MOT pass rate · 2025 data
Jeep Cherokee MOT pass rate
The Jeep Cherokee passed 75.88% of its 6,301 initial MOT tests in 2025 — below the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 1.4 percentage points worse than average.
How the Jeep Cherokee holds up with age
Every car fails the MOT more often as it gets older. What matters when you are buying is how steeply that happens for this particular model. These are the 2025 pass rates for the Jeep Cherokee grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | 12 | 75% |
| 6–10 years | 4,236 | 79.18% |
| 11 years and over | 2,053 | 69.07% |
The Jeep Cherokee only loses 5.9 percentage points between its early years and the 11-plus bracket, so it holds its test performance unusually well as it ages.
Why the Jeep Cherokee fails its MOT
Across every Jeep Cherokee that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was suspension, accounting for 24.15% of all recorded failure items. These are the areas worth having checked before you buy, and worth budgeting for on an older example.
| Failure area | Share of failure items | Recorded items |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 24.15% | 1,919 |
| Brakes | 22.06% | 1,753 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 20.29% | 1,612 |
| Tyres | 8.27% | 657 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 7.92% | 629 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 6.05% | 481 |
How the Jeep Cherokee compares
Ranked on pass rate, the Jeep Cherokee sits 408th of 651 models in this data , and 5th of the 5 Jeep models covered . Jeep as a whole averaged 78.52%, so this model runs 2.6 points behind its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used Jeep Cherokee
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average Jeep Cherokee came to its 2025 test at 84,675 miles and 11.1 years old. Most examples tested were diesel.
The useful check is the individual car's own MOT record: how many times it has failed, what for, and whether advisories keep reappearing. A recurring advisory on corrosion, suspension or brakes tells you far more than a model-wide average, and a mileage that does not move consistently between tests is a warning in itself.
Check a specific Jeep Cherokee
Run the registration through a free MOT history check to see that car's test results, advisories and recorded mileages. For the risks an MOT never covers — outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers and ownership history — a full car history check brings them together in one £15 report.
Also useful: mileage check · write-off check · free car check
Other Jeep models
- Jeep Renegade 76.46% pass rate · 28,045 tests
- Jeep Compass 81.88% pass rate · 10,339 tests
- Jeep Grand 80.6% pass rate · 7,082 tests
- Jeep Wrangler 83.65% pass rate · 4,862 tests
Models with a similar pass rate
- Citroen C3 74.75% pass rate
- Skoda Fabia 75.71% pass rate
- Kia Picanto 76.85% pass rate
- Volkswagen Passat 75.9% pass rate
- Citroen C1 75.28% pass rate
- Dacia Sandero 75.9% pass rate
Figures aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025, class 4 initial tests only, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Retests are excluded, so these are first-time pass rates.