2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee: MOT pass rate and reliability

84.7% of 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokees pass the MOT first time, measured across 1,024 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 69,416 miles.

How the 2016 compares

  • Against all Jeep Grand Cherokees (83%, 6,388 tests): +1.7 points
  • Against all 2016 cars (80.9%): +3.8 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 2016 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 2016 Grand Cherokee

The 2016 sits close to the 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 10-year-old car fails on

A 2016 car is 10 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 a shade above the middle of the range, still ordinary wear rather than a red flag, but worth checking against the service book for the car's age. On a 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee the average at test was 69,416 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 2016 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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