Pass rate
85.7%
Above average — 1.7 pts ahead of the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 3,472 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £36–£89
2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee MOT pass rate
- 2016
- typical 66,804 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
36.2% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
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
- 83.8%
- Typical mileage
- 67k mi
The 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee MOT pass rate is 85.7% of its MOT tests — 1.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 36.2% 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
Brakes: 1.7× the national share
Brakes make up 36.2% of everything recorded on the 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee, against 20.9% nationally — 15.3 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
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 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, 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 83.8%. The median 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee in this dataset had covered 66,804 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 94% of tests, with a 85.3% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 86.2% of the time, April–September 85.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 2.51% of tests.
- 3,472 recorded tests behind this page.
- 85.7% overall pass rate, 83.8% 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
- 3,472
- Typical mileage (median)
- 66,804 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
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Grand Cherokee MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 70% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (94% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Grand Cherokee
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 876 | 86.3% |
| East of England | 501 | 87.4% |
| Yorkshire | 336 | 87.5% |
| South West | 302 | 80.8% |
| North West | 287 | 88.9% |
| East Midlands | 278 | 87.4% |
| West Midlands | 268 | 85.1% |
| Scotland | 258 | 81.4% |
| London | 180 | 83.9% |
| Wales | 98 | 86.7% |
| North East | 88 | 80.7% |
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 2016 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 2016 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 windscreen 2.5% 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.
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Check the lights 1.3% of tests
“malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction”
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 tyre tread 1.0% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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 2016 Grand Cherokee through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £36–£89 — and 44% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £36–£89
- 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
- 44%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 3,472 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 2016 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 2016 cars with a similar record
- Land Rover Range Rover 85.7%
- Smart Mcc Fortwo 85.7%
- BMW X4 85.7%
- Ford Mustang 85.7%
- Maserati Ghibli 85.7%
- Volkswagen Passat 85.8%
Closest pass rates among 2016 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 2016 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 3,339 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 | 1,220 | 36.20% | 20.89% | +15.31 |
| Tyres | 836 | 24.80% | 19.76% | +5.04 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 294 | 8.70% | 12.21% | −3.51 |
| Suspension | 229 | 6.80% | 20.98% | −14.18 |
| Visibility | 228 | 6.80% | 4.97% | +1.83 |
| Non-component advisories | 183 | 5.40% | 4.18% | +1.22 |
| Steering | 133 | 4.00% | 2.57% | +1.43 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 109 | 3.20% | 5.52% | −2.32 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 54 | 1.60% | 5.57% | −3.97 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 53 | 1.60% | 1.76% | −0.16 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.5% | £80–200 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.3% | £3–12 |
| Side repeaters with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.3% | £3–15 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.3% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.0% | £45–95 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 0.95% | £60–150 |
| Decelerometer (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 0.89% | £45–110 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.89% | £8–22 |
| Side repeaters with a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.84% | £3–15 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 0.84% | £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 | 14.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.8% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.3% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 3.2% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.3% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.3% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 155 | 93.5% | 23,105 mi |
| 30-60k | 1,180 | 89.1% | 47,561 mi |
| 60-90k | 1,492 | 85.1% | 73,574 mi |
| 90-120k | 505 | 78.6% | 101,821 mi |
| 120k+ | 140 | 80.7% | 140,587 mi |
Source: 3,472 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.
2016 Grand Cherokee MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee?
85.7% of the 3,472 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 83.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.51%), malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (1.32%), side repeaters with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning (1.32%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 93.5% of the time, falling to 80.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee in this dataset had covered 66,804 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee?
Diesel: 85.3% pass rate across 3,247 tests. Petrol: 90.7% pass rate across 225 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 86.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 85.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.