Pass rate
87.7%
Above average — 0.2 pts behind the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,034 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£79
2018 Jeep Cherokee MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 47,349 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Brakes
30.2% 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 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
- 86.3%
- Typical mileage
- 47k mi
The 2018 Jeep Cherokee MOT pass rate is 87.7% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 30.2% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.4× the national share
Brakes make up 30.2% of everything recorded on the 2018 Jeep Cherokee, against 20.9% nationally — 9.3 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
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 2018 Jeep Cherokee compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 0.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 86.3%. The median 2018 Jeep Cherokee in this dataset had covered 47,349 mi.
94% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 87.6% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 87.7% of the time, April–September 87.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", noted on 2.13% of tests.
- 1,034 recorded tests behind this page.
- 87.7% overall pass rate, 86.3% 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
- 1,034
- Typical mileage (median)
- 47,349 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
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Cherokee MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 71% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (94% 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 | 254 | 86.6% |
| East of England | 137 | 87.6% |
| Scotland | 126 | 86.5% |
| Yorkshire | 110 | 87.3% |
| North West | 93 | 91.4% |
| South West | 71 | 91.5% |
| West Midlands | 65 | 87.7% |
| East Midlands | 61 | 86.9% |
| North East | 60 | 83.3% |
| Wales | 35 | 88.6% |
| London | 22 | 95.5% |
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 2018 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 2018 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 windscreen 1.7% 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 lights 1.6% of tests
“malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction”
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 suspension joints 1.6% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn”
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.
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 2018 Cherokee through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£79 — and 43% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £30–£79
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £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 1,034 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 2018 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 2018 cars with a similar record
- Kia Sportage 87.7%
- Skoda Superb 87.7%
- Audi Q7 87.7%
- Volvo V90 87.7%
- Fiat 500X 87.7%
- Kia Optima 87.7%
Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 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 1,015 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 | 307 | 30.20% | 20.89% | +9.31 |
| Tyres | 284 | 28.00% | 19.76% | +8.24 |
| Suspension | 130 | 12.80% | 20.98% | −8.18 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 77 | 7.60% | 5.52% | +2.08 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 68 | 6.70% | 12.21% | −5.51 |
| Visibility | 65 | 6.40% | 4.97% | +1.43 |
| Non-component advisories | 56 | 5.50% | 4.18% | +1.32 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 15 | 1.50% | 1.76% | −0.26 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 11 | 1.10% | 5.57% | −4.47 |
| Road Wheels | 2 | 0.20% | 0.75% | −0.55 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.1% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.7% | £80–200 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.6% | £3–12 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.6% | £40–150 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 1.3% | £5–15 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.1% | £5–25 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.97% | £18–45 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.87% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp not working on main beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.77% | £5–25 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.77% | £45–95 |
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 | 16.1% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 14.4% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.9% | £40–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 6.8% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.3% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 4.3% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 191 | 92.1% | 22,121 mi |
| 30-60k | 542 | 89.1% | 44,492 mi |
| 60-90k | 251 | 82.5% | 71,232 mi |
| 90-120k | 43 | 79.1% | 100,483 mi |
| 120k+ | 7 | 100.0% | 137,047 mi |
Source: 1,034 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.
2018 Cherokee MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Jeep Cherokee?
87.7% of the 1,034 2018 Jeep Cherokee tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 86.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Jeep Cherokee?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.13%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.74%), malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (1.55%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Jeep Cherokee MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.1% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Jeep Cherokee in this dataset had covered 47,349 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2018 Jeep Cherokee?
Diesel: 87.6% pass rate across 967 tests. Petrol: 89.6% pass rate across 67 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2018 Jeep Cherokee MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 87.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 87.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.