Pass rate
92.9%
Above average — 0.9 pts ahead of the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 269 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £44–£107
2022 Land Rover Defender X MOT pass rate
- 2022
- typical 26,897 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
51.4% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 92.9% pass · this year
- Avoid 2020 92.5% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 0.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 92.4%
- Typical mileage
- 27k mi
The 2022 Land Rover Defender X MOT pass rate is 92.9% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 51.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Land Rover Defender X does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.6× the national share
Tyres make up 51.4% of everything recorded on the 2022 Land Rover Defender X, against 19.8% nationally — 31.6 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 6% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
- Based on a small sample. 269 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2022 Land Rover Defender X compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 0.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 92.4%. The median 2022 Land Rover Defender X in this dataset had covered 26,897 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 64% of tests, with a 94.7% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 95.5% of the time, April–September 89.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", noted on 2.60% of tests.
- 269 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.9% overall pass rate, 92.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Land Rover Defender X, the average is 92.7% — best year 2022 (92.9%), worst 2020 (92.5%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 269
- Typical mileage (median)
- 26,897 mi
- Make and model
- Land Rover Defender X
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Defender X MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 81% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (64% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Defender X
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 86 | 90.7% |
| East of England | 39 | 94.9% |
| South West | 37 | 94.6% |
| West Midlands | 18 | 88.9% |
| London | 17 | 100.0% |
| North West | 17 | 94.1% |
| Yorkshire | 16 | 93.8% |
| East Midlands | 15 | 100.0% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2022 Defender X
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2022 Defender X
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the windscreen 2.6% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the lights 0.7% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the number plates 0.7% of tests
“registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements”
Check both plates are present, legible and correctly spaced, with the postcode of the supplier and the BS AU 145e mark. A private plate in the wrong style is a fail before the car is even looked at.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2022 Defender X through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £44–£107 — and 6% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £44–£107
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 6%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 269 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Defender X, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2020 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 92.5% to 92.9% — a spread of 0.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2020 92.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 92.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 92.9%has a cut in excess of the…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2022 Land Rover Defender X with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2022 cars with a similar record
- MINI COOPER 92.9%
- Hyundai Tucson N 92.9%
- MINI John COOPER Works 92.9%
- Audi A1 93.0%
- MINI Countryman 93.0%
- Nissan Qashqai Nconncta 93.0%
Closest pass rates among 2022 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2022 Land Rover Defender X 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 144 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 74 | 51.40% | 19.76% | +31.64 |
| Brakes | 33 | 22.90% | 20.89% | +2.01 |
| Visibility | 12 | 8.30% | 4.97% | +3.33 |
| Non-component advisories | 8 | 5.60% | 4.18% | +1.42 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 7 | 4.90% | 12.21% | −7.31 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 6 | 4.20% | 1.76% | +2.44 |
| Suspension | 2 | 1.40% | 20.98% | −19.58 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 0.70% | 5.52% | −4.82 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 0.70% | 0.75% | −0.05 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.6% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.6% | £80–200 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 2.2% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.74% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.74% | £30–80 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Rectified | 0.74% | £20–80 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.74% | £20–80 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.74% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.37% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads worn down to wear indicator Brakes | Major | 0.37% | £18–45 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 11.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.7% | £45–110 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 6.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.0% | £18–45 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.2% | £20–80 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 1.5% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 154 | 94.8% | 18,229 mi |
| 30-60k | 107 | 89.7% | 39,252 mi |
| 60-90k | 8 | 100.0% | 64,648 mi |
Source: 269 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2022 Defender X MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2022 Land Rover Defender X?
92.9% of the 269 2022 Land Rover Defender X tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 92.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2022 Land Rover Defender X?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.60%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.60%), has ply or cords exposed (2.23%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2022 Land Rover Defender X MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.8% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 Land Rover Defender X in this dataset had covered 26,897 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2022 Land Rover Defender X?
Petrol: 94.7% pass rate across 171 tests. Hybrid: 89.8% pass rate across 98 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2022 Land Rover Defender X MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 95.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 89.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.