Jeep Renegade 2016: MOT failure rate for its age

19.5% of 63,427 MOT tests of the Jeep Renegade first registered in 2016 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 103.2 (95% CI 101.4–105.0; 100 = normal for this model at that age): close to other build years of the same model at the same age (within 5 points of normal).

Jeep Renegade built in 2016 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	19.5	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	63427
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 101.4–105.0)	103.2	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	63427
Rank among this model's 6 build years	5	of 6	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	63427
Tested in 2024	10593	tests	median 60,865 miles	2024	10593

Built 2016 against Jeep Renegade normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 13.3% vs 12.1%; age 4: 14.6% vs 13.8%; age 5: 16.9% vs 16.8%; age 6: 20.2% vs 20%; age 7: 23% vs 22.8%; age 8: 29% vs 27.9%. Axis from 0% to 30%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2016 Jeep Renegade by registration · All Jeep Renegade MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2016 Jeep Renegade fail at each age?

Cars built in 2016 were tested at ages 3 to 8 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Jeep Renegade built 2016: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
3	10,840	13.3	12.7–14	12.1	109.8
4	10,261	14.6	13.9–15.3	13.8	105.9
5	10,556	16.9	16.2–17.7	16.8	100.5
6	10,612	20.2	19.5–21	20	101.3
7	10,565	23	22.2–23.8	22.8	100.7
8	10,593	29	28.1–29.9	27.9	104

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 63,427 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2016 Jeep Renegade?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2016 is tyres: 9.5 items per 100 first tests, against 9.2 across all build years of the Jeep Renegade. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2016 were tested at ages 3 to 8.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Jeep Renegade built 2016 against the Jeep Renegade in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2016, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Tyres	9.5	9.2	6,056
Steering	7.5	6.7	4,788
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	5.7	5.5	3,599
Visibility	4.6	4.6	2,945
Brakes	3	3.1	1,917

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 63,427 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2016 compare with the years around it?

Among the 6 published build years of the Jeep Renegade, 2016 ranks 5 (1 = fails least for its age). 2015: index 109.5. 2017: index 87.7.

Jeep Renegade build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2015	109.5	107.2–111.8	worse	35,584
2016	103.2	101.4–105.0	worse	63,427
2017	87.7	84.6–90.8	better	21,291
2018	92.6	87.6–97.6	better	9,304
2019	78.6	72.3–85.0	better	5,623
2020	85.4	77.1–93.6	better	4,017

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 139,246 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Jeep Renegade 2016 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/jeep-renegade/2016/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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