MOT pass rate · 2025 data
Jaguar XK8 MOT pass rate
The Jaguar XK8 passed 77.12% of its 6,210 initial MOT tests in 2025 — in line with the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year.
How the Jaguar XK8 holds up with age
Every car fails the MOT more often as it gets older. What matters when you are buying is how steeply that happens for this particular model. These are the 2025 pass rates for the Jaguar XK8 grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 11 years and over | 6,210 | 77.12% |
Why the Jaguar XK8 fails its MOT
Across every Jaguar XK8 that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was suspension, accounting for 25.56% of all recorded failure items. These are the areas worth having checked before you buy, and worth budgeting for on an older example.
| Failure area | Share of failure items | Recorded items |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 25.56% | 1,086 |
| Brakes | 19.77% | 840 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 14.9% | 633 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 12.03% | 511 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 8.92% | 379 |
| Tyres | 6% | 255 |
How the Jaguar XK8 compares
Ranked on pass rate, the Jaguar XK8 sits 377th of 651 models in this data , and 12th of the 14 Jaguar models covered . Jaguar as a whole averaged 82.23%, so this model runs 5.1 points behind its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used Jaguar XK8
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average Jaguar XK8 came to its 2025 test at 84,393 miles and 24.4 years old. Most examples tested were petrol.
The useful check is the individual car's own MOT record: how many times it has failed, what for, and whether advisories keep reappearing. A recurring advisory on corrosion, suspension or brakes tells you far more than a model-wide average, and a mileage that does not move consistently between tests is a warning in itself.
Check a specific Jaguar XK8
Run the registration through a free MOT history check to see that car's test results, advisories and recorded mileages. For the risks an MOT never covers — outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers and ownership history — a full car history check brings them together in one £15 report.
Also useful: mileage check · write-off check · free car check
Other Jaguar models
- Jaguar XF 78.03% pass rate · 92,467 tests
- Jaguar F-Pace 87.53% pass rate · 55,127 tests
- Jaguar XE 84.61% pass rate · 41,828 tests
- Jaguar E-Pace 89.57% pass rate · 29,355 tests
- Jaguar I-Pace 92.8% pass rate · 22,468 tests
- Jaguar XJ 79.09% pass rate · 22,157 tests
Models with a similar pass rate
- BMW 3 Series 77.74% pass rate
- Audi A4 77.09% pass rate
- Mercedes-Benz A-Class 77.86% pass rate
- Kia Picanto 76.85% pass rate
- Ford Ranger 77.42% pass rate
- Land Rover Defender 77.05% pass rate
Figures aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025, class 4 initial tests only, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Retests are excluded, so these are first-time pass rates.