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Land Rover Unclassified reliability and MOT pass rate

82.3% passed first time. The 17.7% fail rate is 4.9 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 24 years old with 75,928 miles.

MOT pass rates / Land Rover

Pass rate

82.3%

22.6% of all cars failed; 17.7% of these did.

Fixed on the day

3.6%

Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.

Median at test

75,928 mi

24 years old.

Fail rate by age

Age at testTestsFail rate
3-5 years108—
6-9 years22412.5%
10-13 years22818.4%
14+ years1,10519.5%

What the Unclassified 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. Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment13 dangerous43.1%
  2. Brakes50 dangerous38.6%
  3. Suspension17 dangerous32.5%
  4. Body, chassis, structure7 dangerous19.7%
  5. Visibility16.6%
  6. Noise, emissions and leaks13.2%
  7. Steering8 dangerous13.2%
  8. Tyres30 dangerous11.9%

Is the Unclassified getting worse?

The fail rate fell 2.6 points to 17.7% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 1 year, which is about what ageing alone predicts (-1.1 points). Read it as the fleet getting older rather than the model changing.

YearTestsMedian ageFail rate All cars
20222,2522320.3%22.5%
20232,1412319.8%22.8%
20241,6282420%23.2%
20251,6682417.7%22.6%

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

  1. 1Position lamp: not working21 tests
  2. 2Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick21 tests
  3. 3Rear fog lamp: not working19 tests
  4. 4Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively19 tests
  5. 5Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength18 tests
  6. 6Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps18 tests
  7. 7Stop lamp: not working18 tests
  8. 8Individual direction indicators: not working15 tests

What wears out first

Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Unclassified collects 2.8 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. 1Engine oil leaks: leaking excessively from engine239 tests
  2. 2Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded98 tests
  3. 3Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm97 tests
  4. 4Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure95 tests
  5. 5Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened91 tests
  6. 6Transmission oil leaks: leaking excessively from transmission89 tests
  7. 7Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick75 tests
  8. 8Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn71 tests

Questions

What is the Land Rover Unclassified MOT pass rate?

82.3% of the 1,668 Land Rover Unclassified first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 17.7% 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 Unclassified usually fail on?

The single most common failure is "Position lamp: not working", recorded on 21 failed tests, followed by "Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick" and "Rear fog lamp: not working". By section, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 43.1% of failures, brakes appears in 38.6% of failures, suspension appears in 32.5% of failures.

Does age change the odds?

Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 8.3%; at 14+ years it was 19.5%. The median Land Rover Unclassified tested in 2025 was 24 years old with 75,928 miles.

Is the Land Rover Unclassified getting less reliable?

The fail rate fell 2.6 points to 17.7% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 1 year, which is about what ageing alone predicts (-1.1 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 Unclassified trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.

Other Land Rover models

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