Pass rate
80.8%
Around average — 7.7 pts ahead of the 73.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 99 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £24–£64
2008 Jaguar XK8 MOT pass rate
- 2008
- typical 78,366 mi
Only 99 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Suspension
34.9% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2004 82.1% pass
- Avoid 2000 77.0% pass
Across the 9 years on record, a spread of 5.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 77.6%
- Typical mileage
- 78k mi
The 2008 Jaguar XK8 MOT pass rate is 80.8% of its MOT tests — 7.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 34.9% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Jaguar XK8 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.7× the national share
Suspension accounts for 34.9% of everything recorded on the 2008 Jaguar Xk8, against 21.0% nationally — 13.9 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.
- 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 73.1% and this one manages 80.8% — 7.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 11% 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 2008 Jaguar XK8 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.1%, so this figure is 7.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 77.6%. The median 2008 Jaguar XK8 in this dataset had covered 78,366 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 80.4% of the time, April–September 81.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 8.08% of tests.
- 99 recorded tests behind this page.
- 80.8% overall pass rate, 77.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Jaguar XK8, the average is 80.2% — best year 2004 (82.1%), worst 2000 (77.0%).
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
- 99
- Typical mileage (median)
- 78,366 mi
- Make and model
- Jaguar XK8
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
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 XK8 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 56% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the XK8
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| North West | 30 | 86.7% |
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 2008 XK8
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 2008 XK8
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 8.1% 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 shock absorbers 3.0% of tests
“shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush”
Press down hard on each corner of the car and let go. It should settle in one bounce; if it keeps rocking, or you can see oil weeping down a shock absorber, that is the fault a tester will find.
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Check the lights 2.0% of tests
“position lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning”
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 2008 XK8 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £24–£64 — and 11% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £24–£64
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: parking brake performance inoperative on one…
- £60–£150
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 11%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 99 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 XK8, side by side
9 model years on record, from 2000 to 2008. Across them the pass rate runs from 77.0% to 82.1% — a spread of 5.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 77.0% catalyst emissions lambda reading…
- 2001 80.6% anti-lock braking system warning…
- 2002 79.8% anti-lock braking system warning…
- 2003 79.6% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2004 82.1% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2005 82.0% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2006 80.5% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2007 79.5% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2008 80.8%ball joint dust cover severely…
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 2008 Jaguar XK8 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 2008 cars with a similar record
Closest pass rates among 2008 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 2008 Jaguar XK8 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 146 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 | 51 | 34.90% | 20.98% | +13.92 |
| Tyres | 30 | 20.50% | 19.76% | +0.74 |
| Brakes | 28 | 19.20% | 20.89% | −1.69 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 11 | 7.50% | 12.21% | −4.71 |
| Steering | 8 | 5.50% | 2.57% | +2.93 |
| Road Wheels | 8 | 5.50% | 0.75% | +4.75 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 5 | 3.40% | 5.52% | −2.12 |
| Visibility | 3 | 2.10% | 4.97% | −2.87 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 0.70% | 5.57% | −4.87 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 0.70% | 1.76% | −1.06 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 8.1% | £18–45 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 7.1% | £18–45 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 5.0% | £18–45 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 3.0% | £18–45 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 3.0% | £60–150 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.0% | £45–110 |
| Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush Suspension | Major | 3.0% | £30–75 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.0% | £40–150 |
| Position lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.0% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £5–20 |
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 | 14.1% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 9.1% | £40–150 |
| Badly distorted Road Wheels | Advisory | 8.1% | £20–55 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 6.1% | £18–45 |
| Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush Suspension | Advisory | 6.1% | £30–75 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 10 | 100.0% | 23,418 mi |
| 30-60k | 20 | 90.0% | 44,480 mi |
| 60-90k | 42 | 78.6% | 76,677 mi |
| 90-120k | 17 | 64.7% | 106,865 mi |
| 120k+ | 10 | 80.0% | 133,369 mi |
Source: 99 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.
2008 XK8 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2008 Jaguar XK8?
80.8% of the 99 2008 Jaguar XK8 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.1% for cars first used in 2008. First-attempt pass rate: 77.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2008 Jaguar XK8?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (8.08%), track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (7.07%), linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.05%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2008 Jaguar XK8 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 80.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2008 Jaguar XK8 in this dataset had covered 78,366 mi.
Does the season affect the 2008 Jaguar XK8 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 80.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 81.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.