Pass rate
81.4%
Around average — 8.4 pts ahead of the 73.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 548 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £21–£54
2007 Jaguar Xjr MOT pass rate
- 2007
- typical 90,990 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
26.8% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2017 90.9% pass
- Avoid 2004 77.3% pass
Across the 14 years on record, a spread of 13.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 77.7%
- Typical mileage
- 91k mi
The 2007 Jaguar Xjr MOT pass rate is 81.4% of its MOT tests — 8.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.8% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 26.8% of everything recorded on the 2007 Jaguar Xjr, against 21.0% nationally — 5.8 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.
- 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 73.0% and this one manages 81.4% — 8.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 23% 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 2007 Jaguar Xjr compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.0%, so this figure is 8.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 77.7%. The median 2007 Jaguar Xjr in this dataset had covered 90,990 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 81.9% of the time, April–September 80.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 9.12% of tests.
- 548 recorded tests behind this page.
- 81.4% overall pass rate, 77.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Jaguar Xjr, the average is 81.6% — best year 2017 (90.9%), worst 2004 (77.3%).
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
- 548
- Typical mileage (median)
- 90,990 mi
- Make and model
- Jaguar Xjr
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Xjr MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 66% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Jaguar Xjr is most common
Across all Xjr model years on record (2000–2018): 2,220 Jaguar Xjr cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 5,009 tests. Guildford (GU) has the most, with 65 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 | Guildford (GU) | 65 | 77.4% |
| 2 | Birmingham (B) | 60 | 82.9% |
| 3 | Coventry (CV) | 57 | 80.6% |
| 4 | Reading (RG) | 52 | 84.7% |
| 5 | Bristol (BS) | 45 | 77.9% |
| 6 | Nottingham (NG) | 43 | 81.0% |
| 7 | Ashford (TN) | 42 | 75.8% |
| 8 | Chelmsford (CM) | 41 | 81.2% |
| 9 | Crawley (RH) | 41 | 77.8% |
| 10 | Oxford (OX) | 39 | 83.5% |
| 11 | Peterborough (PE) | 38 | 80.5% |
| 12 | Derby (DE) | 38 | 88.4% |
| 13 | High Wycombe (HP) | 37 | 84.9% |
| 14 | Kingston upon Thames (KT) | 37 | 85.5% |
| 15 | Leicester (LE) | 34 | 85.5% |
| 16 | Northampton (NN) | 34 | 86.5% |
| 17 | Hounslow (TW) | 34 | 85.7% |
| 18 | London (SE) | 32 | 88.5% |
| 19 | Southampton (SO) | 31 | 77.5% |
| 20 | Sheffield (S) | 31 | 82.1% |
The twenty areas with the most Jaguar Xjr 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 Xjr
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 197 | 78.7% |
| East of England | 53 | 83.0% |
| Scotland | 45 | 77.8% |
| London | 45 | 86.7% |
| West Midlands | 44 | 90.9% |
| South West | 44 | 81.8% |
| North West | 33 | 81.8% |
| East Midlands | 29 | 89.7% |
| North East | 23 | 78.3% |
| Wales | 18 | 66.7% |
| Yorkshire | 17 | 82.4% |
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 2007 Xjr
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 2007 Xjr
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 suspension joints 9.1% 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 lights 4.0% of tests
“malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction”
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.
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Check the windscreen 3.8% 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.
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 2007 Xjr through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £21–£54 — and 23% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £21–£54
- 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
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 23%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 548 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 Xjr, side by side
14 model years on record, from 2000 to 2018. Across them the pass rate runs from 77.3% to 90.9% — a spread of 13.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 81.0% component mounting prescribed…
- 2001 80.0% component mounting prescribed…
- 2002 79.8% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2003 80.0% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2004 77.3% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2005 78.5% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2006 80.2% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2007 81.4%ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2008 83.1% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2014 87.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 88.0% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2016 89.2% has a bulge, caused by separation…
- 2017 90.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 89.4% has a cut in excess of 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 2007 Jaguar Xjr 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 2007 cars with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz S-Class 81.4%
- Audi Q7 81.7%
- Nissan 350 Z 81.1%
- Lexus IS250 81.8%
- Porsche Cayenne 80.9%
- BMW 530 80.8%
Closest pass rates among 2007 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 2007 Jaguar Xjr 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 972 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 | 265 | 26.80% | 20.98% | +5.82 |
| Brakes | 209 | 21.10% | 20.89% | +0.21 |
| Tyres | 166 | 16.80% | 19.76% | −2.96 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 95 | 9.60% | 12.21% | −2.61 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 73 | 7.40% | 5.52% | +1.88 |
| Steering | 56 | 5.70% | 2.57% | +3.13 |
| Visibility | 48 | 4.90% | 4.97% | −0.07 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 24 | 2.40% | 5.57% | −3.17 |
| Non-component advisories | 18 | 1.80% | 4.18% | −2.38 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 18 | 1.80% | 1.76% | +0.04 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 9.1% | £18–45 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 4.2% | £18–45 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 4.2% | £18–45 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 4.0% | £3–12 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.8% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 3.5% | £18–45 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.5% | £5–20 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of… Steering | Major | 3.1% | £18–45 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 2.0% | £18–45 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.5% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 12.0% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 11.1% | £40–150 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 10.6% | £80–180 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 7.1% | £180–450 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 6.8% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 28 | 85.7% | 23,879 mi |
| 30-60k | 94 | 79.8% | 49,027 mi |
| 60-90k | 149 | 85.9% | 76,002 mi |
| 90-120k | 142 | 74.6% | 103,892 mi |
| 120k+ | 135 | 83.7% | 158,256 mi |
Source: 548 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.
2007 Xjr MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2007 Jaguar Xjr?
81.4% of the 548 2007 Jaguar Xjr tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.0% for cars first used in 2007. First-attempt pass rate: 77.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2007 Jaguar Xjr?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (9.12%), linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (4.20%), track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (4.20%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2007 Jaguar Xjr MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 85.7% of the time, falling to 83.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2007 Jaguar Xjr in this dataset had covered 90,990 mi.
Does the season affect the 2007 Jaguar Xjr MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 81.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 80.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.