Pass rate
77.3%
Around average — 2.6 pts ahead of the 74.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 642 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £49–£130
2010 Jaguar X-Type MOT pass rate
- 2010
- typical 98,866 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
35.9% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2010 77.3% pass · this year
- Avoid 2004 69.2% pass
Across the 10 years on record, a spread of 8.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 71.2%
- Typical mileage
- 99k mi
The 2010 Jaguar X-Type MOT pass rate is 77.3% of its MOT tests — 2.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 35.9% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.7× the national share
Suspension accounts for 35.9% of everything recorded on the 2010 Jaguar X-Type, against 21.0% nationally — 14.9 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 28% 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 2010 Jaguar X-Type compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.7%, so this figure is 2.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 71.2%. The median 2010 Jaguar X-Type in this dataset had covered 98,866 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 94% of tests, with a 77.5% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 77.3% of the time, April–September 77.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength", noted on 2.49% of tests.
- 642 recorded tests behind this page.
- 77.3% overall pass rate, 71.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Jaguar X-Type, the average is 71.3% — best year 2010 (77.3%), worst 2004 (69.2%).
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
- 642
- Typical mileage (median)
- 98,866 mi
- Make and model
- Jaguar X-Type
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Corrosion Welding Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the X-Type MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 63% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (94% of tests).
Where the Jaguar X-Type is most common
Across all X-Type model years on record (2001–2010): 37,853 Jaguar X-Type cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 93,217 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 1,352 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.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham (B) | 1,352 | 76.9% |
| 2 | Sheffield (S) | 1,024 | 73.2% |
| 3 | Peterborough (PE) | 899 | 70.8% |
| 4 | Nottingham (NG) | 760 | 69.3% |
| 5 | Coventry (CV) | 757 | 74.1% |
| 6 | Leicester (LE) | 654 | 75.9% |
| 7 | Portsmouth (PO) | 650 | 69.6% |
| 8 | Norwich (NR) | 610 | 70.1% |
| 9 | Reading (RG) | 584 | 73.7% |
| 10 | Ashford (TN) | 566 | 71.4% |
| 11 | Southampton (SO) | 536 | 71.3% |
| 12 | Bristol (BS) | 532 | 67.8% |
| 13 | Cardiff (CF) | 527 | 67.3% |
| 14 | Derby (DE) | 526 | 72.0% |
| 15 | Manchester (M) | 524 | 74.4% |
| 16 | Poole (BH) | 520 | 69.7% |
| 17 | Guildford (GU) | 520 | 72.8% |
| 18 | Basildon (SS) | 515 | 79.6% |
| 19 | Ipswich (IP) | 502 | 67.6% |
| 20 | Chelmsford (CM) | 501 | 76.8% |
The twenty areas with the most Jaguar X-Type 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 →
Regional pass rates for the X-Type
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 124 | 82.3% |
| South West | 87 | 72.4% |
| North West | 70 | 70.0% |
| East of England | 67 | 71.6% |
| East Midlands | 59 | 72.9% |
| Yorkshire | 58 | 82.8% |
| Scotland | 52 | 73.1% |
| West Midlands | 50 | 86.0% |
| North East | 49 | 79.6% |
| Wales | 19 | 84.2% |
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 2010 X-Type
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 2010 X-Type
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 corrosion 2.5% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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Check the suspension joints 2.3% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
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.
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Check the coil springs 2.3% 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 2010 X-Type through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £49–£130 — and 28% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £49–£130
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 28%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 642 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 X-Type, side by side
10 model years on record, from 2001 to 2010. Across them the pass rate runs from 69.2% to 77.3% — a spread of 8.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2001 71.5% component mounting prescribed…
- 2002 70.8% component mounting prescribed…
- 2003 71.4% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2004 69.2% component mounting prescribed…
- 2005 69.7% component mounting prescribed…
- 2006 70.7% component mounting prescribed…
- 2007 71.0% component mounting prescribed…
- 2008 72.2% component mounting prescribed…
- 2009 73.5% component mounting prescribed…
- 2010 77.3%component mounting prescribed…
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 2010 Jaguar X-Type 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 2010 cars with a similar record
- Skoda Fabia 77.1%
- Suzuki Alto 77.1%
- Hyundai I10 76.9%
- Volkswagen Jetta 76.9%
- Suzuki Jimny 77.7%
- Nissan Micra 76.8%
Closest pass rates among 2010 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 2010 Jaguar X-Type 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 1,354 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 500 | 35.90% | 20.98% | +14.92 |
| Brakes | 273 | 19.60% | 20.89% | −1.29 |
| Tyres | 215 | 15.40% | 19.76% | −4.36 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 125 | 9.00% | 12.21% | −3.21 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 69 | 5.00% | 5.52% | −0.52 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 49 | 3.50% | 5.57% | −2.07 |
| Visibility | 39 | 2.80% | 4.97% | −2.17 |
| Non-component advisories | 31 | 2.20% | 4.18% | −1.98 |
| Road Wheels | 29 | 2.10% | 0.75% | +1.35 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 24 | 1.70% | 1.76% | −0.06 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 2.5% | £180–450 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.3% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 2.3% | £25–65 |
| Side repeaters lens defective which has no effect on emitted light Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.0% | £3–15 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £3–12 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.0% | £80–200 |
| Suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Major | 1.7% | £35–85 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.6% | £45–95 |
| On or after 01/07/2008 emissions exceed manufacturer's specified limit Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.4% | £60–250 |
| Position lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.4% | £5–25 |
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 | 16.0% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 15.1% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 11.1% | £25–65 |
| Suspension arm corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 10.1% | £35–85 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 9.3% | £180–450 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.3% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 11 | 90.9% | 17,353 mi |
| 30-60k | 80 | 81.3% | 47,570 mi |
| 60-90k | 183 | 79.2% | 75,683 mi |
| 90-120k | 184 | 78.8% | 104,852 mi |
| 120k+ | 184 | 71.2% | 149,272 mi |
Source: 642 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.
2010 X-Type MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2010 Jaguar X-Type?
77.3% of the 642 2010 Jaguar X-Type tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.7% for cars first used in 2010. First-attempt pass rate: 71.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2010 Jaguar X-Type?
The three most recorded items are component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (2.49%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (2.34%), coil spring fractured or broken (2.34%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2010 Jaguar X-Type MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.9% of the time, falling to 71.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2010 Jaguar X-Type in this dataset had covered 98,866 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2010 Jaguar X-Type?
Diesel: 77.5% pass rate across 604 tests. Petrol: 73.7% pass rate across 38 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2010 Jaguar X-Type MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 77.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 77.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.