Pass rate
68.4%
Below average — 4.7 pts behind the 73.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 209 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £19–£53
2008 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler MOT pass rate
- 2008
- typical 104,596 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
28.2% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2002 83.6% pass
- Avoid 2008 68.4% pass · this year
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 15.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 60.8%
- Typical mileage
- 105k mi
The 2008 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler MOT pass rate is 68.4% of its MOT tests — 4.7 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 28.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Chrysler Jeep Wrangler does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.6× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 19.9% of everything recorded on the 2008 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler, against 12.2% nationally — 7.7 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 28.2%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 73.1%; this one manages 68.4% — 4.7 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 66% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 2008 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.1%, so this figure is 4.7 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 60.8%. The median 2008 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler in this dataset had covered 104,596 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 67.8% of the time, April–September 68.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 5.74% of tests.
- 209 recorded tests behind this page.
- 68.4% overall pass rate, 60.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Chrysler Jeep Wrangler, the average is 74.7% — best year 2002 (83.6%), worst 2008 (68.4%).
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
- 209
- Typical mileage (median)
- 104,596 mi
- Make and model
- Chrysler Jeep Wrangler
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Wrangler MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 53% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Wrangler
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 53 | 60.4% |
| South West | 37 | 70.3% |
| West Midlands | 26 | 65.4% |
| East of England | 23 | 73.9% |
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 2008 Wrangler
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 2008 Wrangler
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 lights 5.7% 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 2.4% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
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 2008 Wrangler through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £19–£53 — and 66% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £19–£53
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: service brake performance excessively binding
- £60–£150
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 66%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 209 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 Wrangler, side by side
11 model years on record, from 2000 to 2011. Across them the pass rate runs from 68.4% to 83.6% — a spread of 15.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 74.5% rear fog lamp not working
- 2001 74.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2002 83.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2003 78.8% track rod end ball joint dust…
- 2004 76.2% rear fog lamp not working
- 2006 79.8% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2007 72.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2008 68.4%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 73.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 76.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2011 83.3% rear fog lamp not working
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 2008 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler 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 2008 cars with a similar record
- Volkswagen Sharan 68.4%
- Nissan X-Trail 68.5%
- Renault Clio 68.3%
- Vauxhall Combo 68.3%
- Citroen C4 68.6%
- Alfa Romeo 159 68.6%
Closest pass rates among 2008 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 2008 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler 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 474 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 | 136 | 28.20% | 20.89% | +7.31 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 96 | 19.90% | 12.21% | +7.69 |
| Suspension | 63 | 13.00% | 20.98% | −7.98 |
| Steering | 38 | 7.90% | 2.57% | +5.33 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 37 | 7.70% | 5.52% | +2.18 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 36 | 7.50% | 5.57% | +1.93 |
| Tyres | 30 | 6.20% | 19.76% | −13.56 |
| Visibility | 17 | 3.50% | 4.97% | −1.47 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 11 | 2.30% | 0.82% | +1.48 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 10 | 2.10% | 1.76% | +0.34 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.7% | £5–20 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.8% | £3–15 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.3% | £5–25 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency less than 50% of the required value Brakes | Major | 3.8% | £45–110 |
| Side repeaters not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.8% | £5–25 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 3.4% | £60–150 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault Brakes | Major | 2.9% | £3–15 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 2.9% | £60–150 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 2.4% | £3–15 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 2.4% | £18–45 |
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 pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 11.0% | £18–45 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 7.7% | £200–700 |
| Joints excessively worn Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 5.7% | £80–250 |
| Transmission oil leaks leaking excessively from transmission Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 5.7% | £200–700 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 5.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 5.3% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 5 | 80.0% | 28,305 mi |
| 30-60k | 16 | 81.3% | 47,220 mi |
| 60-90k | 58 | 65.5% | 75,992 mi |
| 90-120k | 63 | 74.6% | 106,386 mi |
| 120k+ | 67 | 61.2% | 144,506 mi |
Source: 209 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.
2008 Wrangler MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2008 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler?
68.4% of the 209 2008 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.1% for cars first used in 2008. First-attempt pass rate: 60.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2008 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (5.74%), rear fog lamp not working (4.78%), position lamp not working (4.31%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2008 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 80.0% of the time, falling to 61.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2008 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler in this dataset had covered 104,596 mi.
Does the season affect the 2008 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 67.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 68.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.