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Land Rover Range Rover Velar reliability and MOT pass rate

87.6% passed first time. The 12.4% fail rate is 10.2 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 6 years old with 48,708 miles.

MOT pass rates / Land Rover

Pass rate

87.6%

22.6% of all cars failed; 12.4% of these did.

Fixed on the day

3.2%

Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.

Median at test

48,708 mi

6 years old.

Fail rate by age

Age at testTestsFail rate
3-5 years12,64710.5%
6-9 years21,30113.6%
10-13 years0—
14+ years0—

What the Range Rover Velar 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. Tyres1,366 dangerous37.9%
  2. Visibility1 dangerous19.3%
  3. Brakes606 dangerous18.5%
  4. Steering34 dangerous14.9%
  5. Noise, emissions and leaks3 dangerous14%
  6. Suspension18 dangerous7.8%
  7. Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment2 dangerous7.6%
  8. Identification of the vehicle3.7%

Is the Range Rover Velar getting worse?

The fail rate rose 1.5 points to 12.8% from 2022 to 2025, against a rising rate across all cars.

YearTestsMedian ageFail rate All cars
202225,047411.3%22.5%
202328,535511.9%22.8%
202425,360—12.7%23.2%
202528,711—12.8%22.6%

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

  1. 1Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively637 tests
  2. 2Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords630 tests
  3. 3Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm579 tests
  4. 4Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction528 tests
  5. 5Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick436 tests
  6. 6Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play414 tests
  7. 7Condition: has ply or cords exposed187 tests
  8. 8Track rod end: ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt155 tests

What wears out first

Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Range Rover Velar collects 2.27 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 1.6mm4,340 tests
  2. 2Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened3,721 tests
  3. 3Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick2,864 tests
  4. 4Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure1,695 tests
  5. 5Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play993 tests
  6. 6Non-component advisories: Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt961 tests
  7. 7Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords758 tests
  8. 8Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre702 tests

Questions

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

87.6% of the 34,049 Land Rover Range Rover Velar first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 12.4% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 3.2% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.

What does a Land Rover Range Rover Velar usually fail on?

The single most common failure is "Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively", recorded on 637 failed tests, followed by "Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords" and "Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm". By section, tyres appears in 37.9% of failures, visibility appears in 19.3% of failures, brakes appears in 18.5% of failures.

Does age change the odds?

Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 10.5%; at 6-9 years it was 13.6%. The median Land Rover Range Rover Velar tested in 2025 was 6 years old with 48,708 miles.

Is the Land Rover Range Rover Velar getting less reliable?

The fail rate rose 1.5 points to 12.8% 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 Velar 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 17 safety recalls naming the Land Rover Range Rover Velar: Land Rover Range Rover Velar recalls.

Other Land Rover models

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