Pass rate
92.0%
Above average — 4.1 pts ahead of the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 213 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £22–£58
2018 Jaguar Eagle MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 27,250 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
45.7% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 96.6% pass
- Avoid 2008 72.7% pass
Across the 14 years on record, a spread of 23.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 91.4%
- Typical mileage
- 27k mi
The 2018 Jaguar Eagle MOT pass rate is 92.0% of its MOT tests — 4.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 45.7% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Jaguar Eagle does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.3× the national share
Tyres make up 45.7% of everything recorded on the 2018 Jaguar Eagle, against 19.8% nationally — 25.9 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 87.9% and this one manages 92.0% — 4.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 32% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
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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How does the 2018 Jaguar Eagle compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 4.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 91.4%. The median 2018 Jaguar Eagle in this dataset had covered 27,250 mi.
85% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 90.6% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 89.8% of the time, April–September 96.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 2.82% of tests.
- 213 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.0% overall pass rate, 91.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Jaguar Eagle, the average is 88.3% — best year 2020 (96.6%), worst 2008 (72.7%).
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
- 213
- Typical mileage (median)
- 27,250 mi
- Make and model
- Jaguar Eagle
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Eagle MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 65% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (85% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Eagle
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 59 | 79.7% |
| East of England | 41 | 95.1% |
| West Midlands | 33 | 100.0% |
| North West | 16 | 93.8% |
| Scotland | 16 | 87.5% |
| South West | 15 | 100.0% |
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 Eagle
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 Eagle
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 lights 2.8% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
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.
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Check the brakes 1.9% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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Check the coil springs 1.9% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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 Eagle through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £22–£58 — and 32% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £22–£58
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: buckle not functioning as intended
- £40–£120
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 32%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 213 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 Eagle, side by side
14 model years on record, from 2006 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 72.7% to 96.6% — a spread of 23.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2006 78.2% wipers does not clear the…
- 2007 82.4% position lamp not working
- 2008 72.7% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2010 73.1% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2011 81.8% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2012 85.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 88.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 84.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 88.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 94.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 92.0% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2018 92.0%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2019 93.2% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2020 96.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
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 Eagle 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
- Audi Q2 92.0%
- Audi Tt 92.1%
- Abarth 124 Spider Multiair 91.9%
- Skoda Karoq 92.2%
- Mazda Cx-3 91.8%
- Volkswagen T-Roc 92.3%
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 Eagle 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 81 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 37 | 45.70% | 19.76% | +25.94 |
| Brakes | 18 | 22.20% | 20.89% | +1.31 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 13 | 16.00% | 12.21% | +3.79 |
| Suspension | 6 | 7.40% | 20.98% | −13.58 |
| Non-component advisories | 3 | 3.70% | 4.18% | −0.48 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 1.20% | 5.52% | −4.32 |
| Visibility | 1 | 1.20% | 4.97% | −3.77 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1 | 1.20% | 0.82% | +0.38 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 1.20% | 0.75% | +0.45 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.8% | £5–20 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.9% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 1.9% | £25–65 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 1.4% | £45–110 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.94% | £30–80 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.94% | £5–20 |
| Buckle not functioning as intended Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 0.47% | £40–120 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.47% | £45–95 |
| Has a lump, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.47% | £45–95 |
| Has a welding defect Road Wheels | Major | 0.47% | £20–55 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 9.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 4.2% | £18–45 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.4% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 121 | 95.0% | 18,762 mi |
| 30-60k | 69 | 92.8% | 38,775 mi |
| 60-90k | 23 | 73.9% | 70,750 mi |
Source: 213 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 Eagle MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Jaguar Eagle?
92.0% of the 213 2018 Jaguar Eagle tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 91.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Jaguar Eagle?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (2.82%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (1.88%), coil spring fractured or broken (1.88%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Jaguar Eagle MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 95.0% of the time, falling to 73.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Jaguar Eagle in this dataset had covered 27,250 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2018 Jaguar Eagle?
Diesel: 90.6% pass rate across 180 tests. Petrol: 100.0% pass rate across 33 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2018 Jaguar Eagle MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 89.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 96.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.