5,816 tests in 2025
Rover 75 reliability and MOT pass rate
64.7% passed first time. The 35.3% fail rate is 12.7 points worse than the all-car average, on a median example 22 years old with 99,813 miles.
Pass rate
64.7%
22.6% of all cars failed; 35.3% of these did.
Fixed on the day
4.6%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
99,813 mi
22 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 0 | — |
| 6-9 years | 0 | — |
| 10-13 years | 1 | — |
| 14+ years | 5,815 | 35.3% |
What the 75 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.
- Suspension81 dangerous61.7%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment17 dangerous35.5%
- Brakes254 dangerous34.4%
- Body, chassis, structure33 dangerous21.8%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems1 dangerous14%
- Visibility3 dangerous13.5%
- Tyres291 dangerous12.4%
- Noise, emissions and leaks11 dangerous11.8%
Is the 75 getting worse?
The fail rate fell 3 points to 35.3% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 3 years. Ageing alone would predict about -1.2 points, so it is holding up better than the fleet average for its age.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11,220 | 19 | 38.3% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 9,390 | 20 | 37.9% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 6,775 | 21 | 37% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 5,816 | 22 | 35.3% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical 75 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 75 in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength407 tests
- 2Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements249 tests
- 3Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn229 tests
- 4Ball joint: ball joint excessively worn225 tests
- 5Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect219 tests
- 6SRS malfunction indicator lamp: warning lamp indicates a fault184 tests
- 7Coil spring: fractured or broken180 tests
- 8Linkage ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt162 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical 75 collects 3.68 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.
- 1Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded1,258 tests
- 2Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm903 tests
- 3Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened759 tests
- 4Suspension arm: corroded and seriously weakened678 tests
- 5Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure569 tests
- 6Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn537 tests
- 7Sub-frame: corroded and seriously weakened506 tests
- 8Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength374 tests
Questions
What is the Rover 75 MOT pass rate?
64.7% of the 5,816 Rover 75 first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 35.3% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 4.6% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Rover 75 usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength", recorded on 407 failed tests, followed by "Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements" and "Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn". By section, suspension appears in 61.7% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 35.5% of failures, brakes appears in 34.4% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was n/a%; at 14+ years it was 35.3%. The median Rover 75 tested in 2025 was 22 years old with 99,813 miles.
Is the Rover 75 getting less reliable?
The fail rate fell 3 points to 35.3% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 3 years. Ageing alone would predict about -1.2 points, so it is holding up better than the fleet average for its age.
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 75 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 Rover models
Checking a particular 75?
The odds above are the model. The car in front of you has its own record: every test, every advisory, the mileage at each one.
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