Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded on the Land Rover Defender
Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded on the Land Rover Defender is recorded on 43,685 tests — 17.1% of all its MOT tests, against 4.6% across every car in the data. That is 3.7× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 4.6% of tests record it — this model is 3.7× that share |
| The 318 models compared | 31 of 318, 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, 8.3% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2016, 3.1%. The share has fallen 5.2 points over that time. Worst year 2009 at 10.8%; best 2016 at 3.1%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,790 | 21,658 | 8.3% |
| 2001 | 1,901 | 22,574 | 8.4% |
| 2002 | 2,594 | 42,048 | 6.2% |
| 2003 | 3,038 | 32,168 | 9.4% |
| 2004 | 2,951 | 31,198 | 9.5% |
| 2005 | 3,207 | 45,558 | 7.0% |
| 2006 | 2,989 | 41,145 | 7.3% |
| 2007 | 3,141 | 42,909 | 7.3% |
| 2008 | 2,865 | 39,717 | 7.2% |
| 2009 | 2,704 | 24,962 | 10.8% |
| 2010 | 2,993 | 42,387 | 7.1% |
| 2011 | 2,903 | 42,207 | 6.9% |
| 2012 | 2,513 | 40,407 | 6.2% |
| 2013 | 2,283 | 29,948 | 7.6% |
| 2014 | 2,809 | 58,788 | 4.8% |
| 2015 | 2,653 | 64,959 | 4.1% |
| 2016 | 348 | 11,296 | 3.1% |
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 £80–£180 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
- Rigid brake pipes excessively 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 →