Jaguar XJS - 1990
209.0 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 1990 is 257.0 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Jaguar XJS, model year 1990.
Sample size: 406 cars, 737 tests and 1,540 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Quick summary
Total: 406 cars
The 1990 Jaguar XJS has a lower overall defect rate, with 209 defects per 100 vehicles compared to the average of 256 defects for cars of the same year, representing an 18.5% improvement. Notably, it performs significantly better in categories such as brakes, visibility, body/structure, and equipment, showing reductions in defect rates of 39%, 31%, 42%, and 69% respectively. Mileage trends indicate the highest defect rate in the lowest mileage category (436 per 100), with a general pattern of improved performance as mileage increases. Overall, the Jaguar XJS stands out positively against its peers, particularly in critical safety and structural aspects.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 406 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 38.7% better
62.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 101.8 / 100 tests
- Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
Steering
▼ 3.9% worse
26.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 25.6 / 100 tests
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
Visibility
▲ 30.7% better
14.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 21.2 / 100 tests
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper not operating or missing
Lights & Electrics
▲ 8.9% better
53.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 58.7 / 100 tests
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- A mandatory tell-tale: for direction indicators or hazard warning missing or inoperative
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 4.2% better
169.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 177.0 / 100 tests
- A wheel bearing: with excessive play
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
Body/Structure
▲ 43.8% better
35.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 62.3 / 100 tests
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Body, cab or chassis: excessively corroded at mounting points
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
- Body, cab or chassis: excessively corroded at mounting points
Equipment
▲ 70.7% better
4.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.7 / 100 tests
- is significantly reduced or The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any seat belt anchorage (a ’prescribed area’): inadequately repaired
- Seat belt not functioning as intended or of an incorrect type
- Audible warning:
- is significantly reduced or The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any seat belt anchorage (a ’prescribed area’): inadequately repaired
- Audible warning:
Other
▲ 0.2% better
51.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 51.7 / 100 tests
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Emissions test unable to be completed
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 171
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 112
A wheel bearing: with excessive play
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 100
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 88
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 71
Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 62
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 56
The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm … is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 54
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 37
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
MINOR
Occurrences: 37
Serious faults (Top 10)
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 25
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 20
Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
FAIL
Occurrences: 17
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 17
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
FAIL
Occurrences: 16
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 16
Parking brake efficiency: less than 50% of the required value
FAIL
Occurrences: 15
Parking brake inoperative on one side, or in the case of testing on the road, the vehicle deviates excessively from a straight line
FAIL
Occurrences: 11
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 9
A direction indicator: lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 9