Pass rate
87.9%
Above average — 3.3 pts behind the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 7,845 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£70
2021 Land Rover Discovery Spt Rdyn MOT pass rate
- 2021
- 2 trims combined
- typical 33,874 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
34.7% 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 88.2% pass
- Avoid 2022 87.5% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 0.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 86.5%
- Typical mileage
- 34k mi
The 2021 Land Rover Discovery Spt Rdyn MOT pass rate is 87.9% of its MOT tests — 3.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 34.7% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Land Rover Discovery Spt Rdyn does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.7× the national share
Tyres make up 34.2% of everything recorded on the 2021 Land Rover Discovery Spt Rdyn, against 19.8% nationally — 14.4 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 34.7%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 91.2%; this one manages 87.9% — 3.3 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
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 Spt Rdyn first registered in 2021 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2021 Land Rover Discovery Spt Rdyn compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 3.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 86.5%. The median 2021 Land Rover Discovery Spt Rdyn in this dataset had covered 33,874 mi.
100% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 87.9% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 88.0% of the time, April–September 87.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively", noted on 2.87% of tests.
- 7,845 recorded tests behind this page.
- 87.9% overall pass rate, 86.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Land Rover Discovery Spt Rdyn, the average is 87.9% — best year 2020 (88.2%), worst 2022 (87.5%).
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
- 7,845
- Typical mileage (median)
- 33,874 mi
- Make and model
- Land Rover Discovery Spt Rdyn
- 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 Spt Rdyn MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 76% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (100% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Discovery Spt Rdyn
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1,243 | 85.4% |
| South East | 1,240 | 86.8% |
| Yorkshire | 1,020 | 89.8% |
| North West | 998 | 87.3% |
| East of England | 813 | 87.0% |
| South West | 649 | 85.5% |
| West Midlands | 648 | 92.7% |
| East Midlands | 517 | 88.2% |
| North East | 317 | 91.8% |
| Wales | 281 | 88.6% |
| London | 119 | 95.0% |
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 2021 Discovery Spt Rdyn
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 2021 Discovery Spt Rdyn
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 does not clear the windscreen effectively”
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 windscreen 1.7% 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 brakes 1.4% 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 2021 Discovery Spt Rdyn through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£70 — and 43% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £30–£70
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 43%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 7,845 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 Spt Rdyn, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2020 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 87.5% to 88.2% — a spread of 0.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2020 88.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 87.9%wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 87.5% 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 2021 Land Rover Discovery Spt Rdyn 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 2021 cars with a similar record
- Tesla Model 3 88.1%
- BMW 330E 87.7%
- Isuzu D-Max 88.2%
- BMW 420D 88.2%
- Ford Mondeo 88.4%
- Nissan Navara 88.5%
Closest pass rates among 2021 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 2021 Land Rover Discovery Spt Rdyn 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 6,311 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 | 2,199 | 34.70% | 20.89% | +13.81 |
| Tyres | 2,170 | 34.20% | 19.76% | +14.44 |
| Visibility | 743 | 11.70% | 4.97% | +6.73 |
| Suspension | 433 | 6.80% | 20.98% | −14.18 |
| Non-component advisories | 409 | 6.50% | 4.18% | +2.32 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 192 | 3.00% | 12.21% | −9.21 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 71 | 1.10% | 5.52% | −4.42 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 42 | 0.70% | 1.76% | −1.06 |
| Road Wheels | 28 | 0.40% | 0.75% | −0.35 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 24 | 0.40% | 5.57% | −5.17 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.9% | £8–22 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.8% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 2.5% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 2.4% | £8–22 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.7% | £80–200 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.6% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.4% | £18–45 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.79% | £45–95 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.50% | £3–15 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.48% | £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 | 15.2% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 11.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.3% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.4% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 3.3% | £30–75 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 2.7% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2,986 | 90.2% | 22,623 mi |
| 30-60k | 4,403 | 86.6% | 41,146 mi |
| 60-90k | 427 | 85.2% | 68,294 mi |
| 90-120k | 25 | 84.0% | 96,505 mi |
| 120k+ | 2 | 100.0% | 127,559 mi |
Source: 7,845 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.
2021 Discovery Spt Rdyn MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Land Rover Discovery Spt Rdyn?
87.9% of the 7,845 2021 Land Rover Discovery Spt Rdyn tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 86.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Land Rover Discovery Spt Rdyn?
The three most recorded items are wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (2.87%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.84%), has ply or cords exposed (2.45%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Land Rover Discovery Spt Rdyn MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.2% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Land Rover Discovery Spt Rdyn in this dataset had covered 33,874 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2021 Land Rover Discovery Spt Rdyn?
Diesel: 87.9% pass rate across 7,812 tests. Other: 82.6% pass rate across 23 tests. Hybrid: 100.0% pass rate across 10 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2021 Land Rover Discovery Spt Rdyn MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 88.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 87.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.