Does the Jaguar E-Pace fail the MOT on vehicle identification more than it should?
The Jaguar E-Pace records 0.36 vehicle identification failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.25 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) (+0.11, 95% interval +0.07 to +0.15). It ranks 211 of 636 models on vehicle identification (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on vehicle identification · check a Jaguar E-Pace by registration
What exactly fails on vehicle identification?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Jaguar E-Pace is “Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements”, recorded 276 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements | 276 | 0.29 |
| Number plate showing an incorrect registration | 32 | 0.03 |
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
Other pages for this model
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