Land Rover MOT pass rates by model

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a class-4 Land Rover in Great Britain in 2025 — 943,302 tests. How they age, and how each model compares, computed by SortedCars from the official DVSA record of every test.

Land Rover pass rate 2025
77.3%
5.0 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); covers all Land Rover class-4 vehicles; unadjusted for fleet age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
943,302
first tests, 2025
Models tracked
8
with 2,000+ tests in 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
6.3%
of Land Rover first tests; national 7.3%

How many Land Rover cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 1,110,825 Land Rover cars that were taxed or on SORN: 950,929 taxed and 159,896 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper), so 85.6% of them were taxed. DVLA lists 13 named Land Rover car models, counted across the whole United Kingdom. A further 6,905 taxed Land Rover cars are on the register with no model name recorded; they are in the totals here and under no model below. These are counts of cars, not tests, and cars only: vans, pickups and motorhomes are recorded as goods vehicles or motor caravans in the licensing data and are not in these figures. The model table below carries the count for each model DVLA records under a name of its own.

Still taxed, end of 2025
950,929
85.6% of the 1,110,825 Land Rover cars taxed or on SORN
On SORN, end of 2025
159,896
declared off the road by their keepers — 14.4% of that total

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only; the make totals include cars recorded with no model name, the model figures exclude them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How Land Rover cars age

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Land Rover vs all cars, 2025.

Land RoverAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Land Rover, vehicle age 3: 89%Land Rover, vehicle age 4: 88%Land Rover, vehicle age 5: 85.9%Land Rover, vehicle age 6: 84.8%Land Rover, vehicle age 7: 84.5%Land Rover, vehicle age 8: 82.5%Land Rover, vehicle age 9: 80.8%Land Rover, vehicle age 10: 80.1%Land Rover, vehicle age 11: 78.3%Land Rover, vehicle age 12: 75.1%Land Rover, vehicle age 13: 73.2%Land Rover, vehicle age 14: 71.3%Land Rover, vehicle age 15: 68.4%Land Rover, vehicle age 16: 66.6%Land Rover, vehicle age 17: 64.5%Land Rover, vehicle age 18: 63.7%Land Rover, vehicle age 19: 62.6%Land Rover, vehicle age 20: 63.3%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%Land Rover 63.3%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Land Rover testsLand Rover pass rateAll cars
343,57989.0%88.5%
453,51888.0%87.2%
555,62985.9%86.0%
671,70984.8%83.5%
770,16584.5%80.9%
874,00382.5%78.2%
973,38180.8%74.9%
1065,58780.1%71.9%
1154,54678.3%68.6%
1251,00175.1%65.8%
1343,56773.2%63.5%
1433,95471.3%61.2%
1531,28368.4%59.3%
1623,78966.6%58.3%
1723,74164.5%57.2%
1829,26763.7%57.4%
1922,69162.6%57.0%
2020,36063.3%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

Land Rover's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: Land Rover beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

Land Rover aheadLand Rover behind
-12-6+0+6+12Age 3: +0.5 points vs the average car3Age 4: +0.8 points vs the average carAge 5: -0.1 points vs the average car5Age 6: +1.3 points vs the average carAge 7: +3.6 points vs the average car7Age 8: +4.3 points vs the average carAge 9: +5.9 points vs the average car9Age 10: +8.2 points vs the average carAge 11: +9.7 points vs the average car11Age 12: +9.3 points vs the average carAge 13: +9.7 points vs the average car13Age 14: +10.1 points vs the average carAge 15: +9.1 points vs the average car15Age 16: +8.3 points vs the average carAge 17: +7.3 points vs the average car17Age 18: +6.3 points vs the average carAge 19: +5.6 points vs the average car19Age 20: +5.7 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3+0.5
4+0.8
5-0.1
6+1.3
7+3.6
8+4.3
9+5.9
10+8.2
11+9.7
12+9.3
13+9.7
14+10.1
15+9.1
16+8.3
17+7.3
18+6.3
19+5.6
20+5.7

The Land Rover fleet on the road, by age

How many Land Rover cars of each age took a first MOT in 2025 — the shape of the Land Rover fleet still in use.

020k40k60k80kAge 3: 43k3Age 4: 53kAge 5: 55k5Age 6: 71kAge 7: 70k7Age 8: 74kAge 9: 73k9Age 10: 65kAge 11: 54k11Age 12: 51kAge 13: 43k13Age 14: 33kAge 15: 31k15Age 16: 23kAge 17: 23k17Age 18: 29kAge 19: 22k19Age 20: 20k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
343,579
453,518
555,629
671,709
770,165
874,003
973,381
1065,587
1154,546
1251,001
1343,567
1433,954
1531,283
1623,789
1723,741
1829,267
1922,691
2020,360

What a Land Rover fails on

Where the failure items land when a Land Rover fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Every make has a signature — this is Land Rover's.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.4%
Suspension18.6%
Brakes17.7%
Tyres11.9%
Body, chassis, structure8.4%
Visibility7.1%
Steering5.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.5%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (95.6% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" on a Land Rover, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Brakes: 29.7% of advisories29.7%Tyres: 26.1% of advisories26.1%Suspension: 21.8% of advisories21.8%Noise, emissions and leaks: 6.5% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 5.5% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 4.7% of advisories
BrakesTyresSuspensionNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureNon-component advisories
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes29.7%
Tyres26.1%
Suspension21.8%
Noise, emissions and leaks6.5%
Body, chassis, structure5.5%
Non-component advisories4.7%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Land Rover?

