Make overview
Land Rover MOT pass rates by model
Data updated
Quick answer
Land Rover cars pass 77.3% of MOT tests across 937,736 recorded tests, against a national average of 72.3%. Of the 10 Land Rover models with MOT data, the Range Rover has the highest age-adjusted pass rate at 82.4% and the Freelander the lowest at 72.6%. The item recorded most often on a failed Land Rover is a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm.
- Tests analysed
- 937,736
- Adjusted pass rate
- 79.5%
- Models with data
- 10
Adjusted for age and mileage
Land Rover models ranked by pass rate
| Model | Adjusted pass rate | National rank | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| Land Rover Range Rover | 82.4% | 33 of 262 | 87,995 |
| Land Rover Range Rover Evoque | 82.3% | 37 of 262 | 191,804 |
| Land Rover Discovery Sport | 81.9% | 40 of 262 | 120,363 |
| Land Rover Range Rover Sport | 81.1% | 47 of 262 | 125,009 |
| Land Rover Discovery | 80.1% | 54 of 262 | 143,473 |
| Land Rover Defender | 74.4% | 117 of 262 | 119,753 |
| Land Rover Freelander | 72.6% | 137 of 262 | 110,156 |
Unadjusted, not ranked
Other Land Rover models with MOT data
These models have at least 500 recorded tests, but their tested examples do not span enough ages and mileages to rank fairly. Their failure and advisory patterns are still drawn from real tests.
| Model | Unadjusted pass rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|
| Land Rover Range Rover Velar | 84.4% | 36,852 |
| Land Rover Defender X | 90.1% | 1,175 |
| Land Rover 88 | 73.2% | 1,156 |
Across the range
What Land Rover cars fail on most
Share of failed Land Rover tests recording each item, summed across every model above.
- 1.a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm11.0%
- 2.A tyre seriously damaged10.9%
- 3.Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements8.7%
- 4.A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn8.5%
- 5.Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen7.6%
- 6.Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded7.0%
Common questions
- What is the MOT pass rate for Land Rover?
- Across 937,736 recorded MOT tests, 77.3% of Land Rover tests ended in a pass, against a national average of 72.3%. Adjusted for the age and mileage of the cars tested, the figure is 79.5%. A make-level figure blends very different cars, so the individual model pages are the more useful comparison.
- Which Land Rover is the most reliable on MOT evidence?
- Of the Land Rover models with enough data to compare fairly, the Range Rover has the highest age-and-mileage-adjusted pass rate at 82.4%, ranking 33 of 262 models nationally. This reflects how often cars meet the MOT standard, not how often they break down.
- What do Land Rover cars most often fail their MOT on?
- The most commonly recorded failure item across Land Rover tests is "a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm", appearing in 11.0% of failed tests. One failed test can list several items, so these shares do not add up to 100%.
- Why do some Land Rover models not have a pass rate ranking?
- A model is only ranked when its tested examples cover a wide enough spread of ages and mileages for a fair comparison. 7 of the 10 Land Rover models here qualify. For the rest we publish the unadjusted rate and the failure patterns, but not a rank, because comparing unadjusted rates mostly sorts cars by how new they are.
How to read these figures
Why the adjusted rate is the fair one
An unadjusted pass rate is strongly driven by the age and mileage of the cars being tested, not by how well they were built. A model bought mainly as a lightly used second car will look better than an identical car sold to high-mileage drivers. Adjusting for age and mileage compares each model against cars that have lived a similar life.
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