Jeep G-Cherokee S LTD CRD A
Registered from 2008 to 2010.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2010 3.0 diesel. 41 of 168 tests failed, 24%.
Better than 46% of 2010 cars. The typical one fails 24%, across 955 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Lights and electrics | 41% | 17 |
| Suspension | 37% | 15 |
| Brakes | 29% | 12 |
| Visibility | 29% | 12 |
| Tyres and wheels | 27% | 11 |
| Body and structure | 15% | 6 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A tyre seriously damaged
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps
Where it stands out against its peers
- Visibility: failed more often than 97% of 2010 cars — 29% of its 41 failed tests, where an ordinary 2010 car has 10%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
NHTSA's investigations are American; no European regulator publishes an equivalent record, so this section has nothing to draw on for a European car. There is no European equivalent of the service-bulletin register either.
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Suspension — 37% of its failures
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage
- Brakes — 29% of its failures
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- Tyres and wheels — 27% of its failures
- A tyre seriously damaged
- Lights and electrics — 41% of its failures
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps
- An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Visibility — 29% of its failures
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Body and structure — 15% of its failures