Jeep Renegade years to avoid: the early ones
Based on 24,559 real MOT tests from DVSA records. Each year is compared against every other car first registered the same year — otherwise the numbers would only tell you that older cars fail more, which you knew.
The short answer
Avoid 2015. The worst is the 2015, which fails its MOT 21% more often than other cars of the same age. The 2019 is the strongest, failing 26% less often than average.
Found a Jeep Renegade you like?
Averages tell you what to expect. Its registration tells you what actually happened — every MOT, every advisory, and whether the mileage adds up.
Every Renegade model year
Shaded rows are the years that differ most from other cars of the same age — worse, better.
| Registered | MOT tests | Fail rate | vs same-age cars |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Worst | 5,921 | 23.6% |
21% worse
|
| 2016 | 10,563 | 18.0% |
about average
|
| 2017 | 4,040 | 14.0% |
about average
|
| 2018 | 2,321 | 11.6% |
about average
|
| 2019 | 1,714 | 7.6% |
26% better
|
How this is worked out
Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Jeep Renegade, grouped by the year the car was first registered. Retests are excluded, so a car that failed and was fixed still counts as a failure. Each year's rate is then divided by the rate for all cars first registered that year — so 120 means 20% more failures than its contemporaries, not 20% more than a brand new car.
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