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2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee: MOT fail rate and common problems

DVSA MOT tests 2022–2025 · 5,616 MOT tests · Updated

21.5% of 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee cars failed their MOT at 10 years; measured against vehicles the same age and test year, about the same as the 2014 and 2016 cars (5,616 MOT tests) [1].

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  • −4.7 to −6.5 points: the gap to all class 4 vehicles the same age and test year, from 7 to 10 years, 5,616 MOT tests
  • 90,000 to 120,000 miles: 25.4% of Jeep Grand Cherokee cars first used 2012–2015 failed at 10 years, against 20.3% at 60,000 to 90,000 miles, 3,166 MOT tests
  • At 10 years (tested 2025): 21.5% failed, against 28.0% for all class 4 vehicles tested at 10 years in 2025, 1,361 MOT tests

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Figures are for 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee cars as a group, not for one car.

Fail rate at 10 years (2025)
21.5%
vs 28.0% for all class 4 vehicles tested at 10 years in 2025
1,361 MOT tests
Gap to all class 4, same age and year
−6.2 pts
over ages 7–10: −7.0 to −4.7 pts
5,616 MOT tests
Against the 2014 and 2016 cars
+0.5 pts
95% range −2.3 to +3.3 pts, same ages, each against its own test year
5,616 MOT tests
MOT tests of 2015 cars
5,616
tested 2022–2025, 4 ages with 1,000+ tests
5,616 MOT tests

About the same as the 2014 and 2016 cars: +0.5 points at the same ages (7–10), each year against all class 4 vehicles the same age tested in its own year; 95% range −2.3 to +3.3, from 5,616 MOT tests of 2015 cars and 7,608 of the 2014 and 2016 cars. Not adjusted for mileage.

Every Jeep Grand Cherokee year against all class 4 vehicles the same age

Jeep Grand Cherokee first-use years against all class 4 vehicles the same ageEach first-use year of the Jeep Grand Cherokee as percentage points above or below all class 4 vehicles the same age, averaged over the ages it was tested at, with 95% intervals. 2015: −6.2 pts. 2005: −7.8 pts (−10.8 to −4.8) against all class 4 vehicles the same age, ages 17, 1,002 MOT tests20052006: −6.9 pts (−8.3 to −5.5) against all class 4 vehicles the same age, ages 16–18, 4,340 MOT tests20062007: −6.8 pts (−8.7 to −4.8) against all class 4 vehicles the same age, ages 15–16, 2,322 MOT tests20072013: −7.0 pts (−8.8 to −5.2) against all class 4 vehicles the same age, ages 9–10, 2,082 MOT tests20132014: −7.8 pts (−8.9 to −6.8) against all class 4 vehicles the same age, ages 8–11, 5,921 MOT tests20142015: −6.2 pts (−7.2 to −5.2) against all class 4 vehicles the same age, ages 7–10, 5,616 MOT tests2015−6.22016: −4.4 pts (−5.6 to −3.3) against all class 4 vehicles the same age, ages 6–9, 4,167 MOT tests2016 −10.80+10.8 pts
Percentage points above (right) or below (left) all class 4 vehicles the same age, tested in the same year, 2022 to 2025, each year averaged over the ages it was tested at. Lines show the 95% range.

2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee fail rate at each MOT

From 2022 to 2025, as these cars went from 7 to 10 years old, the fail rate went from 17.4% to 21.5%, and the gap to all class 4 vehicles the same age and test year from −4.7 to −6.5 points. The widest gap was at 8 years (−7.0 points, 1,421 MOT tests).

Test yearAgeFail rate95% rangeMOT testsAll class 4, same age and yearGap
20227 years17.4%15.5%–19.4%1,43722.1%−4.7 pts
20238 years17.4%15.5%–19.4%1,42124.4%−7.0 pts
20249 years19.8%17.8%–21.9%1,39726.4%−6.6 pts
202510 years21.5%19.4%–23.8%1,36128.0%−6.5 pts

All class 4: every class 4 vehicle (cars and light vans) tested at that age in the same test year.

