1992 Jaguar Xjs: MOT pass rate and reliability

75.6% of 1992 Jaguar Xjs pass the MOT first time, measured across 213 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 89,948 miles.

How the 1992 compares

  • Against all Jaguar Xjs (82.3%, 3,075 tests): -6.7 points
  • Against all 1992 cars (73.2%): +2.4 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Jaguar Xjs model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 1992 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Jaguar Xjs:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
1990 81.7% 334 78,606
1991 84.4% 231 81,677
1992 75.6% 213 89,948
1993 81.9% 299 95,095
1994 83.3% 287 91,459
1995 87.2% 328 85,542

What this means if you are buying a 1992 Xjs

The 1992 is a weaker year for this model, passing 6.7 points less often than the Jaguar Xjs average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 1992 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 a 34-year-old car fails on

A 1992 car is 34 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, the point where suspension bushes, drop links and exhaust corrosion start showing up as advisories before they become failures. On a 1992 Jaguar Xjs the average at test was 89,948 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 1995 at 87.2%, and the weakest in our data is 1992 at 75.6%. That 11.6 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 1992 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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