MOT pass rate · 2025 data
Jeep Wrangler MOT pass rate
The Jeep Wrangler passed 83.65% of its 4,862 initial MOT tests in 2025 — above the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 6.4 percentage points better than average.
How the Jeep Wrangler 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 Wrangler grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | 1,402 | 92.08% |
| 6–10 years | 2,169 | 82.9% |
| 11 years and over | 1,282 | 75.66% |
The Jeep Wrangler drops 16.4 percentage points between its early years and the 11-plus bracket, which is a steep decline. On an older example, the MOT history is worth reading closely before you buy.
Why the Jeep Wrangler fails its MOT
Across every Jeep Wrangler that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, accounting for 33.03% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 33.03% | 1,506 |
| Brakes | 23.51% | 1,072 |
| Suspension | 12.92% | 589 |
| Visibility | 7.04% | 321 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 6.62% | 302 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 5.46% | 249 |
How the Jeep Wrangler compares
Ranked on pass rate, the Jeep Wrangler sits 256th of 651 models in this data , and 1st of the 5 Jeep models covered . Jeep as a whole averaged 78.52%, so this model runs 5.1 points ahead of its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used Jeep Wrangler
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average Jeep Wrangler came to its 2025 test at 52,175 miles and 9.2 years old. Most examples tested were petrol, though 38.26% 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 Wrangler
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 Cherokee 75.88% pass rate · 6,301 tests
Models with a similar pass rate
- Land Rover Range 83.61% pass rate
- Ford Kuga 83.58% pass rate
- Volkswagen Tiguan 83.85% pass rate
- BMW 118 83.02% pass rate
- Audi Q3 84.17% pass rate
- Volkswagen UP 84.36% 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.