Land Rover Range Rover MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Land Rover Range Rover MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Land Rover Range Rover passed on its first attempt in 82.2%, and its overall record sits +3.5 percentage points above the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Land Rover Range Rover in the 2023–2025 data: 679,145 tests across 24 model years (2000–2023). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Land Rover Range Rover MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Land Rover Range Rover, the Suspension section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Land Rover Range Rover's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Land Rover Range Rover DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Land Rover Range Rover, each with how many of the model's 679,145 tests it was noted on.

• "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view" (Minor) — noted on about 22,070 Land Rover Range Rover tests, 3.2% of the model's MOT record.
• "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated" (Minor) — noted on about 19,678 Land Rover Range Rover tests, 2.9% of the model's MOT record.
• "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated" (Minor) — noted on about 18,296 Land Rover Range Rover tests, 2.7% of the model's MOT record.
• "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources" (Minor) — noted on about 11,904 Land Rover Range Rover tests, 1.8% of the model's MOT record.
• "Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn" (Major) — noted on about 10,973 Land Rover Range Rover tests, 1.6% of the model's MOT record.
• "Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded" (Major) — noted on about 8,829 Land Rover Range Rover tests, 1.3% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Land Rover Range Rover Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Land Rover Range Rover model year on record is 2023 (96.6% across 204 tests), and the weakest is 2003 (76.0%). The gap between them is 20.6 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Land Rover Range Rover reliability is improving in the DVSA data — the pass rate moves about 1.0 points a year across the most recent model years shown above.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Land Rover Range Rover Owners

These checks follow this Land Rover Range Rover's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Land Rover Range Rover.

• the windscreen — “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.

• the suspension joints — “ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”

  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.

• the lights — “registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”

  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.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Land Rover Range Rover. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Where the Land Rover Range Rover is most common

Across every Range Rover model year on record (2000–2023): 331,934 Land Rover Range Rover cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 679,058 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 9,122 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.

The twenty areas with the most Land Rover Range Rover cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →

Frequently Asked Questions: Land Rover Range Rover MOT & Reliability