Pass rate
73.9%
Below average — 1.7 pts ahead of the 72.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 88 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £47–£127
2004 Jeep Gr Cherokee V8 MOT pass rate
- 2004
- typical 111,514 mi
Only 88 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Suspension
27.8% 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 73.9% pass · this year
- Avoid 2003 73.1% pass
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 0.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 66.7%
- Typical mileage
- 112k mi
The 2004 Jeep Gr Cherokee V8 MOT pass rate is 73.9% of its MOT tests — 1.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Jeep Gr Cherokee V8 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 27.8% of everything recorded on the 2004 Jeep Gr Cherokee V8, against 21.0% nationally — 6.8 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. 88 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 Gr Cherokee V8 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.2%, so this figure is 1.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 66.7%. The median 2004 Jeep Gr Cherokee V8 in this dataset had covered 111,514 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 77.5% of the time, April–September 70.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier", noted on 10.23% of tests.
- 88 recorded tests behind this page.
- 73.9% overall pass rate, 66.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Jeep Gr Cherokee V8, the average is 73.4% — best year 2004 (73.9%), worst 2003 (73.1%).
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
- 88
- Typical mileage (median)
- 111,514 mi
- Make and model
- Jeep Gr Cherokee V8
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Battery
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Gr Cherokee V8 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 59% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Gr Cherokee V8
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 25 | 68.0% |
| East of England | 22 | 77.3% |
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 2004 Gr Cherokee V8
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 Gr Cherokee V8
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 battery 10.2% 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.
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Check the lights 6.8% of tests
“position lamp not working”
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 5.7% 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 Gr Cherokee V8 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £47–£127 — and 39% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £47–£127
- Cheapest common item: anti-lock braking system warning lamp…
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 39%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 88 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 V8, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2003 to 2004. Across them the pass rate runs from 73.1% to 73.9% — a spread of 0.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2003 73.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2004 73.9%battery(ies) insecure but not…
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 Gr Cherokee V8 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
- Mercedes-Benz Clk 73.9%
- Volkswagen Bora 74.0%
- Volvo S60 73.8%
- Volkswagen Lupo 73.8%
- Toyota Corolla 74.1%
- Jaguar S-Type 74.1%
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 Gr Cherokee V8 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 245 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 | 69 | 27.80% | 20.98% | +6.82 |
| Brakes | 55 | 22.20% | 20.89% | +1.31 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 41 | 16.50% | 12.21% | +4.29 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 21 | 8.50% | 5.52% | +2.98 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 20 | 8.10% | 5.57% | +2.53 |
| Steering | 13 | 5.20% | 2.57% | +2.63 |
| Tyres | 10 | 4.00% | 19.76% | −15.76 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 7 | 2.80% | 0.82% | +1.98 |
| Visibility | 5 | 2.00% | 4.97% | −2.97 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 4 | 1.60% | 1.76% | −0.16 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 10.2% | £60–140 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 6.8% | £5–25 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 5.7% | £180–450 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 5.7% | £40–150 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 4.5% | £3–15 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.5% | £5–25 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.5% | £3–15 |
| Decelerometer (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.4% | £45–110 |
| Drag link end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 3.4% | £18–45 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 3.4% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 19.3% | £25–65 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 14.8% | £80–180 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 13.6% | £200–700 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 13.6% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.5% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 10.2% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 4 | 75.0% | 23,872 mi |
| 30-60k | 11 | 90.9% | 43,408 mi |
| 60-90k | 13 | 84.6% | 74,813 mi |
| 90-120k | 20 | 70.0% | 105,988 mi |
| 120k+ | 40 | 67.5% | 152,312 mi |
Source: 88 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 Gr Cherokee V8 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2004 Jeep Gr Cherokee V8?
73.9% of the 88 2004 Jeep Gr Cherokee V8 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.2% for cars first used in 2004. First-attempt pass rate: 66.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2004 Jeep Gr Cherokee V8?
The three most recorded items are battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier (10.23%), position lamp not working (6.82%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (5.68%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2004 Jeep Gr Cherokee V8 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 75.0% of the time, falling to 67.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2004 Jeep Gr Cherokee V8 in this dataset had covered 111,514 mi.
Does the season affect the 2004 Jeep Gr Cherokee V8 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 77.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 70.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.