Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded on the Land Rover Freelander
Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded on the Land Rover Freelander is recorded on 42,819 tests — 9.6% of all its MOT tests, against 4.6% across every car in the data. That is 2.1× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 4.6% of tests record it — this model is 2.1× that share |
| The 318 models compared | 81 of 318, highest first |
| The model's own record | 444,821 tests · every year of the Freelander → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Land Rover Freelander 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, 15.5% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2014, 0.9%. The share has fallen 14.6 points over that time. Worst year 2000 at 15.5%; best 2011 at 0.6%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 525 | 3,386 | 15.5% |
| 2001 | 1,617 | 13,191 | 12.3% |
| 2002 | 3,154 | 26,355 | 12.0% |
| 2003 | 4,493 | 35,958 | 12.5% |
| 2004 | 7,162 | 57,027 | 12.6% |
| 2005 | 8,830 | 68,784 | 12.8% |
| 2006 | 8,881 | 73,722 | 12.1% |
| 2007 | 2,288 | 156,033 | 1.5% |
| 2008 | 1,170 | 122,319 | 1.0% |
| 2009 | 741 | 109,995 | 0.7% |
| 2010 | 999 | 104,216 | 1.0% |
| 2011 | 495 | 88,878 | 0.6% |
| 2012 | 801 | 75,386 | 1.1% |
| 2013 | 940 | 94,672 | 1.0% |
| 2014 | 707 | 80,362 | 0.9% |
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 £80–£180 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
- Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Land Rover Freelander MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Land Rover model →