Pass rate
89.4%
Above average — 1.5 pts ahead of the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 274 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £32–£76
2018 Jaguar Xjr MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 38,397 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
41.6% 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 →
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
- 88.3%
- Typical mileage
- 38k mi
The 2018 Jaguar Xjr MOT pass rate is 89.4% of its MOT tests — 1.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 41.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Jaguar Xjr does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.1× the national share
Tyres make up 41.6% of everything recorded on the 2018 Jaguar Xjr, against 19.8% nationally — 21.8 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.
- Based on a small sample. 274 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 Xjr compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 1.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 88.3%. The median 2018 Jaguar Xjr in this dataset had covered 38,397 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 85.6% of the time, April–September 92.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", noted on 1.82% of tests.
- 274 recorded tests behind this page.
- 89.4% overall pass rate, 88.3% 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
- 274
- Typical mileage (median)
- 38,397 mi
- Make and model
- Jaguar Xjr
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Xjr MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 77% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Xjr
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 62 | 87.1% |
| East of England | 44 | 95.5% |
| South West | 30 | 90.0% |
| Yorkshire | 29 | 82.8% |
| West Midlands | 27 | 88.9% |
| North West | 25 | 88.0% |
| East Midlands | 25 | 96.0% |
| Scotland | 16 | 93.8% |
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 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 2018 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 lights 1.8% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
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 1.5% 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 1.5% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
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.
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 Xjr through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £32–£76 — and 36% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £32–£76
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 36%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 274 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 2018 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 2018 cars with a similar record
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 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 207 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 | 87 | 41.60% | 19.76% | +21.84 |
| Brakes | 63 | 30.10% | 20.89% | +9.21 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 15 | 7.20% | 12.21% | −5.01 |
| Suspension | 14 | 6.70% | 20.98% | −14.28 |
| Visibility | 9 | 4.30% | 4.97% | −0.67 |
| Non-component advisories | 7 | 3.30% | 4.18% | −0.88 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 5 | 2.40% | 1.76% | +0.64 |
| Road Wheels | 4 | 1.90% | 0.75% | +1.15 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 1.00% | 5.57% | −4.57 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 0.50% | 5.52% | −5.02 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.8% | £45–95 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.8% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.5% | £80–200 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.5% | £8–22 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.1% | £30–80 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 0.73% | £18–45 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.73% | £3–15 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.73% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads incorrectly mounted Brakes | Major | 0.36% | £18–45 |
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 | 15.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 10.9% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 5.5% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.0% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 3.6% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 2.9% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 75 | 98.7% | 20,921 mi |
| 30-60k | 161 | 85.7% | 41,738 mi |
| 60-90k | 34 | 85.3% | 71,896 mi |
| 90-120k | 4 | 100.0% | 109,786 mi |
Source: 274 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 Xjr MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Jaguar Xjr?
89.4% of the 274 2018 Jaguar Xjr tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 88.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Jaguar Xjr?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.82%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (1.82%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.46%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Jaguar Xjr MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 98.7% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Jaguar Xjr in this dataset had covered 38,397 mi.
Does the season affect the 2018 Jaguar Xjr MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 85.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 92.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.