Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag passed on its first attempt in 92.6%, and its overall record sits +12.0 percentage points above the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag in the 2023–2025 data: 14,108 tests across 3 model years (2019–2021). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag, the Visibility section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag, each with how many of the model's 14,108 tests it was noted on.

• "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords" (Major) — noted on about 210 Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag tests, 1.5% of the model's MOT record.
• "Wipers blade defective" (Minor) — noted on about 207 Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag tests, 1.5% of the model's MOT record.
• "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively" (Major) — noted on about 195 Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag tests, 1.4% of the model's MOT record.
• "Headlamp aim too high" (Rectified) — noted on about 137 Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag tests, 1.0% of the model's MOT record.
• "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view" (Minor) — noted on about 133 Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag tests, 0.9% of the model's MOT record.
• "Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick" (Major) — noted on about 104 Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag tests, 0.7% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag model year on record is 2021 (94.5% across 218 tests), and the weakest is 2019 (92.0%). The gap between them is 2.5 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag reliability is improving in the DVSA data — the pass rate moves about 1.3 points a year across the most recent model years shown above.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag Owners

These checks follow this Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag.

• the wipers and washers — “wipers blade defective”

  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.

• the lights — “headlamp aim too high”

  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.

• the windscreen — “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.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Where the Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag is most common

Across every E-Pace Chequered Flag model year on record (2019–2021): 7,472 Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 14,108 tests. Glasgow (G) has the most, with 222 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.

The twenty areas with the most Jaguar E-Pace Chequered Flag cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →

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