively worn and linkage missing. 14.2% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect and position lamp not working. 11% of failure items.
3
Brakes
Recorded most often: service brake performance excessively binding and anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an abs fault. 7.4% of failure items.
4
Steering
Recorded most often: track rod end ball joint has excessive play. 3.2% of failure items.
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Chrysler Pt Cruiser MOT FAQs
What is the Chrysler Pt Cruiser MOT pass rate?
55.7% of Chrysler Pt Cruiser cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 1,920 tests. That is 16.6 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 531st of 575 models.
What does a Chrysler Pt Cruiser most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Chrysler Pt Cruiser cars failing their 2025 MOT was headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect, on 7.1% of failure items. Next were pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (5.8%) and position lamp not working (3.9%).
Which area causes the most Chrysler Pt Cruiser MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 26.6%, followed by suspension at 22.9%.
Does this mean every Chrysler Pt Cruiser has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Chrysler Pt Cruiser 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 Pt Cruiser'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.