All generations and engines together · 54,883 MOT tests in the 2025 data · typical mileage at age 7: 66k
Computed from DVSA MOT results, all of Great Britain, 2025. Nothing here is opinion.
Share of tests where each item was recorded. The dark tick is the class average across all tracked models; bars are scaled within each group.
The rows that judge the model rather than its keeper. 34,160 tests in this band.
Tyres, pads and stone chips say more about how the car was driven and maintained than about how it was built.
Owner folklore from forums and the motoring press. Most of it never shows up in an MOT, which is why this section exists at all.
The four-cylinder Ingenium diesel (mostly 2016-2019 cars) is the fault that dominates every F-Pace buying guide. Owners report a metallic rattle on cold start as the chain, guides and tensioners wear, often linked to oil dilution from incomplete DPF regenerations rather than high mileage alone. Left alone it can jump time and wreck the engine; a full chain kit or, in bad cases, a reconditioned engine, runs well into four figures. Jaguar has separately recalled related AJ20 diesel parts, including a cracked oil filter housing and a leaking turbo oil feed pipe, on 2020-2024 build cars, which shows the engine family has known oil and cooling weak points.
Owners report a "steering assistance reduced" warning or suddenly heavy steering, sometimes with a battery or EPS warning light alongside it. Forum threads trace some cases to water getting into the electric power steering rack or module, others to a failed steering angle sensor; a full rack replacement is a genuinely expensive repair rather than a quick fix. This lines up with the measured MOT data for the large-SUV class, where steering is the standout fault category for this model. The forums talk about electronics and water ingress rather than worn track rod ends, so the measured fault and the folklore point at the same system without necessarily agreeing on the cause.
Early F-Pace diesels built between November 2016 and August 2017 were subject to official recalls covering fuel rail and fuel return hose leaks, a fire risk if unaddressed. Any car in that build window should show the recall as done on its service history or DVSA recall check. Cars that slipped through the net can show a fuel smell or unexplained hard starting.
Pre-April 2016 automatic-gearbox F-Pace models were recalled after a too-short driveshaft could work loose and drop out, leaving the car with no drive to that wheel, sometimes while moving. It only affects early automatics, not manuals, and the fix is a straightforward driveshaft swap once flagged. Check the recall was actioned on any early car before buying.
The V6 diesel (used in higher-spec F-Pace trims) has a reputation among specialists for crankshaft and turbo problems that can show up surprisingly early, in some reported cases under 40,000 miles. Symptoms are a persistent knock or rumble from the engine, oil pressure warnings, or vibration under load; the fix is usually a full engine replacement rather than a repair, so it is one of the costliest failures on the range. It is not the same fault as the four-cylinder diesel's timing chain issue and buyers should not assume a clean four-pot history says anything about a V6.
General electrical gremlins come up repeatedly: InControl Touch Pro screen freezes or restarts, parking sensors that stop working, and battery drain on cars left standing. Jaguar issued an official recall and software fix for a specific batch of cars built between 17 August and 1 September 2017 whose instrument cluster could go blank, confirming the wider pattern of software-related dash and infotainment faults on this generation.
Built from the two sections above.
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