Jeep Grand Cherokee: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Jeep Grand Cherokee passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 6.1 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 6,409 individual Jeep Grand Cherokee tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 82.8% first-time pass rate means roughly 17 in every 100 Jeep Grand Cherokees presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is better than average, so a well-kept example is a reasonably safe used buy. The average Jeep Grand Cherokee tested had covered 74,523 miles and was built around 2015.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Jeep Grand Cherokee bought as a repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

Before you bid: run the lot through the analyzer, check the car's own record, check the mileage, decode the VIN, and if it carries a marker use the write-off value calculator. Or compare it against another model.

Looking at a specific Jeep Grand Cherokee rather than the model in general? The free check covers its MOT and mileage history, and the full HPI report confirms the insurance write-off category, outstanding finance and whether it is recorded stolen, from licensed data for 5 credits. Already own one that has been damaged? Work out whether fixing it beats selling it with the repair or scrap calculator, and see what damaged Jeep Grand Cherokees actually sold for at UK salvage auction.

Most common MOT failures on a Jeep Grand Cherokee

1. Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value, 1.2% of tests (4.49x the national rate for this defect)
2. Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement, 1.5% of tests (1.56x the national rate for this defect)
3. Parking brake inoperative on one side, 0.7% of tests (1.49x the national rate for this defect)
4. A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 0.6% of tests (1.3x the national rate for this defect)
5. A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED, 1.1% of tests (1.24x the national rate for this defect)
6. Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 0.7% of tests (1.19x the national rate for this defect)
7. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 1.5% of tests
8. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 1.3% of tests
9. A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 1% of tests
10. The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements, 0.9% of tests

From 12,119 DVSA-tracked Jeep Grand Cherokee tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 5.65% of these flagged Jeep Grand Cherokee defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Jeep Grand Cherokee pass rate by model year

Pass rates fall steadily as cars age, so the model year matters as much as the model. First-time pass rate for each Jeep Grand Cherokee year:

• 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee - 78.7% first-time pass, 689 tests
• 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee - 81.3% first-time pass, 1,440 tests
• 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee - 82.7% first-time pass, 1,390 tests
• 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee - 84.7% first-time pass, 1,024 tests
• 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee - 86.2% first-time pass, 864 tests
• 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee - 88.4% first-time pass, 415 tests
• 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee - 88.6% first-time pass, 254 tests

Jeep Grand Cherokee by fuel type

Diesel and petrol versions of the same car fail on different things, so the fuel type moves the number:

• Diesel Jeep Grand Cherokee - 82.8% first-time pass, 5,811 tests
• Petrol Jeep Grand Cherokee - 85.3% first-time pass, 566 tests

Other Jeep models

• Jeep Renegade - 78.3%
• Jeep Compass - 82.1%
• Jeep Cherokee - 77.6%
• Jeep Wrangler - 82.8%
• Jeep Renegade Night Eagle - 90.3%
• Jeep G-Cherokee Overland Crd A - 70.9%
• Jeep Grand Cherokee Crd Ltd A - 69.6%
• Jeep Cherokee Limited Crd A - 62%

Models with a similar pass rate

• BMW 535 - 82.9%
• Ford Tourneo Custom 320 Ti Eblue A - 82.9%
• Mercedes-Benz Cla - 82.8%
• BMW 125 - 82.8%
• Jeep Wrangler - 82.8%
• Citroen Spacetourer - 82.8%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences

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