Does the Jaguar S-Type fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Jaguar S-Type records 23.05 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 24.20 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) (−1.15, 95% interval −1.49 to −0.81). It ranks 405 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 S-Type is “Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded”, recorded 2,627 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 2,627 | 3.26 |
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 2,106 | 2.61 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 1,713 | 2.12 |
| Warning device shows system malfunction | 1,698 | 2.11 |
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 1,304 | 1.62 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 80,627 (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 S-Type gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
16.8% of Jaguar S-Type MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 2,180 miles later (16,436 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 16,436 (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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