Pass rate
70.7%
Below average — 2.4 pts behind the 73.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 198 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £25–£68
2008 Jeep Wrangler MOT pass rate
- 2008
- typical 88,930 mi
Most common fault
Lamps & electrics
23.6% of faults · 12.2% nationally
Part only £6–£18 for Registration plate lamp inoperative (multiple lamps). What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 94.1% pass
- Avoid 2008 70.7% pass · this year
Across the 23 years on record, a spread of 23.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 64.2%
- Typical mileage
- 89k mi
The 2008 Jeep Wrangler MOT pass rate is 70.7% of its MOT tests — 2.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Jeep Wrangler does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.9× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 23.6% of everything recorded on the 2008 Jeep Wrangler, against 12.2% nationally — 11.4 points above. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Based on a small sample. 198 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 2008 Jeep Wrangler compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.1%, so this figure is 2.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 64.2%. The median 2008 Jeep Wrangler in this dataset had covered 88,930 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 55% of tests, with a 75.0% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 77.3% of the time, April–September 66.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect", noted on 8.08% of tests.
- 198 recorded tests behind this page.
- 70.7% overall pass rate, 64.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Jeep Wrangler, the average is 84.6% — best year 2020 (94.1%), worst 2008 (70.7%).
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
- 198
- Typical mileage (median)
- 88,930 mi
- Make and model
- Jeep Wrangler
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Alignment
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Wrangler 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 (55% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Wrangler
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| East of England | 32 | 71.9% |
| South East | 31 | 67.7% |
| North West | 27 | 81.5% |
| West Midlands | 26 | 57.7% |
| Yorkshire | 23 | 65.2% |
| South West | 17 | 58.8% |
| 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 2008 Wrangler
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 2008 Wrangler
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 8.1% of tests
“headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect”
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 windscreen 5.6% 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 suspension joints 3.0% of tests
“ball joint 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.
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 2008 Wrangler through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £25–£68 — and 49% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £25–£68
- Cheapest common item: individual direction indicators flashing more…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 49%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 198 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 Wrangler, side by side
23 model years on record, from 2000 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 70.7% to 94.1% — a spread of 23.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 77.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2001 72.7% service brake imbalance across an…
- 2002 75.8% service brake imbalance across an…
- 2003 79.0% rear fog lamp not working
- 2004 79.8% rear fog lamp not working
- 2005 84.9% linkage ball joint dust cover…
- 2006 81.4% headlamp aim projected beam image…
- 2007 77.6% position lamp not working
- 2008 70.7%headlamp aim projected beam image…
- 2009 73.2% side repeaters not working
- 2010 78.2% position lamp not working
- 2011 83.3% rear fog lamp not working
- 2012 81.6% anti-lock braking system warning…
- 2013 77.2% position lamp not working
- 2014 80.2% position lamp not working
- 2015 82.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 82.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 83.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 86.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 91.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 94.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 92.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 90.6% shock absorbers has a serious…
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 2008 Jeep Wrangler 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 2008 cars with a similar record
- Citroen C1 70.7%
- Mitsubishi L200 70.7%
- Vauxhall Vectra 70.8%
- Kia Picanto 70.8%
- Mercedes-Benz Clc 70.8%
- Citroen C2 70.8%
Closest pass rates among 2008 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 2008 Jeep Wrangler 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 441 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 105 | 23.60% | 12.21% | +11.39 |
| Brakes | 97 | 21.80% | 20.89% | +0.91 |
| Suspension | 77 | 17.30% | 20.98% | −3.68 |
| Steering | 45 | 10.10% | 2.57% | +7.53 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 32 | 7.20% | 5.57% | +1.63 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 27 | 6.10% | 5.52% | +0.58 |
| Visibility | 21 | 4.70% | 4.97% | −0.27 |
| Tyres | 20 | 4.50% | 19.76% | −15.26 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 10 | 2.20% | 0.82% | +1.38 |
| Non-component advisories | 7 | 1.60% | 4.18% | −2.58 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 8.1% | £30–80 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 5.6% | £80–200 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.0% | £3–15 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.0% | £5–20 |
| Side repeaters not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.0% | £5–25 |
| Individual direction indicators flashing more than 120 times a minute Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.5% | £3–12 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.5% | £5–25 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 3.5% | £60–150 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.0% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.0% | £30–80 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.1% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.1% | £18–45 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 6.6% | £200–700 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 6.6% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 5.6% | £30–75 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 5.0% | £20–55 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 3 | 66.7% | 18,455 mi |
| 30-60k | 33 | 81.8% | 50,513 mi |
| 60-90k | 66 | 66.7% | 75,296 mi |
| 90-120k | 49 | 73.5% | 103,566 mi |
| 120k+ | 47 | 66.0% | 162,276 mi |
Source: 198 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.
2008 Wrangler MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2008 Jeep Wrangler?
70.7% of the 198 2008 Jeep Wrangler tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.1% for cars first used in 2008. First-attempt pass rate: 64.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2008 Jeep Wrangler?
The three most recorded items are headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (8.08%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (5.56%), rear fog lamp not working (5.05%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2008 Jeep Wrangler MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 66.7% of the time, falling to 66.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2008 Jeep Wrangler in this dataset had covered 88,930 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2008 Jeep Wrangler?
Petrol: 75.0% pass rate across 108 tests. Diesel: 65.6% pass rate across 90 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2008 Jeep Wrangler MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 77.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 66.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.