87,326 tests in 2025
Jaguar Xf reliability and MOT pass rate
78% passed first time. The 22% fail rate is 0.6 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 11 years old with 87,611 miles.
Pass rate
78%
22.6% of all cars failed; 22% of these did.
Fixed on the day
3.8%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
87,611 mi
11 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 2,049 | 9.9% |
| 6-9 years | 22,455 | 12.5% |
| 10-13 years | 38,828 | 23.5% |
| 14+ years | 23,959 | 29.4% |
What the Xf 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.
- Suspension294 dangerous39.2%
- Tyres7,710 dangerous35%
- Brakes2,852 dangerous24.4%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment48 dangerous23.7%
- Visibility8 dangerous12.7%
- Noise, emissions and leaks21 dangerous7.3%
- Body, chassis, structure129 dangerous5.9%
- Steering16 dangerous3.5%
Is the Xf getting worse?
The fail rate rose 3.1 points to 22.1% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 2 years. Ageing alone would predict about 5.2 points, so it is holding up better than the fleet average for its age.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 103,745 | 9 | 19% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 101,670 | 10 | 20.3% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 85,659 | 11 | 21.9% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 86,434 | 11 | 22.1% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Xf 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 Xf in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm2,290 tests
- 2Ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt2,209 tests
- 3Condition: has ply or cords exposed1,871 tests
- 4Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick1,842 tests
- 5Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn1,730 tests
- 6Coil spring: fractured or broken1,543 tests
- 7Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps1,322 tests
- 8Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords1,274 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Xf collects 2.72 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 1.6mm16,305 tests
- 2Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened10,466 tests
- 3Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn9,126 tests
- 4Sub-frame: corroded and seriously weakened8,325 tests
- 5Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick8,118 tests
- 6Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure4,875 tests
- 7Flexible brake hoses: ferrule excessively corroded2,409 tests
- 8Engine oil leaks: leaking excessively from engine2,358 tests
Questions
What is the Jaguar Xf MOT pass rate?
78% of the 87,326 Jaguar Xf first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 22% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 3.8% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Jaguar Xf usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm", recorded on 2,290 failed tests, followed by "Ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt" and "Condition: has ply or cords exposed". By section, suspension appears in 39.2% of failures, tyres appears in 35% of failures, brakes appears in 24.4% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 9.9%; at 14+ years it was 29.4%. The median Jaguar Xf tested in 2025 was 11 years old with 87,611 miles.
Is the Jaguar Xf getting less reliable?
The fail rate rose 3.1 points to 22.1% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 2 years. Ageing alone would predict about 5.2 points, so it is holding up better than the fleet average for its age.
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 Xf 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 31 safety recalls naming the Jaguar Xf: Jaguar Xf recalls.
Other Jaguar models
Checking a particular Xf?
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