Pass rate
70.8%
Below average — 1.4 pts behind the 72.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 397 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £62–£162
2004 Jeep Cherokee Crd MOT pass rate
- 2004
- typical 112,415 mi
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Most common fault
Brakes
24.8% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2004 70.8% pass · this year
- Avoid 2006 67.5% pass
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 3.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 62.9%
- Typical mileage
- 112k mi
The 2004 Jeep Cherokee Crd MOT pass rate is 70.8% of its MOT tests — 1.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 24.8% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.0× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 11.4% of everything recorded on the 2004 Jeep Cherokee Crd, against 5.6% nationally — 5.8 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 24.8%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 11% 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.
- Based on a small sample. 397 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2004 Jeep Cherokee Crd compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.2%, so this figure is 1.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 62.9%. The median 2004 Jeep Cherokee Crd in this dataset had covered 112,415 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 70.7% of the time, April–September 70.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength", noted on 6.30% of tests.
- 397 recorded tests behind this page.
- 70.8% overall pass rate, 62.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Jeep Cherokee Crd, the average is 69.0% — best year 2004 (70.8%), worst 2006 (67.5%).
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
- 397
- Typical mileage (median)
- 112,415 mi
- Make and model
- Jeep Cherokee Crd
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Corrosion Welding Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Cherokee Crd MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 59% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Cherokee Crd
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 78 | 67.9% |
| East of England | 55 | 69.1% |
| South East | 55 | 74.5% |
| North West | 54 | 75.9% |
| Yorkshire | 33 | 72.7% |
| East Midlands | 29 | 62.1% |
| Scotland | 29 | 72.4% |
| West Midlands | 27 | 74.1% |
| Wales | 22 | 68.2% |
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 2004 Cherokee Crd
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 2004 Cherokee Crd
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 corrosion 6.3% 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.
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Check the windscreen 6.0% 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 suspension joints 5.3% 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.
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 2004 Cherokee Crd through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £62–£162 — and 11% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £62–£162
- 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
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 11%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 397 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 Crd, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2003 to 2007. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.5% to 70.8% — a spread of 3.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2003 68.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2004 70.8%component mounting prescribed…
- 2005 70.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 67.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 67.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
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 2004 Jeep Cherokee Crd 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 2004 cars with a similar record
- Audi A3 70.7%
- Mitsubishi L200 70.9%
- Volvo XC90 70.9%
- MINI Mini 70.6%
- Ford Focus 70.6%
- Volkswagen Touran 70.6%
Closest pass rates among 2004 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 2004 Jeep Cherokee Crd 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 1,200 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 | 303 | 24.80% | 20.89% | +3.91 |
| Suspension | 233 | 19.10% | 20.98% | −1.88 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 140 | 11.40% | 5.57% | +5.83 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 134 | 11.00% | 12.21% | −1.21 |
| Tyres | 93 | 7.60% | 19.76% | −12.16 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 88 | 7.20% | 5.52% | +1.68 |
| Steering | 71 | 5.80% | 2.57% | +3.23 |
| Visibility | 56 | 4.60% | 4.97% | −0.37 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 45 | 3.70% | 0.82% | +2.88 |
| Non-component advisories | 37 | 3.00% | 4.18% | −1.18 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 6.3% | £180–450 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 6.0% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 5.3% | £18–45 |
| Prescribed areas prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 4.8% | £40–120 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.8% | £5–20 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.3% | £60–140 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 3.3% | £80–250 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 3.3% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.8% | £18–45 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 2.5% | £60–150 |
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 | 17.1% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 15.4% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 12.1% | £200–700 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 11.6% | £25–65 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 11.1% | £18–45 |
| Flexible brake hoses ferrule excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 10.6% | £25–70 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 8 | 75.0% | 48,868 mi |
| 60-90k | 57 | 80.7% | 80,330 mi |
| 90-120k | 173 | 69.9% | 104,577 mi |
| 120k+ | 159 | 67.9% | 141,998 mi |
Source: 397 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.
2004 Cherokee Crd MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2004 Jeep Cherokee Crd?
70.8% of the 397 2004 Jeep Cherokee Crd tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.2% for cars first used in 2004. First-attempt pass rate: 62.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2004 Jeep Cherokee Crd?
The three most recorded items are component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (6.30%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (6.05%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.29%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2004 Jeep Cherokee Crd MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 75.0% of the time, falling to 67.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2004 Jeep Cherokee Crd in this dataset had covered 112,415 mi.
Does the season affect the 2004 Jeep Cherokee Crd MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 70.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 70.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.