Jaguar XF MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Jaguar XF in Great Britain in 2025 — 93,429 tests. Figures cover every XF first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the XF ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
74.4%
2.1 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
93,429
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
9.0%
of XF first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
81,250
middle half: 63,750–103,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Jaguar XF cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 95,565 Jaguar XF cars that were taxed or on SORN: 88,498 taxed and 7,067 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 XF vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
88,498
92.6% of the 95,565 XF cars taxed or on SORN; 110 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
7,067
declared off the road by their keepers — 7.4% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed XF cars peaked at 105,426 at the end of 2019 and has since fallen by 16,928 (16.1%) to 88,498 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 496 at the end of 2014 to 7,067 at the end of 2025, up 1324.8%. 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 XF cars, year by year

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

050k100k150k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed XF cars, year 2014: 75kTaxed XF cars, year 2015: 85kTaxed XF cars, year 2016: 94kTaxed XF cars, year 2017: 99kTaxed XF cars, year 2018: 104kTaxed XF cars, year 2019: 105kTaxed XF cars, year 2020: 104kTaxed XF cars, year 2021: 103kTaxed XF cars, year 2022: 101kTaxed XF cars, year 2023: 98kTaxed XF cars, year 2024: 94kTaxed XF cars, year 2025: 88k88k
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YearTaxed XF cars
201475,132
201584,866
201693,596
201799,155
2018104,090
2019105,426
2020104,412
2021103,273
2022101,060
202397,757
202493,657
202588,498

XF 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.

02k4k6k8k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)XF cars on SORN, year 2014: 496XF cars on SORN, year 2015: 942XF cars on SORN, year 2016: 868XF cars on SORN, year 2017: 1kXF cars on SORN, year 2018: 1kXF cars on SORN, year 2019: 2kXF cars on SORN, year 2020: 2kXF cars on SORN, year 2021: 3kXF cars on SORN, year 2022: 3kXF cars on SORN, year 2023: 4kXF cars on SORN, year 2024: 6kXF cars on SORN, year 2025: 7k7k
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YearXF cars on SORN
2014496
2015942
2016868
20171,179
20181,317
20191,840
20202,462
20212,593
20223,403
20234,433
20245,822
20257,067

Which model years survive

Taxed XF cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 88,498 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 XF cars
20201,2921.5%
20193,1843.6%
20185,5106.2%
20176,5767.4%
20167,8798.9%
20159,30110.5%
201411,30112.8%
201310,01411.3%
20128,7449.9%
20116,9087.8%
20107,2118.1%
20094,7735.4%
20083,3213.8%
All other build years (seven years, each under 1%)2,4842.8%

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 XF SERIES 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 XF ages

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

Jaguar XFAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Jaguar XF, vehicle age 4: 89.9%Jaguar XF, vehicle age 5: 87.5%Jaguar XF, vehicle age 6: 86.3%Jaguar XF, vehicle age 7: 85.4%Jaguar XF, vehicle age 8: 85.6%Jaguar XF, vehicle age 9: 83.6%Jaguar XF, vehicle age 10: 75.7%Jaguar XF, vehicle age 11: 72.8%Jaguar XF, vehicle age 12: 72.2%Jaguar XF, vehicle age 13: 70.4%Jaguar XF, vehicle age 14: 68%Jaguar XF, vehicle age 15: 65.4%Jaguar XF, vehicle age 16: 63.4%Jaguar XF, vehicle age 17: 64.7%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 XF 64.7%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)XF testsXF pass rateAll cars
471089.9%87.2%
51,35587.5%86.0%
63,34686.3%83.5%
75,74285.4%80.9%
86,93585.6%78.2%
98,19783.6%74.9%
109,61275.7%71.9%
1111,90272.8%68.6%
1210,62972.2%65.8%
139,39870.4%63.5%
147,57768.0%61.2%
158,15665.4%59.3%
165,64563.4%58.3%
173,98864.7%57.2%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

