Pass rate
92.9%
Above average — 1.9 pts behind the 94.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 70 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £26–£68
2023 Land Rover Discovery MOT pass rate
- 2023
- 2 trims combined
- typical 25,701 mi
Only 70 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Tyres
30.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 92.9% pass · this year
- Avoid 2006 74.8% pass
Across the 24 years on record, a spread of 18.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 92.5%
- Typical mileage
- 26k mi
The 2023 Land Rover Discovery MOT pass rate is 92.9% of its MOT tests — 1.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 30.0% of what testers record.
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MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Land Rover Discovery does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Visibility: 4.0× the national share
Visibility accounts for 20.0% of everything recorded on the 2023 Land Rover Discovery, against 5.0% nationally — 15.0 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 30.0%, but at 19.8% nationally that one is ordinary. Wipers, washers and a chip in the driver’s eyeline are the three quickest ways to fail a test that the car otherwise deserves to pass.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 23% 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. 70 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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Every Land Rover Discovery first registered in 2023 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2023 Land Rover Discovery compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 94.8%, so this figure is 1.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 92.5%. The median 2023 Land Rover Discovery in this dataset had covered 25,701 mi.
70% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Hybrid, which passed 93.9% of the time.
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 2.86% of tests.
- 70 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.9% overall pass rate, 92.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Land Rover Discovery, the average is 83.5% — best year 2023 (92.9%), worst 2006 (74.8%).
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
- 70
- Typical mileage (median)
- 25,701 mi
- Make and model
- Land Rover Discovery
- 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 Discovery MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 80% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Hybrid is the most common here (70% of tests).
What fails a 2023 Discovery
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 2023 Discovery
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 wipers and washers 2.9% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the suspension joints 1.4% of tests
“linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the lights 1.4% of tests
“rear fog lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning”
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.
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 2023 Discovery through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £26–£68 — and 23% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £26–£68
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp with a multiple light source up…
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: decelerometer (sp) efficiency below…
- £45–£110
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 100%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 23%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 70 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 Discovery, side by side
24 model years on record, from 2000 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 74.8% to 92.9% — a spread of 18.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 75.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2001 74.8% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2002 75.4% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2003 76.1% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2004 75.5% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2005 75.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 74.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 75.9% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2008 76.7% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2009 77.2% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2010 78.8% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2011 80.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 81.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 82.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 83.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 85.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 86.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 87.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 88.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 87.6% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2020 87.7% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 88.0% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2022 88.5% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2023 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 2023 Land Rover Discovery 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 2023 cars with a similar record
- Tesla Model Y 92.9%
- Polestar Polestar 94.6%
- Kia Niro 95.5%
- Toyota Corolla 95.7%
- Mercedes-Benz Eqe 96.5%
- Ford Puma 96.5%
Closest pass rates among 2023 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 2023 Land Rover Discovery 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 8 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 30 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 | 9 | 30.00% | 19.76% | +10.24 |
| Visibility | 6 | 20.00% | 4.97% | +15.03 |
| Brakes | 5 | 16.70% | 20.89% | −4.19 |
| Non-component advisories | 4 | 13.30% | 4.18% | +9.12 |
| Suspension | 3 | 10.00% | 20.98% | −10.98 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1 | 3.30% | 12.21% | −8.91 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 3.30% | 1.76% | +1.54 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 3.30% | 0.75% | +2.55 |
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 | 2.9% | £45–95 |
| Window damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.9% | £20–80 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 2.9% | £8–22 |
| Decelerometer (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.4% | £45–110 |
| Fixing missing Road Wheels | Rectified | 1.4% | £20–55 |
| Has a lump, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 1.4% | £18–45 |
| Rear fog lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.4% | £3–15 |
| Registration plates insecure Identification of the vehicle | Rectified | 1.4% | £20–80 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 5.7% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 4.3% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.9% | £20–80 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 1.4% | £18–45 |
| Non-component advisories Items removed from drivers view prior to test Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.4% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 42 | 95.2% | 18,034 mi |
| 30-60k | 25 | 88.0% | 39,535 mi |
| 60-90k | 3 | 100.0% | 75,056 mi |
Source: 70 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.
2023 Discovery MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2023 Land Rover Discovery?
92.9% of the 70 2023 Land Rover Discovery tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 94.8% for cars first used in 2023. First-attempt pass rate: 92.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2023 Land Rover Discovery?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.86%), window damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.86%), wipers blade defective (2.86%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2023 Land Rover Discovery MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 95.2% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2023 Land Rover Discovery in this dataset had covered 25,701 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2023 Land Rover Discovery?
Hybrid: 93.9% pass rate across 49 tests. Diesel: 88.9% pass rate across 18 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.