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1,060 tests in 2025

Jeep Patriot reliability and MOT pass rate

59.1% passed first time. The 40.9% fail rate is 18.3 points worse than the all-car average, on a median example 16 years old with 103,874 miles.

MOT pass rates / Jeep

Pass rate

59.1%

22.6% of all cars failed; 40.9% of these did.

Fixed on the day

9.7%

Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.

Median at test

103,874 mi

16 years old.

Fail rate by age

Age at testTestsFail rate
3-5 years1—
6-9 years4—
10-13 years8—
14+ years1,04741.2%

What the Patriot fails on

Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.

  1. Suspension71 dangerous66.8%
  2. Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment2 dangerous43.1%
  3. Brakes24 dangerous31.8%
  4. Steering5 dangerous18.9%
  5. Tyres94 dangerous16.6%
  6. Noise, emissions and leaks2 dangerous15.9%
  7. Visibility12.7%
  8. Body, chassis, structure3 dangerous12%

The exact defects that fail it

Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Patriot in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.

  1. 1Ball joint: ball joint excessively worn97 tests
  2. 2Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn92 tests
  3. 3Position lamp: not working74 tests
  4. 4Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play52 tests
  5. 5Stop lamp: not working50 tests
  6. 6Anti-lock braking system: warning lamp indicates an ABS fault47 tests
  7. 7Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction45 tests
  8. 8Sub-frame: corroded and seriously weakened39 tests

What wears out first

Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Patriot collects 3.51 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.

  1. 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm247 tests
  2. 2Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn220 tests
  3. 3Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened200 tests
  4. 4Sub-frame: corroded and seriously weakened164 tests
  5. 5Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak133 tests
  6. 6Engine oil leaks: leaking excessively from engine112 tests
  7. 7Ball joint: ball joint excessively worn96 tests
  8. 8Non-component advisories: Play in steering rack inner joint(s)91 tests

Questions

What is the Jeep Patriot MOT pass rate?

59.1% of the 1,060 Jeep Patriot first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 40.9% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 9.7% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.

What does a Jeep Patriot usually fail on?

The single most common failure is "Ball joint: ball joint excessively worn", recorded on 97 failed tests, followed by "Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn" and "Position lamp: not working". By section, suspension appears in 66.8% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 43.1% of failures, brakes appears in 31.8% of failures.

Does age change the odds?

Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 0%; at 14+ years it was 41.2%. The median Jeep Patriot tested in 2025 was 16 years old with 103,874 miles.

First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every Patriot trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.

DVSA has published 3 safety recalls naming the Jeep Patriot: Jeep Patriot recalls.

Other Jeep models

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