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Land Rover Discovery Sport reliability and MOT pass rate

84.7% passed first time. The 15.3% fail rate is 7.3 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 7 years old with 61,743 miles.

MOT pass rates / Land Rover

Pass rate

84.7%

22.6% of all cars failed; 15.3% of these did.

Fixed on the day

3.6%

Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.

Median at test

61,743 mi

7 years old.

Fail rate by age

Age at testTestsFail rate
3-5 years23,10814.5%
6-9 years74,23215.4%
10-13 years13,95416.4%
14+ years2—

What the Discovery Sport fails on

Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.

  1. Tyres5,080 dangerous38.4%
  2. Brakes2,825 dangerous21%
  3. Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment29 dangerous19%
  4. Noise, emissions and leaks8 dangerous16.5%
  5. Suspension89 dangerous15.5%
  6. Visibility14.2%
  7. Body, chassis, structure79 dangerous3.7%
  8. Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems2 dangerous1.8%

Is the Discovery Sport getting worse?

The fail rate rose 2.3 points to 15.4% from 2022 to 2025, against a rising rate across all cars.

YearTestsMedian ageFail rate All cars
202297,686—13.1%22.5%
2023104,882—13.8%22.8%
202494,708—14.8%23.2%
2025102,488—15.4%22.6%

Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Discovery Sport at its test that year, and it is the number to watch: across the whole fleet each extra year of age adds roughly 1.9 points to the fail rate, so a model whose age and fail rate rise together is simply getting older.

The exact defects that fail it

Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Discovery Sport in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.

  1. 1Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords2,803 tests
  2. 2Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction2,145 tests
  3. 3Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick2,015 tests
  4. 4Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively1,757 tests
  5. 5Condition: has ply or cords exposed1,589 tests
  6. 6Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm1,350 tests
  7. 7Rear fog lamp: not working1,070 tests
  8. 8Coil spring: fractured or broken979 tests

What wears out first

Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Discovery Sport collects 2.31 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.

  1. 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm17,442 tests
  2. 2Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened15,363 tests
  3. 3Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick13,115 tests
  4. 4Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure6,695 tests
  5. 5Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn3,815 tests
  6. 6Non-component advisories: Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt3,623 tests
  7. 7Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak2,944 tests
  8. 8Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords2,921 tests

Questions

What is the Land Rover Discovery Sport MOT pass rate?

84.7% of the 111,424 Land Rover Discovery Sport first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 15.3% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 3.6% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.

What does a Land Rover Discovery Sport usually fail on?

The single most common failure is "Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", recorded on 2,803 failed tests, followed by "Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction" and "Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick". By section, tyres appears in 38.4% of failures, brakes appears in 21% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 19% of failures.

Does age change the odds?

Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 14.5%; at 10-13 years it was 16.4%. The median Land Rover Discovery Sport tested in 2025 was 7 years old with 61,743 miles.

Is the Land Rover Discovery Sport getting less reliable?

The fail rate rose 2.3 points to 15.4% from 2022 to 2025, against a rising rate across all cars.

First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every Discovery Sport trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.

DVSA has published 19 safety recalls naming the Land Rover Discovery Sport: Land Rover Discovery Sport recalls.

Other Land Rover models

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