Pass rate
83.3%
Around average — 7.4 pts ahead of the 75.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 54 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £25–£68
2011 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler MOT pass rate
- 2011
- typical 73,222 mi
Only 54 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
26.5% 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
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 15.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 80.9%
- Typical mileage
- 73k mi
The 2011 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler MOT pass rate is 83.3% of its MOT tests — 7.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.5% of what testers record.
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Expert verdict
Advisories: 4.6× the national share
Advisories make up 19.1% of everything recorded on the 2011 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler, against 4.2% nationally — 14.9 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 26.5%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Most of what testers record here is advisory — worth reading, not worth walking away from on its own.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 75.9% and this one manages 83.3% — 7.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 56% 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 2011 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 75.9%, so this figure is 7.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 80.9%. The median 2011 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler in this dataset had covered 73,222 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Rear fog lamp not working", noted on 5.56% of tests.
- 54 recorded tests behind this page.
- 83.3% overall pass rate, 80.9% 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
- 54
- Typical mileage (median)
- 73,222 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
Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Wrangler MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2011 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 2011 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 5.6% of tests
“rear fog lamp not working”
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 windscreen 3.7% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the brakes 1.9% 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 2011 Wrangler through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £25–£68 — and 56% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £25–£68
- Cheapest common item: individual direction indicators incorrect…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 56%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 54 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 2011 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 2011 cars with a similar record
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 Wrangler 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 68 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 | 18 | 26.50% | 20.89% | +5.61 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 14 | 20.60% | 12.21% | +8.39 |
| Non-component advisories | 13 | 19.10% | 4.18% | +14.92 |
| Tyres | 7 | 10.30% | 19.76% | −9.46 |
| Suspension | 6 | 8.80% | 20.98% | −12.18 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 4 | 5.90% | 5.52% | +0.38 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 3 | 4.40% | 5.57% | −1.17 |
| Visibility | 2 | 2.90% | 4.97% | −2.07 |
| Steering | 1 | 1.50% | 2.57% | −1.07 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.6% | £3–15 |
| Individual direction indicators incorrect colour Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.7% | £3–12 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.7% | £5–20 |
| Side repeaters not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.7% | £5–25 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.7% | £80–200 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.9% | £18–45 |
| Brake performance not tested unable to be tested Brakes | Major | 1.9% | £60–150 |
| Decelerometer (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.9% | £45–110 |
| Decelerometer (sp) efficiency less than 50% of the required value Brakes | Major | 1.9% | £45–110 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.9% | £45–120 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 9.3% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.4% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.4% | £18–45 |
| Non-component advisories Wheel/tyre protruding beyond wheel arch Non-component advisories | Advisory | 7.4% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 7.4% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.7% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1 | 100.0% | 29,185 mi |
| 30-60k | 12 | 83.3% | 43,774 mi |
| 60-90k | 26 | 80.8% | 73,050 mi |
| 90-120k | 9 | 100.0% | 107,533 mi |
| 120k+ | 6 | 66.7% | 139,382 mi |
Source: 54 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 Wrangler MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2011 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler?
83.3% of the 54 2011 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 75.9% for cars first used in 2011. First-attempt pass rate: 80.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2011 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler?
The three most recorded items are rear fog lamp not working (5.56%), individual direction indicators incorrect colour (3.70%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (3.70%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2011 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 66.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2011 Chrysler Jeep Wrangler in this dataset had covered 73,222 mi.