First-time pass rate for the five most-tested fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Diesel: 76.6% of 842,360 tests76.6%Diesel842,360 testsPetrol: 82.5% of 69,228 tests82.5%Petrol69,228 testsHybrid electric: 87.4% of 30,097 tests87.4%Hybrid30,097 testsLPG: 73.9% of 763 tests73.9%LPG763 testsElectric diesel: 83.1% of 722 tests83.1%Electric diesel722 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel842,36076.6%
Petrol69,22882.5%
Hybrid electric30,09787.4%
LPG76373.9%
Electric diesel72283.1%

What mileage is normal for a Land Rover?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, all Land Rover class-4 vehicles, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Land Rover; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical Land Rover (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 26,250 miles (middle half 18,750–36,250)Age 4: typical 36,250 miles (middle half 26,250–48,750)Age 5: typical 41,250 miles (middle half 31,250–53,750)Age 6: typical 48,750 miles (middle half 38,750–63,750)Age 7: typical 58,750 miles (middle half 46,250–73,750)Age 8: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 53,750–83,750)Age 9: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 58,750–93,750)Age 10: typical 83,750 miles (middle half 63,750–103,750)Age 11: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 71,250–113,750)Age 12: typical 98,750 miles (middle half 78,750–121,250)Age 13: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 83,750–131,250)Age 14: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 91,250–138,750)Age 15: typical 121,250 miles (middle half 96,250–146,250)Age 16: typical 126,250 miles (middle half 101,250–153,750)Age 17: typical 133,750 miles (middle half 106,250–158,750)Age 18: typical 138,750 miles (middle half 113,750–166,250)Age 19: typical 138,750 miles (middle half 111,250–166,250)Age 20: typical 141,250 miles (middle half 111,250–171,250)141k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
318,75026,25036,250
426,25036,25048,750
531,25041,25053,750
638,75048,75063,750
746,25058,75073,750
853,75068,75083,750
958,75076,25093,750
1063,75083,750103,750
1171,25091,250113,750
1278,75098,750121,250
1383,750106,250131,250
1491,250113,750138,750
1596,250121,250146,250
16101,250126,250153,750
17106,250133,750158,750
18113,750138,750166,250
19111,250138,750166,250
20111,250141,250171,250

Every Land Rover model in the data

First-time pass rate per model, 2025. Every model with at least 2,000 tests is listed — all 8 of them, ordered by number of tests; models with 5,000+ tests link to their own page. All trims and variants are grouped under one model name. Pass rates are unadjusted for age: models with older fleets sit lower. The last three columns are the number of that model on DVLA's register at the end of 2025 — taxed, on SORN, and the taxed share — from the licensing statistics rather than the MOT record. They are left blank for vans, pickups and car-and-van models, which the licensing data counts as goods vehicles rather than cars, and for models DVLA does not record under a name of their own. DVLA's model groupings do not always draw the line where the MOT grouping does; each model page says what its count covers.

Model Tests 2025Pass rate Taxed, end 2025SORN, end 2025 Taxed share
Range Rover Evoque191,84982.3%226,9845,75497.5%
Discovery143,47974.6%261,86162,94880.6%
Range Rover Sport124,07380.8%146,73116,07490.1%
Defender121,89873.0%———
Discovery Sport120,36381.2%———
Freelander110,15965.0%101,62929,07777.8%
Range Rover88,58279.5%90,51129,89775.2%
Range Rover Velar37,09384.4%47,7951,42697.1%

Land Rover models ranked by pass rate

All eight grouped Land Rover car models with 5,000 or more first tests in 2025, highest first-time pass rate first — the full field at that floor. Pass rates are unadjusted for fleet age — a model whose fleet runs older sits lower for that reason alone. Neighbouring rows can be effectively level, and models sharing a published rate share a rank.

RankModelTests 2025Pass rate
1Land Rover Range Rover Velar37,09384.4%
2Land Rover Range Rover Evoque191,84982.3%
3Land Rover Discovery Sport120,36381.2%
4Land Rover Range Rover Sport124,07380.8%
5Land Rover Range Rover88,58279.5%
6Land Rover Discovery143,47974.6%
7Land Rover Defender121,89873.0%
8Land Rover Freelander110,15965.0%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.