20,718 tests in 2025
Jaguar I-Pace reliability and MOT pass rate
92.8% passed first time. The 7.2% fail rate is 15.4 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 5 years old with 37,754 miles.
Pass rate
92.8%
22.6% of all cars failed; 7.2% of these did.
Fixed on the day
1.3%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
37,754 mi
5 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 16,355 | 6.7% |
| 6-9 years | 4,245 | 9.1% |
| 10-13 years | 0 | — |
| 14+ years | 1 | — |
What the I-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.
- Tyres707 dangerous61.2%
- Steering9 dangerous17.5%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment2 dangerous7%
- Visibility2 dangerous6.6%
- Brakes19 dangerous5.6%
- Identification of the vehicle4.1%
- Suspension4 dangerous4%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems2.4%
Is the I-Pace getting worse?
The fail rate rose 1 point to 7.4% from 2022 to 2025, against a rising rate across all cars.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5,104 | 3 | 6.4% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 12,913 | 3 | 6.5% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 14,742 | — | 6.8% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 17,691 | — | 7.4% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical I-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 I-Pace in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords430 tests
- 2Condition: has ply or cords exposed220 tests
- 3Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play189 tests
- 4Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm153 tests
- 5Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure61 tests
- 6Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure59 tests
- 7Registration plates: does not conform to the specified requirements50 tests
- 8Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively48 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical I-Pace collects 1.93 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 1.6mm2,242 tests
- 2Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure1,296 tests
- 3Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play627 tests
- 4Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords585 tests
- 5Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened526 tests
- 6Non-component advisories: Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt475 tests
- 7Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre464 tests
- 8Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure378 tests
Questions
What is the Jaguar I-Pace MOT pass rate?
92.8% of the 20,718 Jaguar I-Pace first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 7.2% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 1.3% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Jaguar I-Pace usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", recorded on 430 failed tests, followed by "Condition: has ply or cords exposed" and "Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play". By section, tyres appears in 61.2% of failures, steering appears in 17.5% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 7% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 6.7%; at 6-9 years it was 9.1%. The median Jaguar I-Pace tested in 2025 was 5 years old with 37,754 miles.
Is the Jaguar I-Pace getting less reliable?
The fail rate rose 1 point to 7.4% 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 I-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 10 safety recalls naming the Jaguar I-Pace: Jaguar I-Pace recalls.
Other Jaguar models
Checking a particular I-Pace?
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