Jaguar XK MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Jaguar XK in Great Britain in 2025 — 22,685 tests. Figures cover every XK first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the XK ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
77.2%
4.9 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
22,685
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
4.9%
of XK first tests; national 7.3%

How many Jaguar XK cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 28,784 Jaguar XK cars that were taxed or on SORN: 17,410 taxed and 11,374 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 XK vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
17,410
60.5% of the 28,784 XK cars taxed or on SORN; 19 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
11,374
declared off the road by their keepers — 39.5% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed XK cars peaked at 27,331 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 9,921 (36.3%) to 17,410 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 3,423 at the end of 2014 to 11,374 at the end of 2025, up 232.3%. 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 XK cars, year by year

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

010k20k30k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed XK cars, year 2014: 27kTaxed XK cars, year 2015: 27kTaxed XK cars, year 2016: 26kTaxed XK cars, year 2017: 25kTaxed XK cars, year 2018: 24kTaxed XK cars, year 2019: 23kTaxed XK cars, year 2020: 22kTaxed XK cars, year 2021: 21kTaxed XK cars, year 2022: 20kTaxed XK cars, year 2023: 19kTaxed XK cars, year 2024: 18kTaxed XK cars, year 2025: 17k17k
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YearTaxed XK cars
201427,331
201526,994
201626,145
201725,090
201823,887
201923,124
202021,633
202121,237
202220,250
202319,110
202417,991
202517,410

XK 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)XK cars on SORN, year 2014: 3kXK cars on SORN, year 2015: 4kXK cars on SORN, year 2016: 4kXK cars on SORN, year 2017: 5kXK cars on SORN, year 2018: 6kXK cars on SORN, year 2019: 7kXK cars on SORN, year 2020: 8kXK cars on SORN, year 2021: 8kXK cars on SORN, year 2022: 9kXK cars on SORN, year 2023: 10kXK cars on SORN, year 2024: 11kXK cars on SORN, year 2025: 11k11k
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YearXK cars on SORN
20143,423
20153,845
20164,430
20175,292
20186,270
20197,011
20208,432
20218,407
20229,172
20239,916
202410,736
202511,374

Which model years survive

Taxed XK cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 17,410 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 484 taxed XK cars have no recorded year of manufacture and are not in the table, so the rows add up to 16,926. 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 XK cars
20149135.2%
20136743.9%
20127024.0%
20119375.4%
20101,0916.3%
20099285.3%
20081,1116.4%
20071,75810.1%
20061,5989.2%
20057294.2%
20046633.8%
20036803.9%
20026713.9%
20017734.4%
20006153.5%
19995883.4%
19987354.2%
19976653.8%
19961801.0%
All other build years (28 years, each under 1%)9155.3%

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 XK 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 XK ages

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

Jaguar XKAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Jaguar XK, vehicle age 11: 89.7%Jaguar XK, vehicle age 12: 88.3%Jaguar XK, vehicle age 13: 84.2%Jaguar XK, vehicle age 14: 82.3%Jaguar XK, vehicle age 15: 79.2%Jaguar XK, vehicle age 16: 77.2%Jaguar XK, vehicle age 17: 74.3%Jaguar XK, vehicle age 18: 74.7%Jaguar XK, vehicle age 19: 73.8%Jaguar XK, vehicle age 20: 80.8%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 XK 80.8%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)XK testsXK pass rateAll cars
111,14589.7%68.6%
1284788.3%65.8%
1388084.2%63.5%
141,21882.3%61.2%
151,42679.2%59.3%
161,23077.2%58.3%
171,44774.3%57.2%
182,30774.7%57.4%
192,19173.8%57.0%
2099680.8%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

XK ahead
-24-12+0+12+24Age 11: +21.1 points vs the average car11Age 12: +22.5 points vs the average carAge 13: +20.7 points vs the average car13Age 14: +21.1 points vs the average carAge 15: +19.9 points vs the average car15Age 16: +18.9 points vs the average carAge 17: +17.1 points vs the average car17Age 18: +17.3 points vs the average carAge 19: +16.8 points vs the average car19Age 20: +23.2 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
11+21.1
12+22.5
13+20.7
14+21.1
15+19.9
16+18.9
17+17.1
18+17.3
19+16.8
20+23.2

The XK fleet on the road, by age

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

07501k2k3kAge 11: 1k11Age 12: 847Age 13: 88013Age 14: 1kAge 15: 1k15Age 16: 1kAge 17: 1k17Age 18: 2kAge 19: 2k19Age 20: 99620Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
111,145
12847
13880
141,218
151,426
161,230
171,447
182,307
192,191
20996

What an XK fails on

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

Suspension30.0%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.7%
Brakes14.9%
Tyres8.5%
Noise, emissions and leaks7.8%
Visibility7.2%
Steering6.0%
Body, chassis, structure4.8%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (95.8% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Suspension: 33.9% of advisories33.9%Tyres: 24.6% of advisories24.6%Brakes: 21.0% of advisories21.0%Body, chassis, structure: 6.4% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 3.9% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 2.9% of advisories
SuspensionTyresBrakesBody, chassis, structureNoise, emissions and leaksNon-component advisories
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension33.9%
Tyres24.6%
Brakes21.0%
Body, chassis, structure6.4%
Noise, emissions and leaks3.9%
Non-component advisories2.9%

What mileage is normal for an XK?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) XK; 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 XK (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k111315171920Vehicle age (years)Age 11: typical 41,250 miles (middle half 26,250–56,250)Age 12: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 31,250–61,250)Age 13: typical 51,250 miles (middle half 36,250–68,750)Age 14: typical 53,750 miles (middle half 41,250–73,750)Age 15: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 46,250–81,250)Age 16: typical 66,250 miles (middle half 48,750–86,250)Age 17: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 51,250–93,750)Age 18: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 53,750–98,750)Age 19: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 56,250–103,750)Age 20: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 51,250–93,750)71k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
1126,25041,25056,250
1231,25043,75061,250
1336,25051,25068,750
1441,25053,75073,750
1546,25061,25081,250
1648,75066,25086,250
1751,25068,75093,750
1853,75073,75098,750
1956,25078,750103,750
2051,25071,25093,750

What fails at each age

The XK'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.

SuspensionTyresVisibilityLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentBrakesNoise, emissions and leaksEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
10-13 yrsSuspension33.6%
10-13 yrsTyres23.8%
10-13 yrsVisibility12.4%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment11.0%
10-13 yrsBrakes8.6%
10-13 yrsEverything else10.6%
14+ yrsSuspension32.1%
14+ yrsBrakes16.0%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment13.7%
14+ yrsTyres8.2%
14+ yrsNoise, emissions and leaks8.2%
14+ yrsEverything else21.8%

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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.