2006 Chrysler Pt Cruiser: MOT pass rate and reliability

58.5% of 2006 Chrysler Pt Cruisers pass the MOT first time, measured across 431 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 80,900 miles.

How the 2006 compares

  • Against all Chrysler Pt Cruisers (60.7%, 1,917 tests): -2.2 points
  • Against all 2006 cars (64.1%): -5.6 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Chrysler Pt Cruiser model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2006 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Chrysler Pt Cruiser:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2004 58.6% 215 98,046
2005 58.4% 320 94,013
2006 58.5% 431 80,900
2007 59.7% 447 79,187

What this means if you are buying a 2006 Pt Cruiser

The 2006 is a weaker year for this model, passing 2.2 points less often than the Chrysler Pt Cruiser average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2006 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What a 20-year-old car fails on

A 2006 car is 20 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is above average, the point where suspension bushes, drop links and exhaust corrosion start showing up as advisories before they become failures. On a 2006 Chrysler Pt Cruiser the average at test was 80,900 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2007 at 59.7%, and the weakest in our data is 2005 at 58.4%. That 1.3 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2006 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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