Jaguar S-Type MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Jaguar S-Type in Great Britain in 2025 — 9,412 tests. Figures cover every S-Type first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the S-Type ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
63.6%
8.7 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
9,412
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
9.3%
of S-Type first tests; national 7.3%

How many Jaguar S-Type cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 16,860 Jaguar S-Type cars that were taxed or on SORN: 7,815 taxed and 9,045 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Jaguar S-Type vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
7,815
46.4% of the 16,860 S-Type cars taxed or on SORN; 48 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
9,045
declared off the road by their keepers — 53.6% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed S-Type cars peaked at 43,177 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 35,362 (81.9%) to 7,815 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 4,128 at the end of 2014 to 9,045 at the end of 2025, up 119.1%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed S-Type cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

010k20k30k40k50k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed S-Type cars, year 2014: 43kTaxed S-Type cars, year 2015: 40kTaxed S-Type cars, year 2016: 36kTaxed S-Type cars, year 2017: 31kTaxed S-Type cars, year 2018: 27kTaxed S-Type cars, year 2019: 23kTaxed S-Type cars, year 2020: 19kTaxed S-Type cars, year 2021: 16kTaxed S-Type cars, year 2022: 14kTaxed S-Type cars, year 2023: 11kTaxed S-Type cars, year 2024: 9kTaxed S-Type cars, year 2025: 8k8k
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YearTaxed S-Type cars
201443,177
201539,758
201635,999
201731,371
201826,954
201922,710
202019,037
202116,122
202213,602
202311,386
20249,344
20257,815

S-Type cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — for this model, cars on SORN outnumber taxed ones.

02k4k6k8k10k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)S-Type cars on SORN, year 2014: 4kS-Type cars on SORN, year 2015: 5kS-Type cars on SORN, year 2016: 6kS-Type cars on SORN, year 2017: 7kS-Type cars on SORN, year 2018: 8kS-Type cars on SORN, year 2019: 9kS-Type cars on SORN, year 2020: 9kS-Type cars on SORN, year 2021: 9kS-Type cars on SORN, year 2022: 9kS-Type cars on SORN, year 2023: 9kS-Type cars on SORN, year 2024: 9kS-Type cars on SORN, year 2025: 9k9k
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YearS-Type cars on SORN
20144,128
20155,204
20166,250
20177,224
20187,940
20198,558
20209,289
20219,037
20229,132
20239,416
20249,139
20259,045

Which model years survive

Taxed S-Type cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 7,815 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 181 taxed S-Type cars have no recorded year of manufacture and are not in the table, so the rows add up to 7,634. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed S-Type cars
20071,36317.4%
20061,14614.7%
20051,04613.4%
20041,13214.5%
200393612.0%
20027019.0%
20014505.8%
20004525.8%
19992683.4%
All other build years (16 years, each under 1%)1401.8%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name S TYPE under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the S-Type ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, S-Type vs all cars, 2025.

Jaguar S-TypeAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Jaguar S-Type, vehicle age 18: 65.3%Jaguar S-Type, vehicle age 19: 65.9%Jaguar S-Type, vehicle age 20: 61.8%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%Jaguar S-Type 61.8%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)S-Type testsS-Type pass rateAll cars
181,63165.3%57.4%
191,42365.9%57.0%
201,30361.8%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

The S-Type's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the S-Type beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

S-Type ahead
-10-5+0+5+10Age 18: +7.9 points vs the average carAge 19: +8.9 points vs the average car19Age 20: +4.2 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
18+7.9
19+8.9
20+4.2

The S-Type fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the S-Type fleet still in use.

05001k1k2kAge 18: 1k18Age 19: 1kAge 20: 1k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
181,631
191,423
201,303

What an S-Type fails on

Where the failure items land when an S-Type fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Suspension31.3%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.9%
Brakes16.3%
Steering9.3%
Tyres6.3%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.6%
Visibility5.5%
Body, chassis, structure4.8%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (96.1% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a S-Type, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Suspension: 31.8% of advisories31.8%Brakes: 27.3% of advisories27.3%Tyres: 18.9% of advisories18.9%Noise, emissions and leaks: 7.2% of advisories7.2%Body, chassis, structure: 5.3% of advisoriesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 2.8% of advisories
SuspensionBrakesTyresNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension31.8%
Brakes27.3%
Tyres18.9%
Noise, emissions and leaks7.2%
Body, chassis, structure5.3%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment2.8%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid S-Type?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested S-Type fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Petrol: 63.7% of 6,671 tests63.7%Petrol6,671 testsDiesel: 63.3% of 2,727 tests63.3%Diesel2,727 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol6,67163.7%
Diesel2,72763.3%

What mileage is normal for an S-Type?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) S-Type; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical S-Type (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k1820Vehicle age (years)Age 18: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 71,250–113,750)Age 19: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 76,250–118,750)Age 20: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 71,250–116,250)91k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
1871,25091,250113,750
1976,25096,250118,750
2071,25091,250116,250

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.