XF ahead
-10-5+0+5+10Age 4: +2.7 points vs the average carAge 5: +1.5 points vs the average car5Age 6: +2.8 points vs the average carAge 7: +4.5 points vs the average car7Age 8: +7.4 points vs the average carAge 9: +8.7 points vs the average car9Age 10: +3.8 points vs the average carAge 11: +4.2 points vs the average car11Age 12: +6.4 points vs the average carAge 13: +6.9 points vs the average car13Age 14: +6.8 points vs the average carAge 15: +6.1 points vs the average car15Age 16: +5.1 points vs the average carAge 17: +7.5 points vs the average car17Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
4+2.7
5+1.5
6+2.8
7+4.5
8+7.4
9+8.7
10+3.8
11+4.2
12+6.4
13+6.9
14+6.8
15+6.1
16+5.1
17+7.5

The XF fleet on the road, by age

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

05k10k15k20kAge 4: 7104Age 5: 1kAge 6: 3k6Age 7: 5kAge 8: 6k8Age 9: 8kAge 10: 9k10Age 11: 11kAge 12: 10k12Age 13: 9kAge 14: 7k14Age 15: 8kAge 16: 5k16Age 17: 3k17Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
4710
51,355
63,346
75,742
86,935
98,197
109,612
1111,902
1210,629
139,398
147,577
158,156
165,645
173,988

What an XF fails on

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

Suspension27.5%
Tyres19.6%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment19.2%
Brakes14.9%
Visibility7.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks3.5%
Body, chassis, structure2.8%
Steering1.9%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (96.4% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Tyres: 31.7% of advisories31.7%Brakes: 28.6% of advisories28.6%Suspension: 28.0% of advisories28.0%Non-component advisories: 3.0% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 2.8% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 2.6% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structure
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres31.7%
Brakes28.6%
Suspension28.0%
Non-component advisories3.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks2.8%
Body, chassis, structure2.6%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid XF?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested XF 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: 73.7% of 84,278 tests73.7%Diesel84,278 testsPetrol: 80.4% of 9,147 tests80.4%Petrol9,147 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel84,27873.7%
Petrol9,14780.4%

What mileage is normal for an XF?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) XF; 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 XF (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k4681012141617Vehicle age (years)Age 4: typical 28,750 miles (middle half 18,750–38,750)Age 5: typical 36,250 miles (middle half 26,250–53,750)Age 6: typical 46,250 miles (middle half 33,750–61,250)Age 7: typical 53,750 miles (middle half 41,250–71,250)Age 8: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 48,750–83,750)Age 9: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 56,250–96,250)Age 10: typical 81,250 miles (middle half 63,750–103,750)Age 11: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 68,750–113,750)Age 12: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 73,750–121,250)Age 13: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 78,750–128,750)Age 14: typical 103,750 miles (middle half 81,250–128,750)Age 15: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 81,250–131,250)Age 16: typical 111,250 miles (middle half 88,750–138,750)Age 17: typical 111,250 miles (middle half 86,250–138,750)111k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
418,75028,75038,750
526,25036,25053,750
633,75046,25061,250
741,25053,75071,250
848,75063,75083,750
956,25073,75096,250
1063,75081,250103,750
1168,75091,250113,750
1273,75096,250121,250
1378,750101,250128,750
1481,250103,750128,750
1581,250106,250131,250
1688,750111,250138,750
1786,250111,250138,750

What fails at each age

The XF's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

TyresBrakesVisibilityNoise, emissions and leaksLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSuspensionEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres47.6%
3-5 yrsBrakes17.9%
3-5 yrsVisibility13.1%
3-5 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks8.6%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment5.8%
3-5 yrsEverything else7.0%
6-9 yrsTyres37.6%
6-9 yrsBrakes21.4%
6-9 yrsSuspension9.4%
6-9 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks8.1%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment8.0%
6-9 yrsEverything else15.5%
10-13 yrsSuspension29.5%
10-13 yrsTyres22.8%
10-13 yrsBrakes17.6%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment12.9%
10-13 yrsVisibility7.0%
10-13 yrsEverything else10.2%
14+ yrsSuspension36.4%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment18.0%
14+ yrsTyres14.8%
14+ yrsBrakes13.6%
14+ yrsVisibility4.6%
14+ yrsEverything else12.6%

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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.