Pass rate
77.0%
Around average — 1.1 pts ahead of the 75.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 61 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £32–£90
2011 Chrysler Jeep Cherokee MOT pass rate
- 2011
- typical 115,688 mi
Only 61 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Brakes
31.5% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £60–£90 for Brake discs seriously weakened. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2012 85.1% pass
- Avoid 2005 71.3% pass
Across the 13 years on record, a spread of 13.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 71.4%
- Typical mileage
- 116k mi
The 2011 Chrysler Jeep Cherokee MOT pass rate is 77.0% of its MOT tests — 1.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 31.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Chrysler Jeep Cherokee does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.5× the national share
Brakes make up 31.5% of everything recorded on the 2011 Chrysler Jeep Cherokee, against 20.9% nationally — 10.6 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 30% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
- Based on a small sample. 61 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2011 Chrysler Jeep Cherokee compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 75.9%, so this figure is 1.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 71.4%. The median 2011 Chrysler Jeep Cherokee in this dataset had covered 115,688 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 71.0% of the time, April–September 83.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt", noted on 4.92% of tests.
- 61 recorded tests behind this page.
- 77.0% overall pass rate, 71.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Chrysler Jeep Cherokee, the average is 72.9% — best year 2012 (85.1%), worst 2005 (71.3%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 61
- Typical mileage (median)
- 115,688 mi
- Make and model
- Chrysler Jeep Cherokee
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Cherokee MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 64% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Cherokee
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire | 16 | 81.3% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2011 Cherokee
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2011 Cherokee
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the suspension joints 4.9% of tests
“ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the lights 4.9% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the brakes 3.3% of tests
“brake discs significantly and obviously worn”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2011 Cherokee through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £32–£90 — and 30% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £32–£90
- Cheapest common item: washers provides insufficient washer liquid
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 30%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 61 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Cherokee, side by side
13 model years on record, from 2000 to 2012. Across them the pass rate runs from 71.3% to 85.1% — a spread of 13.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 78.8% service brake imbalance across an…
- 2001 71.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2002 72.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2003 71.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 72.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 71.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 73.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 74.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 72.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 72.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 72.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 77.0%ball joint dust cover no longer…
- 2012 85.1% ball joint dust cover severely…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2011 Chrysler Jeep Cherokee with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2011 cars with a similar record
- Citroen C1 76.9%
- Audi A3 76.8%
- Volkswagen Passat 76.8%
- Volkswagen Golf 76.7%
- Vauxhall Insignia 76.7%
- Skoda Octavia 76.7%
Closest pass rates among 2011 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2011 Chrysler Jeep Cherokee 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 124 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 39 | 31.50% | 20.89% | +10.61 |
| Suspension | 20 | 16.10% | 20.98% | −4.88 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 15 | 12.10% | 12.21% | −0.11 |
| Tyres | 12 | 9.70% | 19.76% | −10.06 |
| Steering | 12 | 9.70% | 2.57% | +7.13 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 11 | 8.90% | 5.52% | +3.38 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 7 | 5.60% | 5.57% | +0.03 |
| Visibility | 6 | 4.80% | 4.97% | −0.17 |
| Non-component advisories | 1 | 0.80% | 4.18% | −3.38 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 0.80% | 1.76% | −0.96 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 4.9% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 4.9% | £18–45 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 4.9% | £80–250 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.9% | £5–20 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 3.3% | £45–110 |
| Fluid level below minimum Steering | Minor | 3.3% | £60–200 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 3.3% | £45–95 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Rectified | 3.3% | £5–15 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 3.3% | £8–22 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Major | 1.6% | £45–110 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 22.9% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 11.5% | £18–45 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 11.5% | £200–700 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 8.2% | £30–75 |
| Flexible brake hoses ferrule excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 6.6% | £25–70 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 6.6% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60-90k | 14 | 78.6% | 74,517 mi |
| 90-120k | 22 | 81.8% | 106,369 mi |
| 120k+ | 25 | 72.0% | 134,954 mi |
Source: 61 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2011 Cherokee MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2011 Chrysler Jeep Cherokee?
77.0% of the 61 2011 Chrysler Jeep Cherokee tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 75.9% for cars first used in 2011. First-attempt pass rate: 71.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2011 Chrysler Jeep Cherokee?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (4.92%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (4.92%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (4.92%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2011 Chrysler Jeep Cherokee MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 78.6% of the time, falling to 72.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2011 Chrysler Jeep Cherokee in this dataset had covered 115,688 mi.
Does the season affect the 2011 Chrysler Jeep Cherokee MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 71.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 83.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.