50.5%
Jeep Patriot
Jeep Patriot MOT pass rate and common problems
The Jeep Patriot passed 50.5% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 21.8 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Patriot 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 Patriot runs 21.4 points behind the Jeep average. It is 6th of the 6 Jeep models in the data. The average Patriot arrived at its test 15.8 years old with 103,848 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.
Patriot 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) | 9 | 66.7% | 5.6 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 1,530 | 50.4% | 21.9 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 Patriot failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Jeep Patriot cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Suspension and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 57.6% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Patriot MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Jeep Patriot cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 43.2% of everything testers recorded against failed Jeep Patriot cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Patriot
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn, ball joint excessively worn and component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength. 19.2% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working and stop lamp not working. 10.1% of failure items.
3
Steering
Recorded most often: track rod end ball joint has excessive play. 3% of failure items.
4
Noise, emissions and leaks
Recorded most often: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction. 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 Patriot has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Jeep Patriot buying guide.
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Jeep Patriot MOT FAQs
What is the Jeep Patriot MOT pass rate?
50.5% of Jeep Patriot cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 1,540 tests. That is 21.8 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 568th of 575 models.
What does a Jeep Patriot most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Jeep Patriot cars failing their 2025 MOT was pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn, on 8.8% of failure items. Next were ball joint excessively worn (6.7%) and position lamp not working (6.6%).
Which area causes the most Jeep Patriot MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was suspension at 35.5%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 22.1%.
Does this mean every Jeep Patriot has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Jeep Patriot 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 Patriot'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.