Jeep Cherokee Sport MOT reliability

Jeep Cherokee Sports passed their MOT first time 61% of the time across 204 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

61%

MOTs analysed

204

Still licensed (GB)

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Body type

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Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2002 petrol

31 MOTs

These figures come from 31 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 61%. Typical mileage 107,516 (most between 84,291 and 137,029).

2005: 83% → 2006: 80% → 2007: 77% → 2008: 69% → 2009: 66% → 2010: 64% → 2011: 62% → 2012: 63% → 2013: 60% → 2014: 56% → 2015: 56% → 2016: 61% → 2017: 61% → 2018: 54% → 2019: 55% → 2020: 55% → 2021: 58% → 2022: 49% → 2023: 50% → 2024: 57% → 2025: 61%

Most common failures

Chassis condition: or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting (6.5%)
Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (6.5%)
Condition: buckle not functioning as intended (6.5%)
Prescribed areas: prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced (6.5%)
Anti-lock braking system: warning lamp indicates an ABS fault (3.2%)

Where 2002 Cherokee Sports fail

Suspension & axles

19.4%

Body, structure & corrosion

12.9%

Brakes

12.9%

Seat belts & other equipment

12.9%

Lights & electrics

6.5%

Steering

3.2%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

3.2%

Visibility & wipers

3.2%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB (CC BY 4.0, adapted).