Pass rate
78.5%
Around average — 6.1 pts ahead of the 72.4% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 242 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £31–£83
2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee MOT pass rate
- 2005
- 6 trims combined
- typical 104,576 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
22.5% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 90.7% pass
- Avoid 2004 67.6% pass
Across the 19 years on record, a spread of 23.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 75.0%
- Typical mileage
- 105k mi
The 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee MOT pass rate is 78.5% of its MOT tests — 6.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Jeep Grand Cherokee does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.1× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 11.7% of everything recorded on the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee, against 5.6% nationally — 6.1 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 22.5%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 72.4% and this one manages 78.5% — 6.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 55% 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.
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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Every Jeep Grand Cherokee first registered in 2005 is combined here — 6 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.4%, so this figure is 6.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 75.0%. The median 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee in this dataset had covered 104,576 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 70% of tests, with a 82.2% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 79.5% of the time, April–September 77.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 7.44% of tests.
- 242 recorded tests behind this page.
- 78.5% overall pass rate, 75.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Jeep Grand Cherokee, the average is 84.2% — best year 2019 (90.7%), worst 2004 (67.6%).
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
- 242
- Typical mileage (median)
- 104,576 mi
- Make and model
- Jeep Grand Cherokee
- 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 Grand Cherokee MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 65% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (70% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Grand Cherokee
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 53 | 71.7% |
| North West | 37 | 86.5% |
| East of England | 33 | 78.8% |
| West Midlands | 25 | 88.0% |
| Yorkshire | 23 | 65.2% |
| Wales | 17 | 70.6% |
| London | 15 | 86.7% |
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 2005 Grand Cherokee
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 2005 Grand Cherokee
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 7.4% 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 3.3% of tests
“track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or 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 corrosion 2.5% 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 2005 Grand Cherokee through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £31–£83 — and 55% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £31–£83
- 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
- 55%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 242 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 Grand Cherokee, side by side
19 model years on record, from 2000 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.6% to 90.7% — a spread of 23.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 74.4% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2001 74.1% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2002 69.5% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2003 72.2% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2004 67.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 78.5%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 77.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 81.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 73.6% battery(ies) insecure but not…
- 2011 79.0% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2012 82.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 83.1% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2014 83.4% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2015 85.5% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2016 85.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 88.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 90.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 90.7% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2020 89.8% wipers blade defective
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 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee 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 2005 cars with a similar record
- Lexus RX400H 78.5%
- Mitsubishi Lancer 78.4%
- BMW 530 78.3%
- Nissan 350 Z 78.7%
- Lexus RX300 78.3%
- MG Tf 78.9%
Closest pass rates among 2005 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 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee 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 675 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 | 154 | 22.50% | 20.98% | +1.52 |
| Brakes | 150 | 21.90% | 20.89% | +1.01 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 87 | 12.70% | 12.21% | +0.49 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 80 | 11.70% | 5.57% | +6.13 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 69 | 10.10% | 5.52% | +4.58 |
| Tyres | 47 | 6.90% | 19.76% | −12.86 |
| Steering | 35 | 5.10% | 2.57% | +2.53 |
| Visibility | 32 | 4.70% | 4.97% | −0.27 |
| Non-component advisories | 11 | 1.60% | 4.18% | −2.58 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 10 | 1.50% | 0.82% | +0.68 |
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 | 7.4% | £5–20 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 4.5% | £3–15 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.7% | £5–25 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 3.3% | £18–45 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 2.5% | £180–450 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.5% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.1% | £18–45 |
| Decelerometer (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.1% | £45–110 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.1% | £45–120 |
| Mirrors slightly damaged Visibility | Minor | 2.1% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 16.5% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 15.7% | £45–110 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 12.4% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 12.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 10.3% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 10.3% | £25–65 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2 | 100.0% | 26,443 mi |
| 30-60k | 16 | 81.3% | 54,781 mi |
| 60-90k | 52 | 84.6% | 74,057 mi |
| 90-120k | 96 | 78.1% | 103,452 mi |
| 120k+ | 75 | 73.3% | 148,254 mi |
Source: 242 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.
2005 Grand Cherokee MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee?
78.5% of the 242 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.4% for cars first used in 2005. First-attempt pass rate: 75.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (7.44%), anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an abs fault (4.55%), position lamp not working (3.72%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 73.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee in this dataset had covered 104,576 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee?
Petrol: 82.2% pass rate across 169 tests. LPG: 69.6% pass rate across 46 tests. Diesel: 70.4% pass rate across 27 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 79.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 77.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.