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Jaguar Xj MOT pass rate by year

How the Jaguar Xj's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1982 to 2019, across the DVSA record.

What is the Jaguar Xj MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Jaguar Xj model year, from the DVSA record. Only years with at least 1,000 tests are shown, so each figure is a real average rather than a handful of cars. The Jaguar Xj averages 23.3% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
198272.6%27.4%1,201
198370.4%29.6%1,840
198471.1%28.9%2,471
198572.0%28.0%2,972
198670.9%29.1%2,621
198769.4%30.6%2,558
198868.9%31.1%6,585
198967.4%32.6%10,775
199069.6%30.4%12,967
199169.1%30.9%9,867
199269.7%30.3%15,247
199369.6%30.4%20,861
199471.9%28.1%31,768
199573.1%26.9%57,205
199674.2%25.8%64,192
199774.0%26.0%65,614
199873.9%26.1%75,795
199974.1%25.9%40,875
200076.2%23.8%37,661
200178.8%21.2%36,827
200278.5%21.5%29,156
200378.3%21.7%62,274
200478.5%21.5%51,318
200578.6%21.4%32,438
200678.8%21.2%36,522
200779.0%21.0%29,536
200880.3%19.7%19,306
200980.5%19.5%11,365
201083.0%17.0%24,382
201183.3%16.7%24,988
201284.3%15.7%15,005
201383.5%16.5%15,125
201484.6%15.4%11,819
201586.5%13.5%9,630
201688.3%11.7%9,353
201789.8%10.2%6,855
201890.7%9.3%4,250
201991.3%8.7%2,201

Does age change how often a Jaguar Xj fails?

Older Jaguar Xjs fail more often, as expected. The 1982 cars fail 27.4% of tests against 8.7% for the 2019. Across every year the model averages 23.3%. The 1989 is the weakest year at 32.6%, and the 2019 the strongest at 8.7%.

More on the Jaguar Xj

The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.

See also
Jaguar Xj: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them
All Jaguar models compared by MOT failure rate
MOT failure rates across Britain

Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain