Pass rate
78.1%
Around average — 0.9 pts ahead of the 77.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 361 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £19–£51
2012 Jeep G-Cherokee O-Land Summit MOT pass rate
- 2012
- typical 89,992 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
27.5% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2012 78.1% pass · this year
- Avoid 2012 78.1% pass · this year
Across the 1 years on record, a spread of 0 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 73.1%
- Typical mileage
- 90k mi
The 2012 Jeep G-Cherokee O-Land Summit MOT pass rate is 78.1% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Jeep G-Cherokee O-Land Summit does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.3× the national share
Brakes make up 27.5% of everything recorded on the 2012 Jeep G-Cherokee O-Land Summit, against 20.9% nationally — 6.6 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 63% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
- Based on a small sample. 361 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 2012 Jeep G-Cherokee O-Land Summit compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 77.2%, so this figure is 0.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 73.1%. The median 2012 Jeep G-Cherokee O-Land Summit in this dataset had covered 89,992 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 76.4% of the time, April–September 80.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 5.82% of tests.
- 361 recorded tests behind this page.
- 78.1% overall pass rate, 73.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Jeep G-Cherokee O-Land Summit, the average is 78.1% — best year 2012 (78.1%), worst 2012 (78.1%).
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
- 361
- Typical mileage (median)
- 89,992 mi
- Make and model
- Jeep G-Cherokee O-Land Summit
- 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 G-Cherokee O-Land Summit MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 63% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the G-Cherokee O-Land Summit
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 101 | 82.2% |
| Scotland | 44 | 72.7% |
| East of England | 44 | 77.3% |
| North West | 42 | 76.2% |
| East Midlands | 31 | 74.2% |
| Yorkshire | 27 | 81.5% |
| South West | 23 | 95.7% |
| West Midlands | 18 | 77.8% |
| Wales | 16 | 56.3% |
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 2012 G-Cherokee O-Land Summit
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 2012 G-Cherokee O-Land Summit
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 5.8% 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 suspension joints 1.9% 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 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.
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 2012 G-Cherokee O-Land Summit through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £19–£51 — and 63% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £19–£51
- 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
- 63%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 361 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 →
Compare the 2012 Jeep G-Cherokee O-Land Summit 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 2012 cars with a similar record
- Hyundai I10 78.1%
- Volkswagen Amarok 78.1%
- Audi A3 78.0%
- Nissan Micra 78.0%
- Volkswagen Tiguan 78.0%
- Volvo V60 78.2%
Closest pass rates among 2012 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 2012 Jeep G-Cherokee O-Land Summit 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 482 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 | 133 | 27.50% | 20.89% | +6.61 |
| Tyres | 93 | 19.20% | 19.76% | −0.56 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 81 | 16.70% | 12.21% | +4.49 |
| Suspension | 54 | 11.20% | 20.98% | −9.78 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 42 | 8.70% | 5.52% | +3.18 |
| Steering | 26 | 5.40% | 2.57% | +2.83 |
| Visibility | 24 | 5.00% | 4.97% | +0.03 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 18 | 3.70% | 5.57% | −1.87 |
| Non-component advisories | 10 | 2.10% | 4.18% | −2.08 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 0.20% | 1.76% | −1.56 |
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 | 5.8% | £5–20 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.0% | £3–12 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.2% | £3–12 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.9% | £18–45 |
| Decelerometer (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.9% | £45–110 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.7% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 1.4% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.4% | £5–25 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 1.4% | £60–150 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 1.4% | £5–15 |
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 | 15.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 14.7% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.0% | £18–45 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 4.2% | £200–700 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 3.0% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 6 | 83.3% | 19,679 mi |
| 30-60k | 54 | 83.3% | 47,938 mi |
| 60-90k | 121 | 76.9% | 76,739 mi |
| 90-120k | 102 | 81.4% | 103,523 mi |
| 120k+ | 78 | 71.8% | 143,047 mi |
Source: 361 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.
2012 G-Cherokee O-Land Summit MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2012 Jeep G-Cherokee O-Land Summit?
78.1% of the 361 2012 Jeep G-Cherokee O-Land Summit tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 77.2% for cars first used in 2012. First-attempt pass rate: 73.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2012 Jeep G-Cherokee O-Land Summit?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (5.82%), malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (3.05%), stop lamp not working (2.22%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2012 Jeep G-Cherokee O-Land Summit MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 83.3% of the time, falling to 71.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2012 Jeep G-Cherokee O-Land Summit in this dataset had covered 89,992 mi.
Does the season affect the 2012 Jeep G-Cherokee O-Land Summit MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 76.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 80.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.