Jeep Grand Cherokee MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Jeep Grand Cherokee in Great Britain in 2025 — 11,993 tests. Figures cover every Grand Cherokee first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Grand Cherokee ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
72.1%
0.2 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
11,993
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
6.6%
of Grand Cherokee first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
81,250
middle half: 61,250–101,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Jeep Grand Cherokee cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 16,353 Jeep Grand Cherokee cars that were taxed or on SORN: 9,680 taxed and 6,673 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Jeep Grand Cherokee vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
9,680
59.2% of the 16,353 Grand Cherokee cars taxed or on SORN; 43 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
6,673
declared off the road by their keepers — 40.8% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Grand Cherokee cars peaked at 23,139 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 13,459 (58.2%) to 9,680 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 3,033 at the end of 2014 to 6,673 at the end of 2025, up 120.0%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed Grand Cherokee cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

05k10k15k20k25k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Grand Cherokee cars, year 2014: 23kTaxed Grand Cherokee cars, year 2015: 23kTaxed Grand Cherokee cars, year 2016: 22kTaxed Grand Cherokee cars, year 2017: 20kTaxed Grand Cherokee cars, year 2018: 19kTaxed Grand Cherokee cars, year 2019: 17kTaxed Grand Cherokee cars, year 2020: 16kTaxed Grand Cherokee cars, year 2021: 14kTaxed Grand Cherokee cars, year 2022: 13kTaxed Grand Cherokee cars, year 2023: 12kTaxed Grand Cherokee cars, year 2024: 10kTaxed Grand Cherokee cars, year 2025: 10k10k
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YearTaxed Grand Cherokee cars
201423,139
201522,825
201621,802
201720,480
201818,741
201916,961
202015,517
202114,142
202212,827
202311,577
202410,478
20259,680

Grand Cherokee cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

02k4k6k8k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Grand Cherokee cars on SORN, year 2014: 3kGrand Cherokee cars on SORN, year 2015: 4kGrand Cherokee cars on SORN, year 2016: 4kGrand Cherokee cars on SORN, year 2017: 5kGrand Cherokee cars on SORN, year 2018: 5kGrand Cherokee cars on SORN, year 2019: 6kGrand Cherokee cars on SORN, year 2020: 6kGrand Cherokee cars on SORN, year 2021: 6kGrand Cherokee cars on SORN, year 2022: 7kGrand Cherokee cars on SORN, year 2023: 7kGrand Cherokee cars on SORN, year 2024: 7kGrand Cherokee cars on SORN, year 2025: 7k7k
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YearGrand Cherokee cars on SORN
20143,033
20153,509
20164,203
20174,856
20185,327
20195,876
20206,288
20216,389
20226,555
20236,777
20246,646
20256,673

Which model years survive

Taxed Grand Cherokee cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 9,680 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed Grand Cherokee cars
20192342.4%
20183894.0%
20178168.4%
20169409.7%
20151,26313.0%
20141,33613.8%
20138919.2%
20126126.3%
20112292.4%
20081831.9%
20072072.1%
20065245.4%
20054915.1%
20042552.6%
20031781.8%
20022042.1%
20011761.8%
20001471.5%
19991421.5%
All other build years (13 years, each under 1%)4634.8%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model names GRAND CHEROKEE, G-CHEROKEE under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the Grand Cherokee ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Grand Cherokee vs all cars, 2025.

Jeep Grand CherokeeAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Jeep Grand Cherokee, vehicle age 8: 81.6%Jeep Grand Cherokee, vehicle age 9: 79.5%Jeep Grand Cherokee, vehicle age 10: 78.4%Jeep Grand Cherokee, vehicle age 11: 75.5%Jeep Grand Cherokee, vehicle age 12: 73%Jeep Grand Cherokee, vehicle age 13: 71.1%Jeep Grand Cherokee, vehicle age 18: 64.4%Jeep Grand Cherokee, vehicle age 19: 65%Jeep Grand Cherokee, vehicle age 20: 66.2%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%Jeep Grand Cherokee 66.2%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Grand Cherokee testsGrand Cherokee pass rateAll cars
884181.6%78.2%
91,03179.5%74.9%
101,35578.4%71.9%
111,40875.5%68.6%
1295473.0%65.8%
1363671.1%63.5%
1873964.4%57.4%
1991365.0%57.0%
2053366.2%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

