Jeep Renegade MOT pass rate & common failures

At a glance

Pass rate, adjusted for age and mileage

The Renegade is 2.5 percentage points above the national pass rate once age and mileage are accounted for, which is above average. The unadjusted figure is 72.5%; the difference is what the age and mileage of this model’s fleet was hiding.

DVSA recorded wording

Most common failure items

Share of failed Jeep Renegade tests in which each item was recorded. One failed test often lists several items, so these do not sum to 100%.

1. 1.Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc29.9%

   1,997 occurrencesSteering rack gaiter split, damaged or missing explained

2. 2.Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements18.0%

   1,204 occurrencesTyre worn close to the legal limit explained

3. 3.A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning17.4%

   1,162 occurrencesLamp not working explained

4. 4.A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play9.7%

   650 occurrencesBall joint worn explained

5. 5.A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn8.5%

   569 occurrencesSuspension arm bush worn explained

6. 6.A tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative8.3%

   555 occurrencesTyre pressure monitoring system inoperative explained

7. 7.Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction8.3%

   552 occurrencesEngine management light on, or not working explained

8. 8.A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn7.8%

   520 occurrencesSuspension arm bush worn explained

9. 9.A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm6.7%

   451 occurrencesBrake drum or shoe worn or contaminated explained

10. 10.A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened6.4%

    426 occurrencesRoad spring broken or fractured explained

Warnings without a failure

Most common advisories

Share of all Jeep Renegade tests carrying each advisory. The denominator differs from the failure list above because an advisory can be issued on a car that passed.

1. 1.Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements28.1%

   8,189 testsTyre worn close to the legal limit explained

2. 2.Brake disc or drum excessively weakened, insecure or fractured17.3%

   5,042 testsBrake disc worn, pitted or scored explained

3. 3.A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn12.8%

   3,731 testsSuspension arm bush worn explained

4. 4.A tyre seriously damaged10.7%

   3,107 testsTyre damaged or deteriorated explained

5. 5.A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm8.1%

   2,362 testsBrake drum or shoe worn or contaminated explained

6. 6.Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn5.3%

   1,539 testsBrake disc worn, pitted or scored explained

7. 7.Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements3.8%

   1,110 testsTyre worn close to the legal limit explained

8. 8.Fluid leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users3.7%

   1,092 tests

How wear changes the picture

Pass rate by vehicle age

Bands holding too few tests to be meaningful are omitted rather than shown as a rate.

What gets tested

The Renegade fleet

Average mileage recorded at test

61,157

Across examples of every age, so this is a description of the fleet rather than an annual figure.

Fuel mix of tested cars

Petrol50.2%

Diesel46.9%

Hybrid2.9%

Compare within the range

Other Jeep models

• Jeep Compass — 71.8% adjusted
• Jeep Grand Cherokee — 75.4% adjusted
• Jeep Cherokee — 68.4% unadjusted
• Jeep Wrangler — 73.9% adjusted
• Jeep Patriot — 49.5% unadjusted
• All Jeep models →

Similar test volumes

Compare against other makes

• Hyundai IX20 — 65.6% adjusted, ranked 215
• Mitsubishi Asx — 75.0% adjusted, ranked 112
• Mini Clubman — 76.8% adjusted, ranked 87
• Lexus CT — 85.0% adjusted, ranked 19

Common questions

Is the Jeep Renegade reliable?

On MOT evidence the Jeep Renegade is above average. It passes 74.8% of tests once age and mileage are accounted for, against a national average of 72.3%. That figure covers 62% of the national age and mileage range, which is enough to quote but not to rank. This measures how often the car meets the MOT standard, not how often it breaks down or what a repair costs.

What is the most common MOT failure on a Jeep Renegade?

The item recorded most often is "Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc", which appears in 29.9% of failed Jeep Renegade tests. Because one failed test can list several items, these shares do not add up to 100%.

What do testers most often warn about on a Jeep Renegade?

The most common advisory is "Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements", noted on 28.1% of all Jeep Renegade tests. An advisory is not a failure: it flags something that will likely need attention before the next test.

What mileage does a Jeep Renegade usually have at its MOT?

The average odometer reading recorded at test is 61,157 miles. This is the mileage across all tested examples of every age, not an annual figure, so treat it as a description of the fleet rather than a target for one car.

Does a Jeep Renegade get harder to pass as it ages?

Yes. At 3 to 5 years old, 87.7% of Jeep Renegade tests pass. By 9 to 11 years, that falls to 66.3%. Nearly every model follows this pattern, which is why comparing raw pass rates between models is misleading unless age is accounted for.

Are most Jeep Renegade models petrol or diesel?

Of the Jeep Renegade cars tested, 50% are petrol, 47% are diesel, 3% are hybrid. Fuel type affects which items tend to fail, particularly emissions and exhaust components.

How this was worked out

Method and limits

Figures come from the DVSA anonymised MOT testing dataset, published under the Open Government Licence. Only class 4 initial tests are counted: retests are excluded so a car appears once, and abandoned tests are excluded entirely. The adjusted rate is directly standardised across twenty-five age and mileage bands and reweighted onto the national distribution, so this model is compared against cars that have lived a similar life rather than against a younger or lighter-used fleet.

An MOT measures whether a car met a legal standard on the day. It is not a breakdown record, a service history or a running-cost estimate, and a pass rate is a property of a fleet rather than a prediction about one car.

Further reading

Make sense of the numbers

• How to judge reliability from evidence rather than reputation
• What counts as high or low mileage for a car’s age
• The most common MOT failures and how to avoid them
• What to check before buying a used Jeep