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Land Rover Freelander reliability and MOT pass rate

70.7% passed first time. The 29.3% fail rate is 6.7 points worse than the all-car average, on a median example 15 years old with 121,002 miles.

MOT pass rates / Land Rover

Pass rate

70.7%

22.6% of all cars failed; 29.3% of these did.

Fixed on the day

5.8%

Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.

Median at test

121,002 mi

15 years old.

Fail rate by age

Age at testTestsFail rate
3-5 years1—
6-9 years25—
10-13 years32,64221.9%
14+ years71,48232.7%

What the Freelander 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. Suspension1,004 dangerous48.4%
  2. Brakes5,006 dangerous35.7%
  3. Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment181 dangerous35.4%
  4. Steering247 dangerous20.7%
  5. Body, chassis, structure283 dangerous15.1%
  6. Tyres4,869 dangerous15%
  7. Visibility9 dangerous9.4%
  8. Noise, emissions and leaks87 dangerous6.2%

Is the Freelander getting worse?

The fail rate rose 2.3 points to 29.3% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 2 years, which is about what ageing alone predicts (3.4 points). Read it as the fleet getting older rather than the model changing.

YearTestsMedian ageFail rate All cars
2022138,3551327%22.5%
2023129,5991427.7%22.8%
2024108,7531429.2%23.2%
2025104,0961529.3%22.6%

Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Freelander 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 Freelander in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.

  1. 1Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play3,940 tests
  2. 2Position lamp: not working2,706 tests
  3. 3Stop lamp: not working2,499 tests
  4. 4Linkage ball joints: ball joint excessively worn2,490 tests
  5. 5Coil spring: fractured or broken2,407 tests
  6. 6Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick2,314 tests
  7. 7Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm2,261 tests
  8. 8Shock absorbers: has a serious fluid leak2,148 tests

What wears out first

Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Freelander collects 3.13 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 1.6mm17,549 tests
  2. 2Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened11,091 tests
  3. 3Sub-frame: corroded and seriously weakened10,562 tests
  4. 4Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick8,697 tests
  5. 5Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn7,894 tests
  6. 6Engine oil leaks: leaking excessively from engine7,819 tests
  7. 7Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded7,382 tests
  8. 8Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure5,018 tests

Questions

What is the Land Rover Freelander MOT pass rate?

70.7% of the 104,150 Land Rover Freelander first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 29.3% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 5.8% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.

What does a Land Rover Freelander usually fail on?

The single most common failure is "Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play", recorded on 3,940 failed tests, followed by "Position lamp: not working" and "Stop lamp: not working". By section, suspension appears in 48.4% of failures, brakes appears in 35.7% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 35.4% of failures.

Does age change the odds?

Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 0%; at 14+ years it was 32.7%. The median Land Rover Freelander tested in 2025 was 15 years old with 121,002 miles.

Is the Land Rover Freelander getting less reliable?

The fail rate rose 2.3 points to 29.3% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 2 years, which is about what ageing alone predicts (3.4 points). Read it as the fleet getting older rather than the model changing.

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 Freelander 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 12 safety recalls naming the Land Rover Freelander: Land Rover Freelander recalls.

Other Land Rover models

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