Chassis corroded on the Land Rover Defender

Chassis corroded on the Land Rover Defender is recorded on 10,166 tests — 4.0% of all its MOT tests, against 0.5% across every car in the data. That is 8.0× the national share.

Is this unusual for this model?

Compared with	What it says
Every car in the data	0.5% of tests record it — this model is 8.0× that share
The 193 models compared	11 of 193, highest first
The model's own record	256,078 tests · every year of the Defender →

A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Land Rover Defender tested, whatever its mileage, service history and use. The like-for-like comparison on the model page is the fairer number.

Year by year

In 2000, 4.2% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2014, 0.2%. The share has fallen 4.0 points over that time. Worst year 2000 at 4.2%; best 2014 at 0.2%.

Year	Failures recorded	Tests	Share of tests
2000	917	21,658	4.2%
2001	944	33,861	2.8%
2002	1,124	28,032	4.0%
2003	1,054	32,168	3.3%
2004	843	31,198	2.7%
2005	689	30,372	2.3%
2006	801	27,430	2.9%
2007	857	28,606	3.0%
2008	647	26,478	2.4%
2009	724	24,962	2.9%
2010	630	28,258	2.2%
2011	429	28,138	1.5%
2012	202	26,938	0.8%
2013	152	29,948	0.5%
2014	89	39,192	0.2%

Years with fewer than 0.2% of tests recording the item are left out: a year with two failures in 400 tests is noise, and this table is not here to make noise look like a trend.

What it costs

A typical UK repair for this item is £180–£450 fitted. It is a job for a garage, not a driveway. What the part is, and what to buy →

Prices are typical UK supply-and-fitting estimates, not quotes. What happens if it fails covers the retest rules.

Where this sits

Chassis corroded: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
Land Rover Defender MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
Every Land Rover model →