Jaguar MOT pass rates and used models

Jaguar cars passed 79.4% of their initial MOT tests in 2025, 7.1 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average and 17th of 63 makes. Among the most-tested models, the I-PACE scored highest at 91.5% and the X-Type lowest at 59%.

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Every Jaguar model ranked

First-time MOT pass rates from 2025, highest first. Each model links to its buying guide and full MOT record.

ModelPass ratevs JaguarTestsAvg age
I-PACE 91.5% 12.1 pts above 22,603 4.5 yrs
F-TYPE 91% 11.6 pts above 15,631 8 yrs
E-PACE 87.4% 8 pts above 32,428 5.8 yrs
F-PACE 85.1% 5.7 pts above 58,724 6.3 yrs
XE 81% 1.7 pts above 42,918 8.1 yrs
XJS 79.7% Level 3,112 34.1 yrs
XK 77.1% 2.3 pts below 22,652 19.7 yrs
XJ 75.9% 3.5 pts below 24,281 18.1 yrs
XF 74.4% 5 pts below 93,428 11.4 yrs
S-Type 63.6% 15.8 pts below 9,411 21.1 yrs
X-Type 59% 20.4 pts below 19,223 18.8 yrs

Among models with at least 10,000 tests, the I-PACE and X-Type are 32.6 percentage points apart. Part of that gap is age: models that left sale years ago are tested as older cars, and older cars fail more often.

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Jaguar pass rate by age

Every Jaguar tested in 2025, split by the car's age at test.

Age at testTestsPass rate
3 to 5 years68,19288.7%
6 to 10 years141,44482.8%
11 years and over129,19869.9%

Jaguar pass rates fall by 18.8 percentage points between the youngest and oldest groups, so compare a model with others of a similar age rather than with the headline figure.

Jaguar head-to-head comparisons

Popular rivals compared on the same DVSA data.

Checking a used Jaguar

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MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.