2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee: MOT pass rate and reliability

78.7% of 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokees pass the MOT first time, measured across 689 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 93,033 miles.

How the 2013 compares

  • Against all Jeep Grand Cherokees (83%, 6,388 tests): -4.3 points
  • Against all 2013 cars (72.9%): +5.8 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Jeep Grand Cherokee model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2013 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Jeep Grand Cherokee:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2013 78.7% 689 93,033
2014 81.3% 1,440 87,746
2015 82.7% 1,390 77,155
2016 84.7% 1,024 69,416
2017 86.2% 864 60,671
2018 88.4% 415 53,072
2019 88.6% 254 38,816

What this means if you are buying a 2013 Grand Cherokee

The 2013 is a weaker year for this model, passing 4.3 points less often than the Jeep Grand Cherokee average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2013 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 13-year-old car fails on

A 2013 car is 13 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 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee the average at test was 93,033 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 2019 at 88.6%, and the weakest in our data is 2013 at 78.7%. That 9.9 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2013 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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