MOT History from tests of petrol JAGUAR XK8s year 2003

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Pass percent:74.93%

(The average a petrol JAGUAR XK8 year 2003 passes without issue)

Based on:13,500 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	487
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	327
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	228
Brake pipe excessively corroded	208
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	181
Registration plate issues	168
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))	123
Registration plate lamp issues	114
Offside Front Lower Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	92
Nearside Front Lower Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	85
Offside Front Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	74
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	72
Nearside Front Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush \|2.7.4\|	68
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	58
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	58
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	52
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	48
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	47
Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c))	47
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	46
Hazard warning switch faulty \|1.4.B.1d\|	45
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))	44
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	41
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	41
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	40
Windscreen washer not working	40
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	39
Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits \|7.3.D.3\|	37
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	36
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	36
Offside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	33
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	33
Rear brake binding	32
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	31
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	30
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction \|8.2.1.2 \|h\|\|	30
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	30
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	27
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	26
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))	25
Rear Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened \|2.4.G.1\|	23
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	23
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	23
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	23
Rear fog lamp tell-tale not working (4.9.1 (a) (ii))	23
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	22
Nearside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	21
Hazard warning switch inoperative (4.4.2 (a) (ii))	20
Nearside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.6.2\|	19
Offside Front coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	19
Rear fog lamp tell tale not working \|1.3.1b\|	19
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	19
Nearside Front Lower Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush (5.3.2 (c))	19
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	19
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	19
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	18
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	17
Parking brake efficiency below requirements \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	17
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	16
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	16
Offside Front Lower Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush (5.3.2 (c))	16
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	15
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	15
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	15
Windscreen has damage	14
Offside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	13
Nearside Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	13
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault \|7.1.6 \|a\|\|	13
Offside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))	13
Nearside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	12
Front brake application uneven	12
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	12
Offside Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	12
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	11
Offside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	11
Offside Front Shock absorber has an excessively worn shock absorber pivot \|2.7.4\|	11
Nearside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	11
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	11
Nearside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	11
Nearside Front coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	11
Offside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	11
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	11
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))	11
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	11

We get to these numbers by trawling through over 1 billion MOT test results since 2004 and crunched the numbers. We remove anything to do with Tyres, as they are model independent and group together common non-model specific issues. We are trying to get to a picture of what models have what issues.

Please note: We take the data from the DVSA. This data is raw and can contain typos and spelling mistakes that garages may have entered while recording a MOT result. Specifically miss-match on names of models and makes. We are constantly cleaning the data so bear with the odd issue.

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MOT History from tests of petrol JAGUAR XK8s year 2003

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