Pass rate
85.9%
Above average — 3.6 pts behind the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 249 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £22–£53
2019 Land Rover Discovery HSE SI4 MOT pass rate
- 2019
- typical 36,054 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
35.5% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 90.4% pass
- Avoid 2019 85.9% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 4.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 83.6%
- Typical mileage
- 36k mi
The 2019 Land Rover Discovery HSE SI4 MOT pass rate is 85.9% of its MOT tests — 3.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 35.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Land Rover Discovery HSE SI4 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.7× the national share
Brakes make up 35.5% of everything recorded on the 2019 Land Rover Discovery Hse Si4, against 20.9% nationally — 14.6 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 89.5%; this one manages 85.9% — 3.6 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Based on a small sample. 249 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 2019 Land Rover Discovery HSE SI4 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 89.5%, so this figure is 3.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 83.6%. The median 2019 Land Rover Discovery HSE SI4 in this dataset had covered 36,054 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 87.4% of the time, April–September 85.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers blade defective", noted on 3.61% of tests.
- 249 recorded tests behind this page.
- 85.9% overall pass rate, 83.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Land Rover Discovery HSE SI4, the average is 87.9% — best year 2020 (90.4%), worst 2019 (85.9%).
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
- 249
- Typical mileage (median)
- 36,054 mi
- Make and model
- Land Rover Discovery HSE SI4
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Wiper Blade
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Discovery HSE SI4 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 72% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Discovery HSE SI4
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 80 | 92.5% |
| London | 43 | 83.7% |
| South West | 38 | 78.9% |
| East of England | 25 | 80.0% |
| Yorkshire | 20 | 80.0% |
| North West | 15 | 86.7% |
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 2019 Discovery HSE SI4
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 2019 Discovery HSE SI4
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 3.6% 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 lights 2.0% of tests
“srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault”
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 brakes 1.6% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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 2019 Discovery HSE SI4 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £22–£53 — and 46% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £22–£53
- Cheapest common item: srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: brake discs in such a condition that it is…
- £45–£110
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 46%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 249 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 HSE SI4, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2019 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 85.9% to 90.4% — a spread of 4.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2019 85.9%wipers blade defective
- 2020 90.4% 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 2019 Land Rover Discovery HSE SI4 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 2019 cars with a similar record
- Citroen C4 Cactus 85.9%
- Fiat TIPO 85.9%
- Mercedes-Benz Cls 85.9%
- Citroen C4 86.0%
- Dacia Logan 86.0%
- Ford Allied 86.0%
Closest pass rates among 2019 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 2019 Land Rover Discovery HSE SI4 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 228 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 81 | 35.50% | 20.89% | +14.61 |
| Tyres | 73 | 32.00% | 19.76% | +12.24 |
| Non-component advisories | 22 | 9.60% | 4.18% | +5.42 |
| Visibility | 19 | 8.30% | 4.97% | +3.33 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 13 | 5.70% | 12.21% | −6.51 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 7 | 3.10% | 0.82% | +2.28 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 6 | 2.60% | 5.52% | −2.92 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 3 | 1.30% | 5.57% | −4.27 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 1.30% | 1.76% | −0.46 |
| Suspension | 1 | 0.40% | 20.98% | −20.58 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 3.6% | £8–22 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 3.2% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.8% | £8–22 |
| Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 2.0% | £3–12 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.6% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads worn down to wear indicator Brakes | Major | 1.2% | £18–45 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.2% | £30–80 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Major | 0.80% | £45–110 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.80% | £45–95 |
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 | 14.5% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 11.7% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 8.0% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 5.2% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.8% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 4.4% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 80 | 92.5% | 21,778 mi |
| 30-60k | 149 | 83.2% | 42,418 mi |
| 60-90k | 20 | 80.0% | 69,220 mi |
Source: 249 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.
2019 Discovery HSE SI4 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2019 Land Rover Discovery HSE SI4?
85.9% of the 249 2019 Land Rover Discovery HSE SI4 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 89.5% for cars first used in 2019. First-attempt pass rate: 83.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2019 Land Rover Discovery HSE SI4?
The three most recorded items are wipers blade defective (3.61%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (3.21%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (2.81%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2019 Land Rover Discovery HSE SI4 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.5% of the time, falling to 80.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2019 Land Rover Discovery HSE SI4 in this dataset had covered 36,054 mi.
Does the season affect the 2019 Land Rover Discovery HSE SI4 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 87.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 85.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.