Jaguar XJ MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Jaguar XJ in Great Britain in 2025 — 24,309 tests. Figures cover every XJ first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the XJ ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
75.9%
3.6 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
24,309
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
6.5%
of XJ first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
71,250
middle half: 51,250–93,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Jaguar XJ cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 43,078 Jaguar XJ cars that were taxed or on SORN: 22,805 taxed and 20,273 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 XJ vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
22,805
52.9% of the 43,078 XJ cars taxed or on SORN; 145 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
20,273
declared off the road by their keepers — 47.1% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed XJ cars peaked at 37,445 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 14,640 (39.1%) to 22,805 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 13,581 at the end of 2014 to 20,273 at the end of 2025, up 49.3%. 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 XJ cars, year by year

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

010k20k30k40k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed XJ cars, year 2014: 37kTaxed XJ cars, year 2015: 36kTaxed XJ cars, year 2016: 35kTaxed XJ cars, year 2017: 34kTaxed XJ cars, year 2018: 33kTaxed XJ cars, year 2019: 32kTaxed XJ cars, year 2020: 30kTaxed XJ cars, year 2021: 29kTaxed XJ cars, year 2022: 27kTaxed XJ cars, year 2023: 26kTaxed XJ cars, year 2024: 24kTaxed XJ cars, year 2025: 23k23k
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YearTaxed XJ cars
201437,445
201536,290
201635,374
201734,288
201832,976
201931,501
202029,671
202128,766
202227,240
202325,583
202423,976
202522,805

XJ 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.

05k10k15k20k25k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)XJ cars on SORN, year 2014: 14kXJ cars on SORN, year 2015: 14kXJ cars on SORN, year 2016: 15kXJ cars on SORN, year 2017: 17kXJ cars on SORN, year 2018: 17kXJ cars on SORN, year 2019: 18kXJ cars on SORN, year 2020: 19kXJ cars on SORN, year 2021: 19kXJ cars on SORN, year 2022: 19kXJ cars on SORN, year 2023: 20kXJ cars on SORN, year 2024: 20kXJ cars on SORN, year 2025: 20k20k
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YearXJ cars on SORN
201413,581
201514,488
201615,448
201716,596
201817,462
201918,024
202019,170
202118,966
202219,373
202319,872
202419,976
202520,273

Which model years survive

Taxed XJ cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 22,805 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 324 taxed XJ cars have no recorded year of manufacture and are not in the table, so the rows add up to 22,481. 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 XJ cars
20193941.7%
20186863.0%
20178703.8%
20169924.3%
20158983.9%
20149494.2%
20131,0384.6%
20129014.0%
20111,2795.6%
20101,1385.0%
20094532.0%
20087773.4%
20071,0214.5%
20061,0734.7%
20059414.1%
20041,3836.1%
20031,4296.3%
20023641.6%
20013971.7%
20003401.5%
19992801.2%
19985062.2%
19974111.8%
19964512.0%
19954582.0%
19942841.2%
19892931.3%
All other build years (36 years, each under 1%)2,47510.9%

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 XJ 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 XJ ages

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

Jaguar XJAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Jaguar XJ, vehicle age 7: 87.6%Jaguar XJ, vehicle age 8: 86.4%Jaguar XJ, vehicle age 9: 85.1%Jaguar XJ, vehicle age 10: 82.4%Jaguar XJ, vehicle age 11: 78.9%Jaguar XJ, vehicle age 12: 76.9%Jaguar XJ, vehicle age 13: 78.6%Jaguar XJ, vehicle age 14: 75.1%Jaguar XJ, vehicle age 15: 75.9%Jaguar XJ, vehicle age 16: 69.4%Jaguar XJ, vehicle age 17: 73.3%Jaguar XJ, vehicle age 18: 70.4%Jaguar XJ, vehicle age 19: 70.8%Jaguar XJ, vehicle age 20: 71.3%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 XJ 71.3%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)XJ testsXJ pass rateAll cars
773587.6%80.9%
890586.4%78.2%
91,08585.1%74.9%
1095682.4%71.9%
111,02378.9%68.6%
121,11476.9%65.8%
1398478.6%63.5%
141,45275.1%61.2%
151,27475.9%59.3%
1654569.4%58.3%
1795173.3%57.2%
181,28270.4%57.4%
191,31870.8%57.0%
201,14071.3%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

