Pass rate
89.7%
Above average — 0.2 pts ahead of the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 10,986 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £31–£75
2019 Jaguar Xf MOT pass rate
- 2019
- typical 37,897 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
39.0% 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 →
2.0 pts up across model years — 4.2% in 2008, 6.2% in 2020.
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 91.6% pass
- Avoid 2009 75.8% pass
Across the 15 years on record, a spread of 15.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 88.7%
- Typical mileage
- 38k mi
The 2019 Jaguar Xf MOT pass rate is 89.7% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 39.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Jaguar Xf does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.9× the national share
Brakes make up 39.0% of everything recorded on the 2019 Jaguar Xf, against 20.9% nationally — 18.1 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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How does the 2019 Jaguar Xf compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 89.5%, so this figure is 0.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 88.7%. The median 2019 Jaguar Xf in this dataset had covered 37,897 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 54% of tests, with a 88.9% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 90.0% of the time, April–September 89.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 1.82% of tests.
- 10,986 recorded tests behind this page.
- 89.7% overall pass rate, 88.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Jaguar Xf, the average is 82.1% — best year 2021 (91.6%), worst 2009 (75.8%).
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
- 10,986
- Typical mileage (median)
- 37,897 mi
- Make and model
- Jaguar Xf
- 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 Xf 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 (54% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Xf
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 2,539 | 89.3% |
| North West | 1,389 | 88.6% |
| Scotland | 1,129 | 87.8% |
| East of England | 1,015 | 91.6% |
| Yorkshire | 1,008 | 90.3% |
| West Midlands | 1,003 | 90.9% |
| South West | 913 | 89.3% |
| East Midlands | 691 | 89.7% |
| North East | 487 | 90.8% |
| London | 445 | 90.3% |
| Wales | 362 | 91.4% |
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 2019 Xf
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 2019 Xf
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 1.8% 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 wipers and washers 1.6% 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.
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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.
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 2019 Xf through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £31–£75 — and 40% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £31–£75
- 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
- 40%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 10,986 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 Xf, side by side
15 model years on record, from 2007 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 75.8% to 91.6% — a spread of 15.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2007 76.7% position lamp not working
- 2008 75.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 75.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 77.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 78.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 79.3% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2013 80.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 81.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 84.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 88.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 89.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 89.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 89.7%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 89.7% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 91.6% wipers does not clear the…
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 2019 Jaguar Xf 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 2019 cars with a similar record
- Nissan Qashqai 89.7%
- Vauxhall Grandland 89.7%
- Hyundai I10 89.7%
- Peugeot 2008 89.7%
- Alfa Romeo Giulia 89.7%
- Mitsubishi L200 Challenger Di-D 89.7%
Closest pass rates among 2019 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 2019 Jaguar Xf 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 9,099 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 | 3,565 | 39.00% | 20.89% | +18.11 |
| Tyres | 3,424 | 37.50% | 19.76% | +17.74 |
| Visibility | 687 | 7.50% | 4.97% | +2.53 |
| Non-component advisories | 432 | 4.70% | 4.18% | +0.52 |
| Suspension | 297 | 3.30% | 20.98% | −17.68 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 231 | 2.50% | 12.21% | −9.71 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 204 | 2.20% | 5.52% | −3.32 |
| Road Wheels | 121 | 1.30% | 0.75% | +0.55 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 90 | 1.00% | 1.76% | −0.76 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 48 | 0.50% | 5.57% | −5.07 |
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 | 1.8% | £80–200 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.6% | £8–22 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.3% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.1% | £8–22 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.0% | £3–12 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 0.94% | £8–22 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.58% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.52% | £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 | 15.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 14.2% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 13.1% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.6% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 2.2% | £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 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 3,554 | 92.3% | 21,597 mi |
| 30-60k | 5,590 | 89.4% | 42,763 mi |
| 60-90k | 1,471 | 86.0% | 71,154 mi |
| 90-120k | 265 | 86.4% | 101,437 mi |
| 120k+ | 106 | 82.1% | 145,567 mi |
Source: 10,986 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.
2019 Xf MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2019 Jaguar Xf?
89.7% of the 10,986 2019 Jaguar Xf tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 89.5% for cars first used in 2019. First-attempt pass rate: 88.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2019 Jaguar Xf?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.82%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.57%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.37%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2019 Jaguar Xf MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.3% of the time, falling to 82.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2019 Jaguar Xf in this dataset had covered 37,897 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2019 Jaguar Xf?
Diesel: 88.9% pass rate across 5,968 tests. Petrol: 90.8% pass rate across 5,018 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2019 Jaguar Xf MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 90.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 89.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.