2008 Jaguar Xj: MOT pass rate and reliability

76.9% of 2008 Jaguar Xjs pass the MOT first time, measured across 862 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 100,594 miles.

How the 2008 compares

  • Against all Jaguar Xjs (79.1%, 23,446 tests): -2.2 points
  • Against all 2008 cars (64.7%): +12.2 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Jaguar Xj model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2008 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Jaguar Xj:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
1994 83.7% 209 88,921
1995 79.1% 425 101,702
1996 78.3% 613 103,303
1997 77.1% 633 102,798
1998 74.5% 654 92,279
1999 73.2% 396 90,955
2000 74% 461 91,554
2001 76.2% 555 93,342
2002 75.3% 503 92,643
2003 75% 1,607 111,006
2004 72.4% 1,592 107,118
2005 74.4% 1,072 106,533
2006 75% 1,297 105,591
2007 75.2% 1,171 104,552
2008 76.9% 862 100,594
2009 79.3% 556 95,364
2010 77.4% 1,311 104,825
2011 77.9% 1,488 101,135
2012 81.9% 997 94,114
2013 81.2% 1,123 92,200
2014 82.1% 1,009 83,409
2015 86.7% 935 70,553
2016 86% 1,025 64,743
2017 90.5% 870 56,565
2018 90.8% 662 45,990
2019 91.1% 415 34,138

What this means if you are buying a 2008 Xj

The 2008 is a weaker year for this model, passing 2.2 points less often than the Jaguar Xj average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2008 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. 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 an 18-year-old car fails on

A 2008 car is 18 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 above average and into the range where cambelts and water pumps are due if they have not already been done, so ask for the service history rather than take the mileage on trust. On a 2008 Jaguar Xj the average at test was 100,594 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 2019 at 91.1%, and the weakest in our data is 2004 at 72.4%. That 18.7 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2008 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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