Jeep Wrangler MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Jeep Wrangler in Great Britain in 2025 — 8,076 tests. Figures cover every Wrangler first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Wrangler ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
74.6%
2.3 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
8,076
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
5.1%
of Wrangler first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
63,750
middle half: 43,750–83,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Jeep Wrangler cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 9,654 Jeep Wrangler cars that were taxed or on SORN: 7,376 taxed and 2,278 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 Wrangler vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
7,376
76.4% of the 9,654 Wrangler cars taxed or on SORN; 81 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
2,278
declared off the road by their keepers — 23.6% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Wrangler cars is still rising: 7,376 at the end of 2025, up 107 (1.5%) on the end of 2024, and the highest in the years shown. Cars on SORN went from 875 at the end of 2014 to 2,278 at the end of 2025, up 160.3%. 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 Wrangler cars, year by year

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

02k4k6k8k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Wrangler cars, year 2014: 4kTaxed Wrangler cars, year 2015: 5kTaxed Wrangler cars, year 2016: 5kTaxed Wrangler cars, year 2017: 5kTaxed Wrangler cars, year 2018: 5kTaxed Wrangler cars, year 2019: 6kTaxed Wrangler cars, year 2020: 7kTaxed Wrangler cars, year 2021: 7kTaxed Wrangler cars, year 2022: 7kTaxed Wrangler cars, year 2023: 7kTaxed Wrangler cars, year 2024: 7kTaxed Wrangler cars, year 2025: 7k7k
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YearTaxed Wrangler cars
20144,369
20154,817
20164,983
20175,108
20185,496
20196,038
20206,513
20217,105
20227,235
20237,154
20247,269
20257,376

Wrangler 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.

05001k2k2k2k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Wrangler cars on SORN, year 2014: 875Wrangler cars on SORN, year 2015: 991Wrangler cars on SORN, year 2016: 1kWrangler cars on SORN, year 2017: 1kWrangler cars on SORN, year 2018: 1kWrangler cars on SORN, year 2019: 1kWrangler cars on SORN, year 2020: 1kWrangler cars on SORN, year 2021: 2kWrangler cars on SORN, year 2022: 2kWrangler cars on SORN, year 2023: 2kWrangler cars on SORN, year 2024: 2kWrangler cars on SORN, year 2025: 2k2k
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YearWrangler cars on SORN
2014875
2015991
20161,048
20171,173
20181,258
20191,353
20201,496
20211,573
20221,759
20231,954
20242,064
20252,278

Which model years survive

Taxed Wrangler cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 7,376 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 2 taxed Wrangler cars have no recorded year of manufacture and are not in the table, so the rows add up to 7,374. 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 Wrangler cars
20252743.7%
20243304.5%
20231982.7%
20223344.5%
20215727.8%
20206438.7%
20195737.8%
20183444.7%
20172473.3%
20162553.5%
20154586.2%
20143104.2%
20132102.8%
20121442.0%
20111101.5%
20101361.8%
20092473.3%
20081442.0%
20071772.4%
2006861.2%
20041221.7%
20031211.6%
20021131.5%
20011502.0%
20001462.0%
19991522.1%
19982403.3%
19972373.2%
All other build years (13 years, each under 1%)3014.1%

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 name WRANGLER 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 Wrangler ages

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

Jeep WranglerAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Jeep Wrangler, vehicle age 4: 90.4%Jeep Wrangler, vehicle age 5: 89%Jeep Wrangler, vehicle age 6: 86.2%Jeep Wrangler, vehicle age 10: 71.4%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 Wrangler 71.4%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Wrangler testsWrangler pass rateAll cars
461690.4%87.2%
569089.0%86.0%
663686.2%83.5%
1056371.4%71.9%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Wrangler aheadWrangler behind
-4-2+0+2+4Age 4: +3.2 points vs the average carAge 5: +3.0 points vs the average car5Age 6: +2.7 points vs the average carAge 10: -0.5 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
4+3.2
5+3.0
6+2.7
10-0.5

The Wrangler fleet on the road, by age

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

0175350525700Age 4: 6164Age 5: 690Age 6: 6366Age 10: 56310Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
4616
5690
6636
10563

What a Wrangler fails on

Where the failure items land when a Wrangler 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 equipment36.8%
Brakes20.6%
Suspension11.9%
Visibility7.6%
Body, chassis, structure6.4%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.3%
Steering3.4%
Tyres3.2%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (95.2% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Suspension: 30.9% of advisories30.9%Brakes: 27.7% of advisories27.7%Tyres: 15.0% of advisories15.0%Noise, emissions and leaks: 7.9% of advisories7.9%Body, chassis, structure: 6.9% of advisories6.9%Non-component advisories: 5.0% of advisories
SuspensionBrakesTyresNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureNon-component advisories
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension30.9%
Brakes27.7%
Tyres15.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks7.9%
Body, chassis, structure6.9%
Non-component advisories5.0%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Wrangler?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Wrangler 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%Petrol: 76.9% of 5,171 tests76.9%Petrol5,171 testsDiesel: 70.5% of 2,876 tests70.5%Diesel2,876 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol5,17176.9%
Diesel2,87670.5%

What mileage is normal for a Wrangler?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Wrangler; 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 Wrangler (median)
0k25k50k75k100k4610Vehicle age (years)Age 4: typical 28,750 miles (middle half 18,750–38,750)Age 5: typical 33,750 miles (middle half 23,750–46,250)Age 6: typical 36,250 miles (middle half 26,250–51,250)Age 10: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 43,750–83,750)63k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
418,75028,75038,750
523,75033,75046,250
626,25036,25051,250
1043,75063,75083,750

What fails at each age

The Wrangler'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.

SuspensionTyresVisibilityLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentBrakesBody, chassis, structureNoise, emissions and leaksEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsSuspension23.7%
3-5 yrsTyres18.4%
3-5 yrsVisibility18.4%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment10.2%
3-5 yrsBrakes9.4%
3-5 yrsEverything else19.9%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment33.8%
6-9 yrsBrakes23.9%
6-9 yrsSuspension9.6%
6-9 yrsVisibility8.8%
6-9 yrsBody, chassis, structure6.4%
6-9 yrsEverything else17.5%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment42.0%
10-13 yrsBrakes27.4%
10-13 yrsSuspension7.4%
10-13 yrsVisibility6.9%
10-13 yrsTyres4.2%
10-13 yrsEverything else12.1%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment33.2%
14+ yrsBrakes22.1%
14+ yrsSuspension14.2%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure8.2%
14+ yrsNoise, emissions and leaks5.7%
14+ yrsEverything else16.6%

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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.