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Does the Dodge Caliber fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?

The Dodge Caliber records 1.71 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.65 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+1.06, 95% interval +0.82 to +1.30). It ranks 7 of 516 models on road wheels (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on road wheels · check a Dodge Caliber by registration

What exactly fails on road wheels?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Dodge Caliber is “A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud”, recorded 175 times in 2019–2024.

Dodge Caliber: most frequent road wheels defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wordingItemsPer 100 tests
A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud1751.57

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 11,124 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

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