Pass rate
74.1%
Below average — 1.5 pts ahead of the 72.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 216 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £32–£101
2003 Jeep Gr Cherokee Crd MOT pass rate
- 2003
- typical 129,396 mi
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Most common fault
Suspension
26.6% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2004 74.6% pass
- Avoid 2003 74.1% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 0.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 69.3%
- Typical mileage
- 129k mi
The 2003 Jeep Gr Cherokee Crd MOT pass rate is 74.1% of its MOT tests — 1.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.6% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 26.6% of everything recorded on the 2003 Jeep Gr Cherokee Crd, against 21.0% nationally — 5.6 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- Based on a small sample. 216 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 2003 Jeep Gr Cherokee Crd compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.6%, so this figure is 1.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 69.3%. The median 2003 Jeep Gr Cherokee Crd in this dataset had covered 129,396 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 76.8% of the time, April–September 71.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated", noted on 6.94% of tests.
- 216 recorded tests behind this page.
- 74.1% overall pass rate, 69.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Jeep Gr Cherokee Crd, the average is 74.4% — best year 2004 (74.6%), worst 2003 (74.1%).
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
- 216
- Typical mileage (median)
- 129,396 mi
- Make and model
- Jeep Gr Cherokee Crd
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Body Panel Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Gr Cherokee Crd MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 63% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Gr Cherokee Crd
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 59 | 76.3% |
| South West | 32 | 62.5% |
| East of England | 27 | 77.8% |
| North West | 23 | 69.6% |
| West Midlands | 19 | 78.9% |
| Wales | 16 | 81.3% |
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 2003 Gr 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 2003 Gr 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 the lights 6.0% of tests
“headlamp lens slightly defective”
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 5.6% 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.
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Check the battery 4.2% 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 2003 Gr Cherokee Crd through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £32–£101 — and 48% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £32–£101
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 48%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 216 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 Gr Cherokee Crd, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2003 to 2004. Across them the pass rate runs from 74.1% to 74.6% — a spread of 0.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2003 74.1%joints constant velocity boot…
- 2004 74.6% 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 2003 Jeep Gr 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 2003 cars with a similar record
- Audi A4 74.1%
- Vauxhall Agila 74.1%
- Volkswagen Lupo 74.1%
- Volvo S60 74.1%
- Toyota Hiace 74.1%
- Volkswagen Bora 74.0%
Closest pass rates among 2003 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 2003 Jeep Gr 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 662 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 178 | 26.60% | 20.98% | +5.62 |
| Brakes | 147 | 21.90% | 20.89% | +1.01 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 107 | 16.00% | 12.21% | +3.79 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 52 | 7.80% | 5.52% | +2.28 |
| Steering | 52 | 7.80% | 2.57% | +5.23 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 48 | 7.20% | 5.57% | +1.63 |
| Tyres | 37 | 5.50% | 19.76% | −14.26 |
| Visibility | 18 | 2.70% | 4.97% | −2.27 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 12 | 1.80% | 1.76% | +0.04 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 11 | 1.60% | 0.82% | +0.78 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 6.9% | £80–250 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.0% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.0% | £5–20 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 5.6% | £40–150 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.2% | £60–140 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.7% | £3–15 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.2% | £80–250 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.2% | £5–25 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 3.2% | £18–45 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 2.8% | £3–15 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 19.4% | £80–180 |
| Linkage pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 16.7% | £40–150 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 13.9% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.5% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 12.5% | £40–150 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 10.2% | £25–65 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 5 | 80.0% | 51,960 mi |
| 60-90k | 30 | 73.3% | 75,605 mi |
| 90-120k | 49 | 71.4% | 106,725 mi |
| 120k+ | 132 | 75.0% | 156,195 mi |
Source: 216 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.
2003 Gr Cherokee Crd MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2003 Jeep Gr Cherokee Crd?
74.1% of the 216 2003 Jeep Gr Cherokee Crd tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.6% for cars first used in 2003. First-attempt pass rate: 69.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2003 Jeep Gr Cherokee Crd?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (6.94%), headlamp lens slightly defective (6.02%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (6.02%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2003 Jeep Gr Cherokee Crd MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 80.0% of the time, falling to 75.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2003 Jeep Gr Cherokee Crd in this dataset had covered 129,396 mi.
Does the season affect the 2003 Jeep Gr Cherokee Crd MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 76.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 71.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.