Pass rate
78.9%
Around average — 3.0 pts ahead of the 75.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 128 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £21–£59
2011 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Crd MOT pass rate
- 2011
- typical 75,165 mi
Most common fault
Lamps & electrics
27.6% 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 2011 78.9% pass · this year
- Avoid 2013 72.1% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 6.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 74.8%
- Typical mileage
- 75k mi
The 2011 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Crd MOT pass rate is 78.9% of its MOT tests — 3.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.6% of what testers record.
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MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Jeep Wrangler Sahara Crd does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 2.3× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 27.6% of everything recorded on the 2011 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Crd, against 12.2% nationally — 15.4 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.
- 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 75.9% and this one manages 78.9% — 3.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 65% 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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How does the 2011 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Crd compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 75.9%, so this figure is 3.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 74.8%. The median 2011 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Crd in this dataset had covered 75,165 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 79.4% of the time, April–September 78.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 7.81% of tests.
- 128 recorded tests behind this page.
- 78.9% overall pass rate, 74.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Jeep Wrangler Sahara Crd, the average is 75.5% — best year 2011 (78.9%), worst 2013 (72.1%).
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
- 128
- Typical mileage (median)
- 75,165 mi
- Make and model
- Jeep Wrangler Sahara Crd
- 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 Wrangler Sahara Crd MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 56% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Wrangler Sahara Crd
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 24 | 87.5% |
| South East | 24 | 87.5% |
| West Midlands | 21 | 81.0% |
| Wales | 15 | 73.3% |
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 2011 Wrangler Sahara Crd
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 2011 Wrangler Sahara Crd
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 7.8% 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 4.7% 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 coil springs 3.1% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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 2011 Wrangler Sahara Crd through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £21–£59 — and 65% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £21–£59
- 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
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 65%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 128 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 Sahara Crd, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2011 to 2013. Across them the pass rate runs from 72.1% to 78.9% — a spread of 6.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2011 78.9%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2012 74.2% position lamp not working
- 2013 72.1% rear fog lamp not working
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 2011 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Crd 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 2011 cars with a similar record
- Volvo V60 78.9%
- Volkswagen Sharan 78.9%
- BMW 118 78.8%
- Suzuki Alto 79.1%
- BMW 120 78.7%
- Hyundai I10 78.6%
Closest pass rates among 2011 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 2011 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Crd 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 199 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 | 55 | 27.60% | 12.21% | +15.39 |
| Brakes | 45 | 22.60% | 20.89% | +1.71 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 24 | 12.10% | 5.52% | +6.58 |
| Suspension | 19 | 9.50% | 20.98% | −11.48 |
| Visibility | 15 | 7.50% | 4.97% | +2.53 |
| Tyres | 12 | 6.00% | 19.76% | −13.76 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 11 | 5.50% | 5.57% | −0.07 |
| Non-component advisories | 9 | 4.50% | 4.18% | +0.32 |
| Steering | 8 | 4.00% | 2.57% | +1.43 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 0.50% | 1.76% | −1.26 |
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 | 7.8% | £80–200 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.7% | £5–20 |
| Side repeaters not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 4.7% | £5–25 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.9% | £3–12 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.9% | £3–12 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 3.1% | £25–65 |
| Drag link end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 3.1% | £18–45 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.1% | £5–25 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.1% | £3–15 |
| Side repeaters not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.1% | £5–25 |
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 | 9.4% | £200–700 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.8% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 5.5% | £45–95 |
| Flexible brake hoses ferrule excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 4.7% | £25–70 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 3.9% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.9% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2 | 100.0% | 28,910 mi |
| 30-60k | 36 | 94.4% | 47,225 mi |
| 60-90k | 52 | 71.2% | 74,236 mi |
| 90-120k | 21 | 81.0% | 105,883 mi |
| 120k+ | 17 | 64.7% | 141,800 mi |
Source: 128 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.
2011 Wrangler Sahara Crd MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2011 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Crd?
78.9% of the 128 2011 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Crd tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 75.9% for cars first used in 2011. First-attempt pass rate: 74.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2011 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Crd?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (7.81%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.69%), side repeaters not working (4.69%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2011 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Crd MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 64.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2011 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Crd in this dataset had covered 75,165 mi.
Does the season affect the 2011 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Crd MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 79.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 78.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.