Pass rate
89.1%
Above average — 1.2 pts ahead of the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 34,369 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £31–£76
2018 Jaguar F-Pace MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 51,350 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
37.6% 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
- Best 2022 93.0% pass
- Avoid 2016 87.2% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 5.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 88.0%
- Typical mileage
- 51k mi
The 2018 Jaguar F-Pace MOT pass rate is 89.1% of its MOT tests — 1.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 37.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Jaguar F-Pace does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.8× the national share
Brakes make up 37.6% of everything recorded on the 2018 Jaguar F-Pace, against 20.9% nationally — 16.7 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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How does the 2018 Jaguar F-Pace compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 1.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 88.0%. The median 2018 Jaguar F-Pace in this dataset had covered 51,350 mi.
85% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 88.9% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 89.1% of the time, April–September 89.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 1.94% of tests.
- 34,369 recorded tests behind this page.
- 89.1% overall pass rate, 88.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Jaguar F-Pace, the average is 88.8% — best year 2022 (93.0%), worst 2016 (87.2%).
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
- 34,369
- Typical mileage (median)
- 51,350 mi
- Make and model
- Jaguar F-Pace
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the F-Pace MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 74% 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 F-Pace
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 7,908 | 88.7% |
| North West | 4,445 | 88.6% |
| East of England | 4,220 | 90.1% |
| Yorkshire | 3,290 | 90.0% |
| West Midlands | 3,104 | 90.5% |
| South West | 2,736 | 87.0% |
| East Midlands | 2,486 | 89.4% |
| Scotland | 2,310 | 87.9% |
| London | 1,358 | 90.3% |
| North East | 1,272 | 91.2% |
| Wales | 1,236 | 87.7% |
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 F-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 F-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 windscreen 1.9% 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 brakes 1.3% 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 tyre tread 1.3% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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 F-Pace through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £31–£76 — and 37% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £31–£76
- 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
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 37%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 34,369 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 F-Pace, side by side
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.
- 2016 87.2% track rod end ball joint has…
- 2017 87.7% track rod end ball joint has…
- 2018 89.1%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 89.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 90.7% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 91.8% wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 93.0% joints constant velocity boot…
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 F-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 X5 89.1%
- Mercedes-Benz B-Class 89.1%
- BMW 318 89.1%
- BMW 430 89.1%
- Subaru Forester 89.1%
- Toyota Verso 89.1%
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 F-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 28,777 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 | 10,882 | 37.60% | 20.89% | +16.71 |
| Tyres | 8,002 | 27.70% | 19.76% | +7.94 |
| Non-component advisories | 2,436 | 8.40% | 4.18% | +4.22 |
| Visibility | 2,266 | 7.80% | 4.97% | +2.83 |
| Steering | 1,289 | 4.50% | 2.57% | +1.93 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1,284 | 4.40% | 12.21% | −7.81 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1,280 | 4.40% | 5.52% | −1.12 |
| Suspension | 657 | 2.30% | 20.98% | −18.68 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 452 | 1.60% | 1.76% | −0.16 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 229 | 0.80% | 5.57% | −4.77 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.9% | £80–200 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.3% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.2% | £8–22 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.1% | £8–22 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.1% | £3–12 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.0% | £45–95 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 0.74% | £18–45 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 0.62% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.47% | £30–80 |
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 | 14.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 13.6% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.3% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.3% | £20–80 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.3% | £45–95 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Advisory | 2.0% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 3,820 | 92.3% | 23,693 mi |
| 30-60k | 18,686 | 90.0% | 45,414 mi |
| 60-90k | 9,735 | 87.1% | 71,650 mi |
| 90-120k | 1,803 | 85.8% | 100,332 mi |
| 120k+ | 322 | 82.6% | 133,888 mi |
Source: 34,369 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 F-Pace MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Jaguar F-Pace?
89.1% of the 34,369 2018 Jaguar F-Pace tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 88.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Jaguar F-Pace?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.94%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (1.26%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (1.25%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Jaguar F-Pace MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.3% of the time, falling to 82.6% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Jaguar F-Pace in this dataset had covered 51,350 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2018 Jaguar F-Pace?
Diesel: 88.9% pass rate across 29,045 tests. Petrol: 90.5% pass rate across 5,324 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2018 Jaguar F-Pace MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 89.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 89.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.