The Grand Cherokee's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the Grand Cherokee beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

Grand Cherokee ahead
-10-5+0+5+10Age 8: +3.4 points vs the average carAge 9: +4.6 points vs the average car9Age 10: +6.5 points vs the average carAge 11: +6.9 points vs the average car11Age 12: +7.2 points vs the average carAge 13: +7.6 points vs the average car13Age 18: +7.0 points vs the average carAge 19: +8.0 points vs the average car19Age 20: +8.6 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
8+3.4
9+4.6
10+6.5
11+6.9
12+7.2
13+7.6
18+7.0
19+8.0
20+8.6

The Grand Cherokee fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the Grand Cherokee fleet still in use.

05001k1k2kAge 8: 8418Age 9: 1kAge 10: 1k10Age 11: 1kAge 12: 95412Age 13: 636Age 18: 73918Age 19: 913Age 20: 53320Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
8841
91,031
101,355
111,408
12954
13636
18739
19913
20533

What a Grand Cherokee fails on

Where the failure items land when a Grand Cherokee fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment25.7%
Brakes20.8%
Suspension17.0%
Visibility7.7%
Tyres7.3%
Body, chassis, structure6.9%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.1%
Steering4.4%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (94.9% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a Grand Cherokee, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Suspension: 29.2% of advisories29.2%Brakes: 28.5% of advisories28.5%Tyres: 19.6% of advisories19.6%Noise, emissions and leaks: 7.8% of advisories7.8%Body, chassis, structure: 4.3% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 3.8% of advisories
SuspensionBrakesTyresNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureNon-component advisories
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension29.2%
Brakes28.5%
Tyres19.6%
Noise, emissions and leaks7.8%
Body, chassis, structure4.3%
Non-component advisories3.8%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Grand Cherokee?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Grand Cherokee fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Diesel: 72.5% of 10,060 tests72.5%Diesel10,060 testsPetrol: 70.9% of 1,802 tests70.9%Petrol1,802 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel10,06072.5%
Petrol1,80270.9%

What mileage is normal for a Grand Cherokee?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Grand Cherokee; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical Grand Cherokee (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k810121820Vehicle age (years)Age 8: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 48,750–83,750)Age 9: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 56,250–88,750)Age 10: typical 81,250 miles (middle half 61,250–101,250)Age 11: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 71,250–111,250)Age 12: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 76,250–116,250)Age 13: typical 98,750 miles (middle half 78,750–121,250)Age 18: typical 123,750 miles (middle half 98,750–146,250)Age 19: typical 121,250 miles (middle half 96,250–143,750)Age 20: typical 118,750 miles (middle half 96,250–143,750)118k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
848,75063,75083,750
956,25073,75088,750
1061,25081,250101,250
1171,25091,250111,250
1276,25096,250116,250
1378,75098,750121,250
1898,750123,750146,250
1996,250121,250143,750
2096,250118,750143,750

What fails at each age

The Grand Cherokee's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

BrakesTyresLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentVisibilitySuspensionBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
6-9 yrsBrakes30.9%
6-9 yrsTyres20.3%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.8%
6-9 yrsVisibility10.0%
6-9 yrsSuspension6.8%
6-9 yrsEverything else15.2%
10-13 yrsBrakes28.4%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment23.7%
10-13 yrsSuspension14.0%
10-13 yrsTyres13.3%
10-13 yrsVisibility5.7%
10-13 yrsEverything else14.9%
14+ yrsSuspension22.7%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment21.9%
14+ yrsBrakes19.5%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure10.3%
14+ yrsVisibility5.5%
14+ yrsEverything else20.1%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.