Pass rate
Above average — 1.7 pts ahead of the 86.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 41,121 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£73
Pass rate
Above average — 1.7 pts ahead of the 86.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 41,121 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£73
Most common fault
Brakes
33.0% 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 →
2.2 pts down across model years — 3.8% in 2016, 1.6% in 2021.
Which year to buy
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 5.8 points. See every year →
The 2017 Jaguar F-Pace MOT pass rate is 87.7% of its MOT tests — 1.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 33.0% of what testers record.
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Jaguar F-Pace does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes make up 33.0% of everything recorded on the 2017 Jaguar F-Pace, against 20.9% nationally — 12.1 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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Cars of this age and mileage average 86.0%, so this figure is 1.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 86.1%. The median 2017 Jaguar F-Pace in this dataset had covered 60,136 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 89% of tests, with a 87.5% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 87.8% of the time, April–September 87.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Track rod end ball joint has excessive play", noted on 2.47% of tests.
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 77% so small gaps stay visible.
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (89% of tests).
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 9,338 | 88.0% |
| North West | 5,046 | 87.3% |
| East of England | 4,773 | 88.1% |
| Yorkshire | 3,978 | 87.8% |
| West Midlands | 3,864 | 89.2% |
| South West | 3,362 | 84.3% |
| East Midlands | 3,083 | 88.1% |
| Scotland | 3,034 | 85.2% |
| London | 1,763 | 90.9% |
| North East | 1,530 | 89.9% |
| Wales | 1,343 | 87.0% |
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.
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
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.
Check the suspension joints 2.5% of tests
“track rod end ball joint has excessive play”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
Check the windscreen 2.2% 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.
Check the wipers and washers 1.4% 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.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£73 — and 32% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 41,121 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 →
7 model years on record, from 2016 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 87.2% to 93.0% — a spread of 5.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
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.
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Closest pass rates among 2017 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.
Shares of the 36,760 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 | 12,203 | 33.00% | 20.89% | +12.11 |
| Tyres | 9,690 | 26.20% | 19.76% | +6.44 |
| Steering | 3,914 | 10.60% | 2.57% | +8.03 |
| Non-component advisories | 2,911 | 7.90% | 4.18% | +3.72 |
| Visibility | 2,719 | 7.40% | 4.97% | +2.43 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1,670 | 4.50% | 5.52% | −1.02 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1,448 | 3.90% | 12.21% | −8.31 |
| Suspension | 1,249 | 3.40% | 20.98% | −17.58 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 553 | 1.50% | 1.76% | −0.26 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 403 | 1.10% | 5.57% | −4.47 |
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 2.5% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.2% | £80–200 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.4% | £8–22 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.1% | £3–12 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.99% | £18–45 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.96% | £8–22 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.94% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 0.63% | £8–22 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 0.62% | £18–45 |
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.
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 | 14.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.4% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 11.2% | £18–45 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Advisory | 5.4% | £18–45 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.7% | £20–80 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.4% | £45–95 |
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2,521 | 91.6% | 23,524 mi |
| 30-60k | 17,951 | 88.8% | 46,892 mi |
| 60-90k | 15,703 | 86.5% | 72,749 mi |
| 90-120k | 4,144 | 85.1% | 100,757 mi |
| 120k+ | 799 | 85.4% | 135,797 mi |
Source: 41,121 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.
87.7% of the 41,121 2017 Jaguar F-Pace tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 86.0% for cars first used in 2017. First-attempt pass rate: 86.1%.
The three most recorded items are track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.47%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.21%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.35%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 91.6% of the time, falling to 85.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2017 Jaguar F-Pace in this dataset had covered 60,136 mi.
Diesel: 87.5% pass rate across 36,438 tests. Petrol: 88.9% pass rate across 4,683 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 87.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 87.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.