2006 Chrysler-Jeep Grand Cherokee: MOT pass rate and reliability
69% of 2006 Chrysler-Jeep Grand Cherokees pass the MOT first time, measured across 300 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 124,245 miles.
How the 2006 compares
- Against all Chrysler-Jeep Grand Cherokees (70.4%, 1,754 tests): -1.4 points
- Against all 2006 cars (64.1%): +4.9 points
- National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%
Every Chrysler-Jeep Grand Cherokee model year
Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2006 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Chrysler-Jeep Grand Cherokee:
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Avg mileage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 69% | 300 | 124,245 |
| 2007 | 71.2% | 250 | 124,898 |
What this means if you are buying a 2006 Grand Cherokee
The 2006 sits close to the Chrysler-Jeep Grand Cherokee average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.
What a 20-year-old car fails on
A 2006 car is 20 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:
- Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
- Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
- Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
- Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
- Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
- Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested
That is high mileage, so timing belts, clutches, suspension bushes and corrosion are the items worth budgeting for rather than the MOT itself. On a 2006 Chrysler-Jeep Grand Cherokee the average at test was 124,245 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.
The strongest year for this model is 2007 at 71.2%, and the weakest in our data is 2006 at 69%. That 2.2 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2006 car against a newer one tells you very little.