Pass rate
94.3%
Above average — 3.6 pts ahead of the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 506 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £43–£102
2020 Jaguar Xj MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 26,108 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
55.7% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
2.6 pts up across model years — 4.7% in 2000, 7.3% in 2019.
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 94.3% pass · this year
- Avoid 2004 77.7% pass
Across the 21 years on record, a spread of 16.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 93.9%
- Typical mileage
- 26k mi
The 2020 Jaguar Xj MOT pass rate is 94.3% of its MOT tests — 3.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 55.7% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Jaguar Xj does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.8× the national share
Tyres make up 55.7% of everything recorded on the 2020 Jaguar Xj, against 19.8% nationally — 35.9 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 90.7% and this one manages 94.3% — 3.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 22% 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 2020 Jaguar Xj compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 3.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 93.9%. The median 2020 Jaguar Xj in this dataset had covered 26,108 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 92.9% of the time, April–September 95.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 1.98% of tests.
- 506 recorded tests behind this page.
- 94.3% overall pass rate, 93.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Jaguar Xj, the average is 82.3% — best year 2020 (94.3%), worst 2004 (77.7%).
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
- 506
- Typical mileage (median)
- 26,108 mi
- Make and model
- Jaguar Xj
- 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 Xj MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 75% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Xj
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 108 | 96.3% |
| North West | 67 | 94.0% |
| East of England | 59 | 91.5% |
| Yorkshire | 54 | 100.0% |
| South West | 53 | 86.8% |
| West Midlands | 51 | 92.2% |
| Scotland | 30 | 100.0% |
| East Midlands | 29 | 96.6% |
| London | 24 | 91.7% |
| Wales | 21 | 95.2% |
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 2020 Xj
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 2020 Xj
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 2.0% 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 0.6% of tests
“brake pads worn down to wear indicator”
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 lights 0.4% of tests
“headlamp aim too low”
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.
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 2020 Xj through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £43–£102 — and 22% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £43–£102
- 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
- 22%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 506 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 Xj, side by side
21 model years on record, from 2000 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 77.7% to 94.3% — a spread of 16.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 78.3% component mounting prescribed…
- 2001 80.3% component mounting prescribed…
- 2002 78.1% component mounting prescribed…
- 2003 78.8% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2004 77.7% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2005 79.6% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2006 79.2% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2007 79.2% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2008 81.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 81.9% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2010 81.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 82.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 84.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 83.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 84.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 87.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 87.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 90.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 91.0% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2019 92.1% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2020 94.3%windscreen damaged but not…
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 2020 Jaguar Xj 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 2020 cars with a similar record
- Mazda Cx-30 94.3%
- Volvo XC40 R-Design B4 94.3%
- SEAT Ateca Xperience 94.4%
- Toyota YARIS 94.1%
- Toyota Corolla Gr 94.1%
- Porsche Cayenne 94.0%
Closest pass rates among 2020 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 2020 Jaguar Xj 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 264 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 | 147 | 55.70% | 19.76% | +35.94 |
| Brakes | 50 | 18.90% | 20.89% | −1.99 |
| Visibility | 18 | 6.80% | 4.97% | +1.83 |
| Non-component advisories | 14 | 5.30% | 4.18% | +1.12 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 12 | 4.50% | 12.21% | −7.71 |
| Suspension | 8 | 3.00% | 20.98% | −17.98 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 7 | 2.70% | 5.52% | −2.82 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 1.10% | 1.76% | −0.66 |
| Road Wheels | 3 | 1.10% | 0.75% | +0.35 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 2 | 0.80% | 0.82% | −0.02 |
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 | 2.0% | £80–200 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads worn down to wear indicator Brakes | Major | 0.59% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.40% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.40% | £5–25 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.40% | £3–12 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.40% | £5–20 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.40% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.40% | £8–22 |
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 | 5.1% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 3.6% | £45–95 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.2% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 2.6% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 303 | 95.7% | 18,363 mi |
| 30-60k | 162 | 92.0% | 41,638 mi |
| 60-90k | 35 | 94.3% | 72,180 mi |
| 90-120k | 6 | 83.3% | 94,827 mi |
Source: 506 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.
2020 Xj MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Jaguar Xj?
94.3% of the 506 2020 Jaguar Xj tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 93.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Jaguar Xj?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.98%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.19%), has ply or cords exposed (1.19%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Jaguar Xj MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 95.7% of the time, falling to 83.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Jaguar Xj in this dataset had covered 26,108 mi.
Does the season affect the 2020 Jaguar Xj MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 92.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 95.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.