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Land Rover Range Rover reliability and MOT pass rate

82.2% passed first time. The 17.8% fail rate is 4.8 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 12 years old with 92,283 miles.

MOT pass rates / Land Rover

Pass rate

82.2%

22.6% of all cars failed; 17.8% of these did.

Fixed on the day

2.8%

Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.

Median at test

92,283 mi

12 years old.

Fail rate by age

Age at testTestsFail rate
3-5 years10,9218.8%
6-9 years19,07113%
10-13 years23,42317.7%
14+ years29,00224.8%

What the Range Rover 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. Suspension538 dangerous39.6%
  2. Brakes2,502 dangerous32.3%
  3. Tyres3,071 dangerous24.8%
  4. Body, chassis, structure143 dangerous18.7%
  5. Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment50 dangerous15.8%
  6. Visibility9 dangerous10.9%
  7. Noise, emissions and leaks36 dangerous9.2%
  8. Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems3 dangerous8.7%

Is the Range Rover getting worse?

The fail rate fell 1.1 points to 18.8% from 2022 to 2025, against a rising rate across all cars.

YearTestsMedian ageFail rate All cars
202294,2001019.9%22.5%
202390,5391019.4%22.8%
202476,218—19.4%23.2%
202575,454—18.8%22.6%

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

  1. 1Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn1,651 tests
  2. 2Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick1,416 tests
  3. 3Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords1,348 tests
  4. 4Ball joint: ball joint excessively worn1,331 tests
  5. 5Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt1,308 tests
  6. 6Ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt1,284 tests
  7. 7Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded1,162 tests
  8. 8Condition: has ply or cords exposed995 tests

What wears out first

Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Range Rover collects 2.85 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 1.6mm9,821 tests
  2. 2Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn8,514 tests
  3. 3Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded7,044 tests
  4. 4Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick6,871 tests
  5. 5Engine oil leaks: leaking excessively from engine6,844 tests
  6. 6Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened5,852 tests
  7. 7Sub-frame: corroded and seriously weakened3,488 tests
  8. 8Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure2,811 tests

Questions

What is the Land Rover Range Rover MOT pass rate?

82.2% of the 82,864 Land Rover Range Rover first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 17.8% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 2.8% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.

What does a Land Rover Range Rover usually fail on?

The single most common failure is "Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn", recorded on 1,651 failed tests, followed by "Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick" and "Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords". By section, suspension appears in 39.6% of failures, brakes appears in 32.3% of failures, tyres appears in 24.8% of failures.

Does age change the odds?

Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 8.8%; at 14+ years it was 24.8%. The median Land Rover Range Rover tested in 2025 was 12 years old with 92,283 miles.

Is the Land Rover Range Rover getting less reliable?

The fail rate fell 1.1 points to 18.8% 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 Range Rover 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 67 safety recalls naming the Land Rover Range Rover: Land Rover Range Rover recalls.

Other Land Rover models

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