Jaguar XE years to avoid: the later ones

Based on 43,688 real MOT tests from DVSA records. Each year is compared against every other car first registered the same year — otherwise the numbers would only tell you that older cars fail more, which you knew.

The short answer

Avoid 2019 to 2020. The worst is the 2019, which fails its MOT 37% more often than other cars of the same age. The 2015 is the strongest, failing 16% less often than average.

Found a Jaguar XE you like?

Averages tell you what to expect. Its registration tells you what actually happened — every MOT, every advisory, and whether the mileage adds up.

Every XE model year

Shaded rows are the years that differ most from other cars of the same age — worse, better.

MOT failure rate by registration year for the Jaguar XE
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2015	8,712	16.4%	16% better
2016	12,418	15.8%	about average
2017	10,665	13.5%	about average
2018	5,717	13.4%	about average
2019 Worst	4,732	14.0%	37% worse
2020	1,444	12.2%	33% worse

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Jaguar XE, grouped by the year the car was first registered. Retests are excluded, so a car that failed and was fixed still counts as a failure. Each year's rate is then divided by the rate for all cars first registered that year — so 120 means 20% more failures than its contemporaries, not 20% more than a brand new car.

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