XJ ahead
-18-9+0+9+18Age 7: +6.7 points vs the average car7Age 8: +8.2 points vs the average carAge 9: +10.2 points vs the average car9Age 10: +10.5 points vs the average carAge 11: +10.3 points vs the average car11Age 12: +11.1 points vs the average carAge 13: +15.1 points vs the average car13Age 14: +13.9 points vs the average carAge 15: +16.6 points vs the average car15Age 16: +11.1 points vs the average carAge 17: +16.1 points vs the average car17Age 18: +13.0 points vs the average carAge 19: +13.8 points vs the average car19Age 20: +13.7 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
7+6.7
8+8.2
9+10.2
10+10.5
11+10.3
12+11.1
13+15.1
14+13.9
15+16.6
16+11.1
17+16.1
18+13.0
19+13.8
20+13.7

The XJ fleet on the road, by age

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

05001k1k2kAge 7: 7357Age 8: 905Age 9: 1k9Age 10: 956Age 11: 1k11Age 12: 1kAge 13: 98413Age 14: 1kAge 15: 1k15Age 16: 545Age 17: 95117Age 18: 1kAge 19: 1k19Age 20: 1k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
7735
8905
91,085
10956
111,023
121,114
13984
141,452
151,274
16545
17951
181,282
191,318
201,140

What an XJ fails on

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

Suspension28.7%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment15.7%
Brakes14.6%
Tyres10.6%
Noise, emissions and leaks7.7%
Visibility6.8%
Steering6.5%
Body, chassis, structure5.0%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (95.7% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Suspension: 32.6% of advisories32.6%Tyres: 25.3% of advisories25.3%Brakes: 24.0% of advisories24.0%Noise, emissions and leaks: 5.4% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 4.7% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 2.9% of advisories
SuspensionTyresBrakesNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureNon-component advisories
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension32.6%
Tyres25.3%
Brakes24.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.4%
Body, chassis, structure4.7%
Non-component advisories2.9%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid XJ?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested XJ 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: 73.9% of 12,636 tests73.9%Petrol12,636 testsDiesel: 78.0% of 11,636 tests78.0%Diesel11,636 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol12,63673.9%
Diesel11,63678.0%

What mileage is normal for an XJ?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) XJ; 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 XJ (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k79111315171920Vehicle age (years)Age 7: typical 46,250 miles (middle half 33,750–63,750)Age 8: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 41,250–76,250)Age 9: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 48,750–86,250)Age 10: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 51,250–93,750)Age 11: typical 81,250 miles (middle half 61,250–108,750)Age 12: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 71,250–116,250)Age 13: typical 93,750 miles (middle half 73,750–121,250)Age 14: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 78,750–128,750)Age 15: typical 103,750 miles (middle half 78,750–133,750)Age 16: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 66,250–118,750)Age 17: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 68,750–126,250)Age 18: typical 98,750 miles (middle half 73,750–128,750)Age 19: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 76,250–128,750)Age 20: typical 103,750 miles (middle half 78,750–131,250)103k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
733,75046,25063,750
841,25056,25076,250
948,75063,75086,250
1051,25071,25093,750
1161,25081,250108,750
1271,25091,250116,250
1373,75093,750121,250
1478,750101,250128,750
1578,750103,750133,750
1666,25091,250118,750
1768,75096,250126,250
1873,75098,750128,750
1976,250101,250128,750
2078,750103,750131,250

What fails at each age

The XJ'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.

TyresSuspensionLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNoise, emissions and leaksBrakesVisibilityEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
6-9 yrsTyres35.5%
6-9 yrsSuspension18.5%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment10.3%
6-9 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks9.9%
6-9 yrsBrakes8.2%
6-9 yrsEverything else17.6%
10-13 yrsSuspension35.5%
10-13 yrsTyres26.6%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment10.3%
10-13 yrsBrakes8.4%
10-13 yrsVisibility6.1%
10-13 yrsEverything else13.1%
14+ yrsSuspension30.8%
14+ yrsBrakes16.6%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment12.9%
14+ yrsNoise, emissions and leaks8.2%
14+ yrsTyres8.0%
14+ yrsEverything else23.5%

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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.