74.4%
Jaguar XF
Jaguar XF MOT pass rate and common problems
The Jaguar XF passed 74.4% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 2.1 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the XF compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
79.4%
Jaguar average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The XF runs 5 points behind the Jaguar average. It is 9th of the 11 Jaguar models in the data. The average XF arrived at its test 11.4 years old with 90,616 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
XF MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Jaguar XF cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 88% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 68.7%, a drop of 19.3 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 3,969 | 88% | 15.7 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 38,355 | 80.5% | 8.2 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 50,937 | 68.7% | 3.6 pts below |
That is a steep decline with age, so the headline rate flatters older examples. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where XF failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Jaguar XF cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Suspension and tyres together account for 47.1% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common XF MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Jaguar XF cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 45% of everything testers recorded against failed Jaguar XF cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a XF
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt, pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn, coil spring fractured or broken and ball joint excessively worn. 19.3% of failure items.
2
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, condition has ply or cords exposed and condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords. 14.3% of failure items.
3
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps and position lamp not working. 7.3% of failure items.
4
Brakes
Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 4.1% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific XF has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Jaguar XF buying guide.
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Jaguar XF MOT FAQs
What is the Jaguar XF MOT pass rate?
74.4% of Jaguar XF cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 93,428 tests. That is 2.1 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 278th of 575 models.
What does a Jaguar XF most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Jaguar XF cars failing their 2025 MOT was ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt, on 7.7% of failure items. Next were tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (6.6%) and pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (5.5%).
Which area causes the most Jaguar XF MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was suspension at 27.5%, followed by tyres at 19.6%.
Do older Jaguar XF cars fail their MOT more often?
Jaguar XF cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 88% of MOT tests in 2025, against 68.7% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Jaguar XF has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Jaguar XF that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific Jaguar XF's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.