2015 against the 2014 and 2016 cars, age by age

Age2015Years either side
7 years17.4% 1,437 MOT tests, tested 20222016: 16.4% (1,044, tested 2023)
8 years17.4% 1,421 MOT tests, tested 20232014: 18.9% (1,544, tested 2022)
2016: 18.5% (1,024, tested 2024)
9 years19.8% 1,397 MOT tests, tested 20242014: 19.6% (1,515, tested 2023)
2016: 20.4% (1,036, tested 2025)
10 years21.5% 1,361 MOT tests, tested 20252014: 20.9% (1,445, tested 2024)

Each year was tested in a different calendar year; the verdict compares each against all class 4 vehicles the same age tested in its own year.

What fails on a Jeep Grand Cherokee at 10 years

All Jeep Grand Cherokee MOTs at 10 years, cars first used 2012–2015 (4,580 MOT tests; DVSA item counts are not split by first-use year). The most common fail items: tyre tread below 1.6 mm (2.0 per 100 MOT tests, a wear item), brake pads under 1.5 mm (1.7 per 100 MOT tests, a wear item) and suspension arm ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (1.7 per 100 MOT tests).

No item fails at a clearly different rate from all class 4 vehicles the same age across 3 or more ages.

Mileage and the fail rate at 10 years

Jeep Grand Cherokee cars first used 2012–2015 at 90,000 to 120,000 miles failed 25.4% of MOTs at 10 years (1,303 MOT tests), against 20.3% at 60,000 to 90,000 miles (1,863 MOT tests). All class 4 vehicles: 35.3% and 31.9%.

Car tax and ULEZ for a 2015 car

A car first registered in the UK in 2015 was issued a 64 (January–February), 15 (March–August) or 65 (September–December) plate, unless it was registered in Northern Ireland (no age identifier) or has since moved to a private plate. An imported one is plated when first registered here, so its plate can be newer than its first-use year. 15 plates

A 2015 car is taxed by its CO2 emissions band (A to M), shown on the V5C logbook. [2] Car tax calculator for a 2015 car

For the London ULEZ, a 2015 petrol usually meets Euro 4, and a 2015 diesel may or may not meet Euro 6 (every new diesel car registered from September 2015 does). The Euro standard of the car decides, not the year alone. [3] ULEZ checker

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Other Jeep Grand Cherokee years

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Every Jeep Grand Cherokee first-use year

Other Jeep models first used in 2015

Questions people ask

What is the MOT fail rate of a 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee?

21.5% at 10 years (tested 2025), from 1,361 MOT tests, against 28.0% for all class 4 vehicles tested at 10 years in 2025.

Does the 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee fail more MOTs than the 2014 and 2016?

0.5 percentage points apart at the same ages (7–10), each against all class 4 vehicles the same age and test year, from 5,616 MOT tests (95% range −2.3 to +3.3), so about the same.

At what ages were 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee cars MOT tested in the data?

4 ages with at least 1,000 MOT tests: 7–10 years, tested 2022–2025, 5,616 MOT tests in all.

What fails most on a Jeep Grand Cherokee at 10 years?

2.0 in 100 MOT tests failed on tyre tread below 1.6 mm, the most common fail item (a wear item); the most common non-wear item was suspension arm ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (1.7 in 100). From 4,580 MOT tests of Jeep Grand Cherokee cars first used 2012–2015, not only 2015.

Sources

  1. Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2022 to 2025. DVSA MOT data, Open Government Licence v3.0, 5,616 MOT tests. Accessed 7 Oct 2026.
  2. GOV.UK, Vehicle tax rates. Rules, not drawn from the MOT data.
  3. Transport for London, Ultra Low Emission Zone. Rules, not drawn from the MOT data.

Cars tested at 10 years are compared with every class 4 vehicle tested at 10 years in the same test year. These rates are not adjusted for mileage. Breakdowns and non-MOT faults are not in this data. How we compare