Transmission oil leaks leaking excessively from transmission on the Land Rover Discovery
Transmission oil leaks leaking excessively from transmission on the Land Rover Discovery is recorded on 11,327 tests — 1.4% of all its MOT tests, against 0.7% across every car in the data. That is 2.0× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 0.7% of tests record it — this model is 2.0× that share |
| The 289 models compared | 50 of 289, highest first |
| The model's own record | 816,484 tests · every year of the Discovery → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Land Rover Discovery 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, 3.2% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2016, 0.3%. The share has fallen 2.9 points over that time. Worst year 2003 at 3.5%; best 2016 at 0.3%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 518 | 16,192 | 3.2% |
| 2001 | 758 | 25,502 | 3.0% |
| 2002 | 1,080 | 48,579 | 2.2% |
| 2003 | 1,397 | 40,060 | 3.5% |
| 2004 | 1,325 | 45,698 | 2.9% |
| 2005 | 606 | 56,194 | 1.1% |
| 2006 | 678 | 56,036 | 1.2% |
| 2007 | 750 | 48,162 | 1.6% |
| 2008 | 404 | 35,814 | 1.1% |
| 2009 | 448 | 18,819 | 2.4% |
| 2010 | 546 | 46,050 | 1.2% |
| 2011 | 258 | 43,176 | 0.6% |
| 2012 | 201 | 48,670 | 0.4% |
| 2013 | 96 | 22,569 | 0.4% |
| 2014 | 488 | 52,804 | 0.9% |
| 2015 | 717 | 164,870 | 0.4% |
| 2016 | 547 | 211,792 | 0.3% |
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 £200–£700 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
- Transmission oil leaks leaking excessively from transmission: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Land Rover Discovery MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Land Rover model →