Jaguar X-Type MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Jaguar X-Type in Great Britain in 2025 — 19,224 tests. Figures cover every X-Type first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the X-Type ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
59.0%
13.3 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
19,224
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
11.4%
of X-Type first tests; national 7.3%

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

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 28,434 Jaguar X-Type cars that were taxed or on SORN: 15,878 taxed and 12,556 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 X-Type vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
15,878
55.8% of the 28,434 X-Type cars taxed or on SORN; 47 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
12,556
declared off the road by their keepers — 44.2% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed X-Type cars peaked at 98,219 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 82,341 (83.8%) to 15,878 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 4,060 at the end of 2014 to 12,556 at the end of 2025, up 209.3%. 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 X-Type cars, year by year

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

020k40k60k80k100k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed X-Type cars, year 2014: 98kTaxed X-Type cars, year 2015: 92kTaxed X-Type cars, year 2016: 85kTaxed X-Type cars, year 2017: 75kTaxed X-Type cars, year 2018: 65kTaxed X-Type cars, year 2019: 54kTaxed X-Type cars, year 2020: 46kTaxed X-Type cars, year 2021: 38kTaxed X-Type cars, year 2022: 31kTaxed X-Type cars, year 2023: 26kTaxed X-Type cars, year 2024: 20kTaxed X-Type cars, year 2025: 16k16k
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YearTaxed X-Type cars
201498,219
201592,091
201684,980
201775,344
201864,750
201954,296
202045,671
202137,804
202231,433
202325,579
202420,154
202515,878

X-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 — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

05k10k15k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)X-Type cars on SORN, year 2014: 4kX-Type cars on SORN, year 2015: 6kX-Type cars on SORN, year 2016: 8kX-Type cars on SORN, year 2017: 10kX-Type cars on SORN, year 2018: 11kX-Type cars on SORN, year 2019: 12kX-Type cars on SORN, year 2020: 13kX-Type cars on SORN, year 2021: 13kX-Type cars on SORN, year 2022: 13kX-Type cars on SORN, year 2023: 13kX-Type cars on SORN, year 2024: 13kX-Type cars on SORN, year 2025: 13k13k
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YearX-Type cars on SORN
20144,060
20155,750
20167,807
20179,505
201810,600
201911,729
202012,823
202112,622
202212,502
202312,899
202412,663
202512,556

Which model years survive

Taxed X-Type cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 15,878 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 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 X-Type cars
20092,91518.4%
20082,93518.5%
20072,19613.8%
20061,99712.6%
20051,64310.3%
20041,58910.0%
20031,3048.2%
20028135.1%
20013572.2%
All other build years (four years, each under 1%)1290.8%

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 X 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 X-Type ages

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

Jaguar X-TypeAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Jaguar X-Type, vehicle age 16: 60.9%Jaguar X-Type, vehicle age 17: 60.3%Jaguar X-Type, vehicle age 18: 58.3%Jaguar X-Type, vehicle age 19: 59%Jaguar X-Type, vehicle age 20: 58.2%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 X-Type 58.2%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)X-Type testsX-Type pass rateAll cars
163,41860.9%58.3%
173,54260.3%57.2%
182,59258.3%57.4%
192,43859.0%57.0%
202,00758.2%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

X-Type ahead
-4-2+0+2+4Age 16: +2.6 points vs the average carAge 17: +3.1 points vs the average car17Age 18: +0.9 points vs the average carAge 19: +2.0 points vs the average car19Age 20: +0.6 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
16+2.6
17+3.1
18+0.9
19+2.0
20+0.6

The X-Type fleet on the road, by age

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

01k2k3k4kAge 16: 3k16Age 17: 3kAge 18: 2k18Age 19: 2kAge 20: 2k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
163,418
173,542
182,592
192,438
202,007

What an X-Type fails on

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

Suspension29.9%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.8%
Brakes15.5%
Tyres9.1%
Body, chassis, structure9.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks7.6%
Visibility5.1%
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems4.7%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.7% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Suspension: 39.5% of advisories39.5%Brakes: 22.4% of advisories22.4%Tyres: 16.3% of advisories16.3%Noise, emissions and leaks: 7.0% of advisories7.0%Body, chassis, structure: 5.6% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 2.9% of advisories
SuspensionBrakesTyresNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureNon-component advisories
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension39.5%
Brakes22.4%
Tyres16.3%
Noise, emissions and leaks7.0%
Body, chassis, structure5.6%
Non-component advisories2.9%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid X-Type?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested X-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%Diesel: 58.2% of 12,344 tests58.2%Diesel12,344 testsPetrol: 60.4% of 6,877 tests60.4%Petrol6,877 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel12,34458.2%
Petrol6,87760.4%

What mileage is normal for an X-Type?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) X-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 X-Type (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k161820Vehicle age (years)Age 16: typical 103,750 miles (middle half 81,250–128,750)Age 17: typical 111,250 miles (middle half 86,250–136,250)Age 18: typical 108,750 miles (middle half 83,750–138,750)Age 19: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 78,750–136,250)Age 20: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 73,750–131,250)101k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
1681,250103,750128,750
1786,250111,250136,250
1883,750108,750138,750
1978,750106,250136,250
2073,750101,250131,250

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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.