Pass rate
90.0%
Above average — 2.1 pts ahead of the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 33,028 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £27–£65
2018 Jaguar E-Pace MOT pass rate
- 2018
- 2 trims combined
- typical 44,433 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
40.8% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 93.9% pass
- Avoid 2017 89.3% pass
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 4.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 89.0%
- Typical mileage
- 44k mi
The 2018 Jaguar E-Pace MOT pass rate is 90.0% of its MOT tests — 2.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 40.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Jaguar E-Pace does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 2.0× the national share
Brakes make up 40.8% of everything recorded on the 2018 Jaguar E-Pace, against 20.9% nationally — 19.9 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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Every Jaguar E-Pace first registered in 2018 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2018 Jaguar E-Pace compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 2.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 89.0%. The median 2018 Jaguar E-Pace in this dataset had covered 44,433 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 79% of tests, with a 89.5% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 90.1% of the time, April–September 89.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively", noted on 1.67% of tests.
- 33,028 recorded tests behind this page.
- 90.0% overall pass rate, 89.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Jaguar E-Pace, the average is 90.5% — best year 2021 (93.9%), worst 2017 (89.3%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 33,028
- Typical mileage (median)
- 44,433 mi
- Make and model
- Jaguar E-Pace
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Wiper Blade
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the E-Pace MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 79% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (79% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the E-Pace
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 6,455 | 89.4% |
| North West | 4,631 | 89.4% |
| East of England | 3,706 | 91.0% |
| Yorkshire | 3,507 | 90.7% |
| West Midlands | 2,972 | 91.7% |
| Scotland | 2,941 | 88.3% |
| South West | 2,483 | 90.4% |
| East Midlands | 2,452 | 89.4% |
| North East | 1,365 | 91.3% |
| Wales | 1,324 | 87.9% |
| London | 1,192 | 92.2% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2018 E-Pace
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2018 E-Pace
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the wipers and washers 1.7% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the windscreen 1.3% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the lights 1.3% of tests
“malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2018 E-Pace through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £27–£65 — and 51% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £27–£65
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 51%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 33,028 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the E-Pace, side by side
6 model years on record, from 2017 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 89.3% to 93.9% — a spread of 4.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2017 89.3% wipers does not clear the…
- 2018 90.0%wipers does not clear the…
- 2019 90.4% wipers does not clear the…
- 2020 91.9% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 93.9% wipers blade defective
- 2022 91.2% has a cut in excess of the…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2018 Jaguar E-Pace with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2018 cars with a similar record
- BMW 320 90.0%
- BMW X4 90.0%
- Kia Stinger 90.0%
- Toyota C-Hr 90.1%
- Land Rover Range Rover Evoque 89.9%
- Kia Picanto 89.9%
Closest pass rates among 2018 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2018 Jaguar E-Pace 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 29,984 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 12,277 | 40.80% | 20.89% | +19.91 |
| Tyres | 10,967 | 36.40% | 19.76% | +16.64 |
| Visibility | 2,080 | 6.90% | 4.97% | +1.93 |
| Non-component advisories | 1,883 | 6.30% | 4.18% | +2.12 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 873 | 2.90% | 5.52% | −2.62 |
| Suspension | 823 | 2.70% | 20.98% | −18.28 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 543 | 1.80% | 12.21% | −10.41 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 292 | 1.00% | 1.76% | −0.76 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 133 | 0.40% | 5.57% | −5.17 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 113 | 0.40% | 0.82% | −0.42 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.7% | £8–22 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.3% | £80–200 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.3% | £3–12 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.2% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.1% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.81% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 0.71% | £45–110 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 0.61% | £8–22 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Rectified | 0.60% | £5–15 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 18.7% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 13.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 13.2% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 11.3% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.6% | £20–80 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.4% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 6,154 | 92.6% | 22,958 mi |
| 30-60k | 19,643 | 90.0% | 44,098 mi |
| 60-90k | 6,272 | 87.9% | 70,689 mi |
| 90-120k | 819 | 87.9% | 99,776 mi |
| 120k+ | 139 | 87.1% | 135,264 mi |
Source: 33,028 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2018 E-Pace MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Jaguar E-Pace?
90.0% of the 33,028 2018 Jaguar E-Pace tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 89.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Jaguar E-Pace?
The three most recorded items are wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.67%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.30%), malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (1.29%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Jaguar E-Pace MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.6% of the time, falling to 87.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Jaguar E-Pace in this dataset had covered 44,433 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2018 Jaguar E-Pace?
Diesel: 89.5% pass rate across 26,056 tests. Petrol: 92.0% pass rate across 6,967 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2018 Jaguar E-Pace MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 90.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 89.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.