2014 Jeep Cherokee: MOT pass rate and reliability

74.7% of 2014 Jeep Cherokees pass the MOT first time, measured across 1,192 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 84,030 miles.

How the 2014 compares

  • Against all Jeep Cherokees (78%, 5,828 tests): -3.3 points
  • Against all 2014 cars (75.4%): -0.7 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Jeep Cherokee model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2014 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Jeep Cherokee:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2014 74.7% 1,192 84,030
2015 76% 2,009 79,257
2016 81.7% 1,452 69,250
2017 82% 551 58,007
2018 86.5% 311 50,052

What this means if you are buying a 2014 Cherokee

The 2014 is a weaker year for this model, passing 3.3 points less often than the Jeep Cherokee average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2014 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. 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 12-year-old car fails on

A 2014 car is 12 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 above average, the point where suspension bushes, drop links and exhaust corrosion start showing up as advisories before they become failures. On a 2014 Jeep Cherokee the average at test was 84,030 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 2018 at 86.5%, and the weakest in our data is 2014 at 74.7%. That 11.8 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2014 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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