Pass rate
66.9%
Below average — 5.3 pts behind the 72.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 181 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £56–£148
2004 Jeep Cherokee Extreme MOT pass rate
- 2004
- typical 118,324 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
25.6% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2003 73.2% pass
- Avoid 2004 66.9% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 6.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 57.6%
- Typical mileage
- 118k mi
The 2004 Jeep Cherokee Extreme MOT pass rate is 66.9% of its MOT tests — 5.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 25.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Jeep Cherokee Extreme does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 2.0× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 11.1% of everything recorded on the 2004 Jeep Cherokee Extreme, against 5.5% nationally — 5.6 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 25.6%, but at 20.9% 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 72.2%; this one manages 66.9% — 5.3 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 25% 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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How does the 2004 Jeep Cherokee Extreme compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.2%, so this figure is 5.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 57.6%. The median 2004 Jeep Cherokee Extreme in this dataset had covered 118,324 mi.
78% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 66.0% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 65.5% of the time, April–September 69.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 11.60% of tests.
- 181 recorded tests behind this page.
- 66.9% overall pass rate, 57.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Jeep Cherokee Extreme, the average is 69.4% — best year 2003 (73.2%), worst 2004 (66.9%).
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
- 181
- Typical mileage (median)
- 118,324 mi
- Make and model
- Jeep Cherokee Extreme
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
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 Extreme MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 57% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (78% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Cherokee Extreme
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 37 | 73.0% |
| South West | 32 | 62.5% |
| East of England | 28 | 71.4% |
| Yorkshire | 23 | 60.9% |
| Wales | 22 | 59.1% |
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 Extreme
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 Extreme
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 11.6% 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 10.5% 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 6.6% 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 2004 Cherokee Extreme through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £56–£148 — and 25% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £56–£148
- Cheapest common item: mirrors slightly loose
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 25%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 181 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 Extreme, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2003 to 2004. Across them the pass rate runs from 66.9% to 73.2% — a spread of 6.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2003 73.2% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2004 66.9%ball joint dust cover severely…
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 Extreme 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
- Volvo V40 67.0%
- Volkswagen Beetle 66.8%
- Ford Ka 66.7%
- Vauxhall Meriva 67.4%
- Suzuki Alto 67.4%
- Vauxhall Combo 66.3%
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 Extreme 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 596 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 | 155 | 25.60% | 20.89% | +4.71 |
| Suspension | 129 | 21.30% | 20.98% | +0.32 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 74 | 12.20% | 12.21% | −0.01 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 67 | 11.10% | 5.52% | +5.58 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 66 | 10.90% | 5.57% | +5.33 |
| Steering | 30 | 5.00% | 2.57% | +2.43 |
| Tyres | 29 | 4.80% | 19.76% | −14.96 |
| Visibility | 18 | 3.00% | 4.97% | −1.97 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 15 | 2.50% | 1.76% | +0.74 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 13 | 2.10% | 0.82% | +1.28 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 11.6% | £18–45 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 10.5% | £5–20 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 6.6% | £180–450 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 6.1% | £18–45 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 5.5% | £45–110 |
| Integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.9% | £180–450 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.9% | £80–250 |
| Mirrors slightly loose Visibility | Minor | 3.9% | £3–15 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.3% | £60–140 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 3.3% | £80–250 |
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 | 26.5% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 18.2% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 14.4% | £40–150 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 14.4% | £80–180 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 12.2% | £25–65 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 10.5% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 1 | 100.0% | 59,735 mi |
| 60-90k | 19 | 68.4% | 78,959 mi |
| 90-120k | 75 | 68.0% | 106,778 mi |
| 120k+ | 86 | 65.1% | 145,609 mi |
Source: 181 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 Extreme MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2004 Jeep Cherokee Extreme?
66.9% of the 181 2004 Jeep Cherokee Extreme tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.2% for cars first used in 2004. First-attempt pass rate: 57.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2004 Jeep Cherokee Extreme?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (11.60%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (10.50%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (6.63%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2004 Jeep Cherokee Extreme MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 65.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2004 Jeep Cherokee Extreme in this dataset had covered 118,324 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2004 Jeep Cherokee Extreme?
Diesel: 66.0% pass rate across 141 tests. Petrol: 70.0% pass rate across 40 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2004 Jeep Cherokee Extreme MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 65.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 69.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.