Pass rate
71.8%
Below average — 2.2 pts behind the 74.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 589 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £32–£83
2009 Jeep Cherokee MOT pass rate
- 2009
- 2 trims combined
- typical 103,027 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
22.8% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
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
- 64.5%
- Typical mileage
- 103k mi
The 2009 Jeep Cherokee MOT pass rate is 71.8% of its MOT tests — 2.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Jeep Cherokee does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.4× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 17.4% of everything recorded on the 2009 Jeep Cherokee, against 12.2% nationally — 5.2 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 22.8%, 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.
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 2009 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2009 Jeep Cherokee compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.0%, so this figure is 2.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 64.5%. The median 2009 Jeep Cherokee in this dataset had covered 103,027 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 70.0% of the time, April–September 74.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 10.36% of tests.
- 589 recorded tests behind this page.
- 71.8% overall pass rate, 64.5% 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
- 589
- Typical mileage (median)
- 103,027 mi
- Make and model
- Jeep Cherokee
- 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 Cherokee MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 62% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Cherokee
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 138 | 71.7% |
| East of England | 87 | 73.6% |
| South West | 85 | 64.7% |
| Yorkshire | 48 | 72.9% |
| West Midlands | 47 | 74.5% |
| Wales | 47 | 68.1% |
| North West | 46 | 73.9% |
| Scotland | 36 | 72.2% |
| East Midlands | 29 | 72.4% |
| North East | 15 | 86.7% |
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 2009 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 2009 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 lights 10.4% 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 windscreen 9.2% 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 battery 7.0% of tests
“battery(ies) insecure”
Check the battery is secure and its terminals are clean and tight — a loose battery is a fail on its own, and a weak one shows up as slow cranking on a cold morning.
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 2009 Cherokee through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £32–£83 — and 43% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £32–£83
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 43%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 589 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 2009 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 2009 cars with a similar record
- Renault Twingo 71.8%
- Renault Modus 71.8%
- Volvo C70 71.8%
- Citroen Xsara 71.7%
- Ford Ka 71.9%
- Kia Picanto 71.9%
Closest pass rates among 2009 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 2009 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 1,684 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 | 391 | 22.80% | 20.89% | +1.91 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 298 | 17.40% | 12.21% | +5.19 |
| Suspension | 288 | 16.80% | 20.98% | −4.18 |
| Tyres | 164 | 9.60% | 19.76% | −10.16 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 137 | 8.00% | 5.57% | +2.43 |
| Visibility | 117 | 6.80% | 4.97% | +1.83 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 107 | 6.20% | 5.52% | +0.68 |
| Non-component advisories | 92 | 5.40% | 4.18% | +1.22 |
| Steering | 53 | 3.10% | 2.57% | +0.53 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 37 | 2.20% | 0.82% | +1.38 |
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 | 10.4% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 9.2% | £80–200 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 7.3% | £5–25 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.0% | £60–140 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 4.8% | £45–110 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 4.2% | £18–45 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 3.6% | £60–150 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.6% | £3–12 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.4% | £18–45 |
| Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 3.2% | £3–12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 15.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 12.6% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 12.2% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.9% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 11.7% | £120–300 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 9.5% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 5 | 80.0% | 24,399 mi |
| 30-60k | 26 | 76.9% | 51,758 mi |
| 60-90k | 151 | 74.2% | 78,309 mi |
| 90-120k | 262 | 70.6% | 105,368 mi |
| 120k+ | 145 | 70.3% | 138,980 mi |
Source: 589 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.
2009 Cherokee MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2009 Jeep Cherokee?
71.8% of the 589 2009 Jeep Cherokee tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.0% for cars first used in 2009. First-attempt pass rate: 64.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2009 Jeep Cherokee?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (10.36%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (9.17%), position lamp not working (7.30%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2009 Jeep Cherokee MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 80.0% of the time, falling to 70.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2009 Jeep Cherokee in this dataset had covered 103,027 mi.
Does the season affect the 2009 Jeep Cherokee MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 70.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 74.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.