54,145 tests in 2025
Jaguar F-Pace reliability and MOT pass rate
87.8% passed first time. The 12.2% fail rate is 10.4 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 7 years old with 53,156 miles.
Pass rate
87.8%
22.6% of all cars failed; 12.2% of these did.
Fixed on the day
2.7%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
53,156 mi
7 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 17,185 | 9.1% |
| 6-9 years | 36,761 | 13.7% |
| 10-13 years | 10 | — |
| 14+ years | 0 | — |
What the F-Pace fails on
Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.
- Tyres1,735 dangerous29.6%
- Brakes1,095 dangerous21.3%
- Steering59 dangerous18%
- Visibility10 dangerous16.9%
- Noise, emissions and leaks5 dangerous13.2%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment3 dangerous12.4%
- Suspension24 dangerous7.6%
- Body, chassis, structure11 dangerous3.3%
Is the F-Pace getting worse?
The fail rate rose 1.7 points to 12.6% from 2022 to 2025, against a rising rate across all cars.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 41,464 | 4 | 10.9% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 47,330 | 5 | 11.7% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 43,795 | — | 12.4% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 48,940 | — | 12.6% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical F-Pace at its test that year, and it is the number to watch: across the whole fleet each extra year of age adds roughly 1.9 points to the fail rate, so a model whose age and fail rate rise together is simply getting older.
The exact defects that fail it
Every failure item DVSA recorded against a F-Pace in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm838 tests
- 2Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick814 tests
- 3Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play800 tests
- 4Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively757 tests
- 5Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction730 tests
- 6Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords682 tests
- 7Track rod end: ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt320 tests
- 8Condition: has ply or cords exposed199 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical F-Pace collects 2.17 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.
- 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm6,628 tests
- 2Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened6,085 tests
- 3Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick5,485 tests
- 4Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play1,963 tests
- 5Non-component advisories: Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt1,478 tests
- 6Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure1,391 tests
- 7Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre1,264 tests
- 8Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords1,046 tests
Questions
What is the Jaguar F-Pace MOT pass rate?
87.8% of the 54,145 Jaguar F-Pace first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 12.2% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 2.7% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Jaguar F-Pace usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm", recorded on 838 failed tests, followed by "Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick" and "Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play". By section, tyres appears in 29.6% of failures, brakes appears in 21.3% of failures, steering appears in 18% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 9.1%; at 6-9 years it was 13.7%. The median Jaguar F-Pace tested in 2025 was 7 years old with 53,156 miles.
Is the Jaguar F-Pace getting less reliable?
The fail rate rose 1.7 points to 12.6% from 2022 to 2025, against a rising rate across all cars.
First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every F-Pace trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
DVSA has published 19 safety recalls naming the Jaguar F-Pace: Jaguar F-Pace recalls.
Other Jaguar models
Checking a particular F-Pace?
The odds above are the model. The car in front of you has its own record: every test, every advisory, the mileage at each one.
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