Jaguar XF years to avoid: the later ones

Based on 101,603 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 2020. The worst is the 2020, which fails its MOT 26% more often than other cars of the same age. The 2016 is the strongest, failing 23% less often than average.

Found a Jaguar XF 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 XF 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 XF
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2008	5,649	29.8%	15% better
2009	7,259	28.2%	16% better
2010	9,852	26.6%	18% better
2011	8,567	24.3%	20% better
2012	10,172	23.5%	16% better
2013	11,315	21.5%	16% better
2014	12,484	20.1%	about average
2015	10,004	17.8%	about average
2016	8,640	13.1%	23% better
2017	7,118	11.4%	21% better
2018	5,849	10.5%	about average
2019	3,421	10.7%	about average
2020 Worst	1,273	11.6%	26% worse

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Jaguar XF, 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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