Pass rate
73.8%
Below average — 0.5 pts ahead of the 73.3% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 740 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £46–£118
2001 Jeep Cherokee MOT pass rate
- 2001
- 8 trims combined
- typical 114,346 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
23.9% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 90.8% pass
- Avoid 2003 68.3% pass
Across the 17 years on record, a spread of 22.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 67.8%
- Typical mileage
- 114k mi
The 2001 Jeep Cherokee MOT pass rate is 73.8% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.9% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 2.5× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 13.6% of everything recorded on the 2001 Jeep Cherokee, against 5.5% nationally — 8.1 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 23.9%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. A smoky diesel or a leaking joint fails on emissions more often than on wear, so ask for a recent emissions printout.
- 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.
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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Every Jeep Cherokee first registered in 2001 is combined here — 8 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2001 Jeep Cherokee compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.3%, so this figure is 0.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 67.8%. The median 2001 Jeep Cherokee in this dataset had covered 114,346 mi.
50% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 73.7% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 71.4% of the time, April–September 77.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 5.81% of tests.
- 740 recorded tests behind this page.
- 73.8% overall pass rate, 67.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Jeep Cherokee, the average is 78.0% — best year 2019 (90.8%), worst 2003 (68.3%).
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
- 740
- Typical mileage (median)
- 114,346 mi
- Make and model
- Jeep Cherokee
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
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 63% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (50% of tests).
Where the Jeep Cherokee is most common
Across all Cherokee model years on record (2000–2019): 13,160 Jeep Cherokee cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 30,407 tests. Peterborough (PE) has the most, with 367 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peterborough (PE) | 367 | 79.2% |
| 2 | Sheffield (S) | 327 | 83.2% |
| 3 | Birmingham (B) | 310 | 81.1% |
| 4 | Nottingham (NG) | 243 | 78.4% |
| 5 | Reading (RG) | 238 | 79.0% |
| 6 | Derby (DE) | 229 | 81.4% |
| 7 | Ipswich (IP) | 228 | 76.1% |
| 8 | Northampton (NN) | 223 | 79.7% |
| 9 | Portsmouth (PO) | 210 | 76.2% |
| 10 | Norwich (NR) | 208 | 78.1% |
| 11 | Maidstone (ME) | 203 | 79.6% |
| 12 | Ashford (TN) | 201 | 75.2% |
| 13 | Coventry (CV) | 196 | 82.1% |
| 14 | Leicester (LE) | 195 | 79.5% |
| 15 | Guildford (GU) | 193 | 76.8% |
| 16 | Swansea (SA) | 191 | 76.5% |
| 17 | Doncaster (DN) | 191 | 77.6% |
| 18 | Cardiff (CF) | 183 | 74.3% |
| 19 | Southampton (SO) | 183 | 73.7% |
| 20 | Exeter (EX) | 176 | 70.2% |
The twenty areas with the most Jeep Cherokee cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Cherokee
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 172 | 77.9% |
| South West | 130 | 65.4% |
| East of England | 104 | 74.0% |
| West Midlands | 57 | 78.9% |
| London | 54 | 74.1% |
| North West | 52 | 69.2% |
| Yorkshire | 47 | 74.5% |
| East Midlands | 44 | 77.3% |
| Scotland | 37 | 75.7% |
| Wales | 35 | 71.4% |
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 2001 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 2001 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 5.8% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
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 4.0% 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 corrosion 3.8% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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 2001 Cherokee through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £46–£118 — and 30% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £46–£118
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 30%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 740 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
17 model years on record, from 2000 to 2019. Across them the pass rate runs from 68.3% to 90.8% — a spread of 22.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 74.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2001 73.8%ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2002 73.2% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2003 68.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 70.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 71.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 71.8% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2007 70.2% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2008 73.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 71.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 71.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 78.4% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2015 81.0% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2016 84.0% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2017 85.0% headlamp not working on dipped…
- 2018 87.7% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2019 90.8% headlamp lens slightly defective
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 2001 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 2001 cars with a similar record
- Audi A3 73.9%
- Vauxhall Agila 73.4%
- Toyota MR2 74.2%
- Toyota Celica 74.3%
- Audi A4 74.5%
- Toyota YARIS 72.9%
Closest pass rates among 2001 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 2001 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 2,305 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 561 | 23.90% | 20.98% | +2.92 |
| Brakes | 461 | 19.60% | 20.89% | −1.29 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 320 | 13.60% | 5.52% | +8.08 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 271 | 11.50% | 5.57% | +5.93 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 268 | 11.40% | 12.21% | −0.81 |
| Tyres | 130 | 5.50% | 19.76% | −14.26 |
| Steering | 115 | 4.90% | 2.57% | +2.33 |
| Visibility | 87 | 3.70% | 4.97% | −1.27 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 49 | 2.10% | 0.82% | +1.28 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 43 | 1.80% | 1.76% | +0.04 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 5.8% | £18–45 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.0% | £5–20 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 3.8% | £180–450 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.8% | £80–200 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 3.5% | £45–110 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.1% | £5–25 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.1% | £5–25 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.7% | £45–120 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 2.6% | £18–45 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.3% | £60–140 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 28.0% | £200–700 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 14.6% | £80–180 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 10.5% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 8.5% | £45–110 |
| Transmission oil leaks leaking excessively from transmission Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 8.2% | £200–700 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 8.1% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 3 | 100.0% | 23,845 mi |
| 30-60k | 39 | 87.2% | 47,917 mi |
| 60-90k | 110 | 73.6% | 79,243 mi |
| 90-120k | 257 | 74.7% | 104,797 mi |
| 120k+ | 331 | 71.3% | 146,324 mi |
Source: 740 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.
2001 Cherokee MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2001 Jeep Cherokee?
73.8% of the 740 2001 Jeep Cherokee tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.3% for cars first used in 2001. First-attempt pass rate: 67.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2001 Jeep Cherokee?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.81%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.05%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (3.78%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2001 Jeep Cherokee MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 71.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2001 Jeep Cherokee in this dataset had covered 114,346 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2001 Jeep Cherokee?
Petrol: 73.7% pass rate across 373 tests. Diesel: 72.9% pass rate across 350 tests. LPG: 94.1% pass rate across 17 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2001 Jeep Cherokee MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 71.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 77.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.