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Land Rover Range Rover Sport reliability and MOT pass rate

83.8% passed first time. The 16.2% fail rate is 6.4 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 9 years old with 78,130 miles.

MOT pass rates / Land Rover

Pass rate

83.8%

22.6% of all cars failed; 16.2% of these did.

Fixed on the day

3.1%

Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.

Median at test

78,130 mi

9 years old.

Fail rate by age

Age at testTestsFail rate
3-5 years20,1529.2%
6-9 years39,33113.2%
10-13 years28,66117.8%
14+ years27,32324.2%

What the Range Rover 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. Tyres5,302 dangerous32.8%
  2. Suspension632 dangerous30.8%
  3. Brakes3,482 dangerous30.4%
  4. Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment73 dangerous17.9%
  5. Body, chassis, structure161 dangerous13.9%
  6. Visibility9 dangerous11.1%
  7. Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems2 dangerous9%
  8. Noise, emissions and leaks53 dangerous7.9%

Is the Range Rover Sport getting worse?

The fail rate held at 16.7% from 2022 to 2025, against a rising rate across all cars.

YearTestsMedian ageFail rate All cars
2022120,333816.7%22.5%
2023120,861817.1%22.8%
2024104,539—17.1%23.2%
2025108,065—16.7%22.6%

Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Range Rover 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 Range Rover 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 cords2,181 tests
  2. 2Ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt2,111 tests
  3. 3Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick1,984 tests
  4. 4Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn1,803 tests
  5. 5Condition: has ply or cords exposed1,782 tests
  6. 6SRS malfunction indicator lamp: warning lamp indicates a fault1,311 tests
  7. 7Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded1,293 tests
  8. 8Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively1,286 tests

What wears out first

Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Range Rover Sport collects 2.62 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 1.6mm15,761 tests
  2. 2Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick10,831 tests
  3. 3Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn9,588 tests
  4. 4Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened8,842 tests
  5. 5Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded6,279 tests
  6. 6Engine oil leaks: leaking excessively from engine4,291 tests
  7. 7Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure3,554 tests
  8. 8Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords3,270 tests

Questions

What is the Land Rover Range Rover Sport MOT pass rate?

83.8% of the 115,547 Land Rover Range Rover Sport first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 16.2% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 3.1% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.

What does a Land Rover Range Rover 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 2,181 failed tests, followed by "Ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt" and "Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick". By section, tyres appears in 32.8% of failures, suspension appears in 30.8% of failures, brakes appears in 30.4% of failures.

Does age change the odds?

Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 9.2%; at 14+ years it was 24.2%. The median Land Rover Range Rover Sport tested in 2025 was 9 years old with 78,130 miles.

Is the Land Rover Range Rover Sport getting less reliable?

The fail rate held at 16.7% 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 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 51 safety recalls naming the Land Rover Range Rover Sport: Land Rover Range Rover Sport recalls.

Other Land Rover models

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