Does the Jaguar E-Pace fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Jaguar E-Pace records 3.25 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 3.22 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (+0.03, 95% interval −0.09 to +0.14). It ranks 320 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Jaguar E-Pace is “a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm”, recorded 1,306 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 1,306 | 1.40 |
| Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn | 674 | 0.72 |
| Brake disc or drum excessively weakened, insecure or fractured | 295 | 0.32 |
| Brake lining or pad worn down to wear indicator | 219 | 0.23 |
| Brake performance unable to be tested | 98 | 0.10 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 93,604 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
If a Jaguar E-Pace gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
5.8% of Jaguar E-Pace MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 8,462 miles later (11,934 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 11,934 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
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