Does the Jaguar E-Type fail the MOT on seat belts and airbags more than it should?

The Jaguar E-Type records 0.40 seat belts and airbags failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 3.05 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−2.65, 95% interval −3.04 to −2.26). It ranks 623 of 627 models on seat belts and airbags (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on seat belts and airbags · check a Jaguar E-Type by registration

No single seat belts and airbags defect wording reaches 30 items on the Jaguar E-Type; the failures are spread across several.