2016 Jeep Wrangler: MOT pass rate and reliability

80.6% of 2016 Jeep Wranglers pass the MOT first time, measured across 309 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 51,302 miles.

How the 2016 compares

  • Against all Jeep Wranglers (83.4%, 4,435 tests): -2.8 points
  • Against all 2016 cars (80.9%): -0.3 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Jeep Wrangler 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 Wrangler:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2013 71.1% 204 75,088
2014 72.2% 371 66,257
2015 79.1% 527 60,627
2016 80.6% 309 51,302
2017 76% 279 42,340
2018 85.8% 386 38,727
2019 91.5% 623 34,795
2020 95.3% 531 27,588
2021 93.3% 495 24,626

What this means if you are buying a 2016 Wrangler

The 2016 is a weaker year for this model, passing 2.8 points less often than the Jeep Wrangler average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2016 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 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 around average, so condition and service history will tell you more than the odometer does. On a 2016 Jeep Wrangler the average at test was 51,302 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 2020 at 95.3%, and the weakest in our data is 2013 at 71.1%. That 24.2 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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