72.2%
Jeep Grand Cherokee
Jeep Grand Cherokee MOT pass rate and common problems
The Jeep Grand Cherokee passed 72.2% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, in line with the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was position lamp not working.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Grand Cherokee compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
71.9%
Jeep average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Grand Cherokee is level with the Jeep average. It is 4th of the 6 Jeep models in the data. The average Grand Cherokee arrived at its test 13.9 years old with 98,050 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 Cherokee MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Jeep Grand Cherokee cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 86% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 66.7%, a drop of 19.3 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 236 | 86% | 13.7 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 4,573 | 80% | 7.7 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 7,186 | 66.7% | 5.6 pts below |
That is a steep decline with age, so the headline rate flatters older examples. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Grand Cherokee failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Jeep Grand Cherokee cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and brakes together account for 46.4% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Grand Cherokee MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Jeep Grand Cherokee cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 28.9% of everything testers recorded against failed Jeep Grand Cherokee 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 Cherokee
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: ball joint excessively worn, ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt, component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength and pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn. 11.3% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working and stop lamp not working. 6.3% of failure items.
3
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively and washers provides insufficient washer liquid. 5.7% of failure items.
4
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm. 3% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Grand Cherokee has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Jeep Grand Cherokee buying guide.
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Jeep Grand Cherokee MOT FAQs
What is the Jeep Grand Cherokee MOT pass rate?
72.2% of Jeep Grand Cherokee cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 12,001 tests. That is in line with the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 314th of 575 models.
What does a Jeep Grand Cherokee most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Jeep Grand Cherokee cars failing their 2025 MOT was position lamp not working, on 3.9% of failure items. Next were wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (3.3%) and ball joint excessively worn (3.1%).
Which area causes the most Jeep Grand Cherokee MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 25.6%, followed by brakes at 20.8%.
Do older Jeep Grand Cherokee cars fail their MOT more often?
Jeep Grand Cherokee cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 86% of MOT tests in 2025, against 66.7% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Jeep Grand Cherokee has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Jeep Grand Cherokee 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 Jeep Grand Cherokee'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.