2016 Jaguar Xe: MOT pass rate and reliability

83.4% of 2016 Jaguar Xes pass the MOT first time, measured across 12,110 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 69,917 miles.

How the 2016 compares

  • Against all Jaguar Xes (84.7%, 42,993 tests): -1.3 points
  • Against all 2016 cars (80.9%): +2.5 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Jaguar Xe model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2016 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Jaguar Xe:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2015 82.8% 8,416 72,646
2016 83.4% 12,110 69,917
2017 85.5% 10,509 60,048
2018 85.7% 5,654 50,826
2019 86.7% 4,614 40,907
2020 87.4% 1,416 32,214
2021 91.7% 266 21,091

What this means if you are buying a 2016 Xe

The 2016 sits close to the Jaguar Xe average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What a 10-year-old car fails on

A 2016 car is 10 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is a shade above the middle of the range, still ordinary wear rather than a red flag, but worth checking against the service book for the car's age. On a 2016 Jaguar Xe the average at test was 69,917 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2021 at 91.7%, and the weakest in our data is 2015 at 82.8%. That 8.9 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2016 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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