Pass rate
75.0%
Around average — 2.6 pts ahead of the 72.4% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 204 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £29–£80
2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Hemi MOT pass rate
- 2005
- typical 104,666 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
29.8% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2006 80.9% pass
- Avoid 2005 75.0% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 5.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 68.3%
- Typical mileage
- 105k mi
The 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Hemi MOT pass rate is 75.0% of its MOT tests — 2.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Jeep Grand Cherokee Hemi does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.4× the national share
Suspension accounts for 29.8% of everything recorded on the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Hemi, against 21.0% nationally — 8.8 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. 204 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 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Hemi compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.4%, so this figure is 2.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 68.3%. The median 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Hemi in this dataset had covered 104,666 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 87% of tests, with a 74.2% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 69.6% of the time, April–September 79.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction", noted on 6.37% of tests.
- 204 recorded tests behind this page.
- 75.0% overall pass rate, 68.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Jeep Grand Cherokee Hemi, the average is 78.2% — best year 2006 (80.9%), worst 2005 (75.0%).
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
- 204
- Typical mileage (median)
- 104,666 mi
- Make and model
- Jeep Grand Cherokee Hemi
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Indicator Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Grand Cherokee Hemi MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (87% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Grand Cherokee Hemi
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 65 | 72.3% |
| East of England | 24 | 87.5% |
| North West | 22 | 72.7% |
| Yorkshire | 21 | 76.2% |
| South West | 20 | 70.0% |
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 Hemi
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 Hemi
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 6.4% 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 suspension joints 5.4% 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 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 Hemi through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £29–£80 — and 41% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £29–£80
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 41%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 204 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 Hemi, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2005 to 2006. Across them the pass rate runs from 75.0% to 80.9% — a spread of 5.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2005 75.0%malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2006 80.9% 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 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Hemi 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
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 Hemi 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 532 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 | 162 | 29.80% | 20.98% | +8.82 |
| Brakes | 86 | 15.80% | 20.89% | −5.09 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 60 | 11.00% | 12.21% | −1.21 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 60 | 11.00% | 5.52% | +5.48 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 53 | 9.70% | 5.57% | +4.13 |
| Tyres | 35 | 6.40% | 19.76% | −13.36 |
| Steering | 33 | 6.10% | 2.57% | +3.53 |
| Non-component advisories | 20 | 3.70% | 4.18% | −0.48 |
| Visibility | 13 | 2.40% | 4.97% | −2.57 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 10 | 1.80% | 0.82% | +0.98 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 6.4% | £3–12 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.4% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 5.4% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 4.4% | £18–45 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 2.9% | £18–45 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 2.5% | £180–450 |
| Decelerometer (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.5% | £45–110 |
| Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 2.5% | £3–12 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.0% | £60–140 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.0% | £60–250 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 11.8% | £40–150 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 10.8% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.8% | £45–110 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 9.8% | £30–75 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 8.3% | £25–65 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 7.3% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 9 | 66.7% | 52,895 mi |
| 60-90k | 76 | 75.0% | 74,664 mi |
| 90-120k | 58 | 75.9% | 107,901 mi |
| 120k+ | 61 | 75.4% | 155,733 mi |
Source: 204 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 Hemi MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Hemi?
75.0% of the 204 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Hemi tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.4% for cars first used in 2005. First-attempt pass rate: 68.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Hemi?
The three most recorded items are malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (6.37%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (6.37%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.39%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Hemi MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 66.7% of the time, falling to 75.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Hemi in this dataset had covered 104,666 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Hemi?
Petrol: 74.2% pass rate across 178 tests. LPG: 79.2% pass rate across 24 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Hemi MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 69.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 79.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.