Does the Jaguar X-Type fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?
The Jaguar X-Type records 1.06 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.62 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) (+0.44, 95% interval +0.39 to +0.49). It ranks 32 of 516 models on road wheels (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on road wheels · check a Jaguar X-Type by registration
What exactly fails on road wheels?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Jaguar X-Type is “A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud”, recorded 1,337 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 1,337 | 0.72 |
| Any fracture or welding defect on a wheel | 413 | 0.22 |
| A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting | 103 | 0.06 |
| A wheel with more than one loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 96 | 0.05 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 185,823 (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 X-Type gets a road wheels advisory, how often does it fail next time?
2.1% of Jaguar X-Type MOTs with a road wheels advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 5,775 miles later (2,196 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 2,196 (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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