Chrysler 300 C: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Chrysler 300 C fails its first MOT more often than the average UK car, by 3.9 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 1,010 individual Chrysler 300 C tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 72.8% first-time pass rate means roughly 27 in every 100 Chrysler 300 Cs presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is worse than average, so budget for remedial work and treat a fresh 12-month MOT as a genuine selling point rather than a given. The average Chrysler 300 C tested had covered 109,780 miles and was built around 2008.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Chrysler 300 C bought as a repairable salvage, assume the mechanical side needs more than the visible accident damage, and pad your repair estimate accordingly.

Before you bid: run the lot through the analyzer, check the car's own record, check the mileage, decode the VIN, and if it carries a marker use the write-off value calculator. Or compare it against another model.

Looking at a specific Chrysler 300 C rather than the model in general? The free check covers its MOT and mileage history, and the full HPI report confirms the insurance write-off category, outstanding finance and whether it is recorded stolen, from licensed data for 5 credits. Already own one that has been damaged? Work out whether fixing it beats selling it with the repair or scrap calculator, and see what damaged Chrysler 300 Cs actually sold for at UK salvage auction.

Most common MOT failures on a Chrysler 300 C

1. Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value, 3.7% of tests (13.5x the national rate for this defect)
2. Headlamp levelling device inoperative, 1% of tests (9.82x the national rate for this defect)
3. ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction, 1.4% of tests (9.52x the national rate for this defect)
4. Warning device shows system malfunction, 2% of tests (6.54x the national rate for this defect)
5. Parking brake inoperative on one side, 2.7% of tests (6x the national rate for this defect)
6. Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement, 4.5% of tests (4.64x the national rate for this defect)
7. A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play, 3.7% of tests (3.96x the national rate for this defect)
8. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 9.8% of tests (2.67x the national rate for this defect)
9. Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake, 1.5% of tests (1.9x the national rate for this defect)
10. A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 3% of tests (1.85x the national rate for this defect)

From 1,788 DVSA-tracked Chrysler 300 C tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 4.3% of these flagged Chrysler 300 C defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Chrysler 300 C pass rate by model year

Pass rates fall steadily as cars age, so the model year matters as much as the model. First-time pass rate for each Chrysler 300 C year:

• 2006 Chrysler 300 C - 73.3% first-time pass, 255 tests
• 2007 Chrysler 300 C - 71.7% first-time pass, 244 tests

Chrysler 300 C by fuel type

Diesel and petrol versions of the same car fail on different things, so the fuel type moves the number:

• Diesel Chrysler 300 C - 72.1% first-time pass, 753 tests
• Petrol Chrysler 300 C - 79.5% first-time pass, 239 tests

Other Chrysler models

• Chrysler Ypsilon - 67.1%
• Chrysler Grand Voyager - 65.4%
• Chrysler Crossfire - 71.7%
• Chrysler Pt Cruiser - 60.1%
• Chrysler Voyager - 58.2%
• Chrysler Delta - 60.9%
• Chrysler 300 - 70.9%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Nissan Unclassified - 72.9%
• Nissan Pixo - 72.8%
• Smart (Mcc) Fortwo Cabriolet - 72.8%
• Fiat Camper - 72.8%
• Nissan Qashqai - 72.7%
• Mercedes-Benz Vito - 72.7%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences

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