Does the Jeep Compass fail the MOT on body, chassis and structure more than it should?

The Jeep Compass records 1.79 body, chassis and structure failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 2.04 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (−0.25, 95% interval −0.39 to −0.11). It ranks 300 of 663 models on body, chassis and structure (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on body, chassis and structure · check a Jeep Compass by registration

What exactly fails on body, chassis and structure?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Jeep Compass is “A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot severely deteriorated”, recorded 288 times in 2019–2024.

Jeep Compass: most frequent body, chassis and structure defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot severely deteriorated	288	0.71
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc	130	0.32
A door will not open using the relevant control or close properly	66	0.16
Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is seriously reduced	46	0.11
Exhaust system leaking or insecure	30	0.07

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 40,731 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

Does the Jeep Compass fail the MOT on body, chassis and structure more than it should?

What exactly fails on body, chassis and structure?

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