Pass rate
87.2%
Above average — 1.2 pts ahead of the 86.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 12,580 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£67
2017 Land Rover Range Rover Velar MOT pass rate
- 2017
- typical 55,603 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
29.9% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
2.3 pts down across model years — 5.2% in 2017, 2.9% in 2022.
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 91.0% pass
- Avoid 2017 87.2% pass · this year
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 3.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 85.6%
- Typical mileage
- 56k mi
The 2017 Land Rover Range Rover Velar MOT pass rate is 87.2% of its MOT tests — 1.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.9% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Land Rover Range Rover Velar does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Steering: 5.0× the national share
Steering accounts for 12.9% of everything recorded on the 2017 Land Rover Range Rover Velar, against 2.6% nationally — 10.3 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 29.9%, but at 19.8% nationally that one is ordinary. Ask for the steering to be checked for play with the wheels on the ground, not on a jack.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 32% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
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 2017 Land Rover Range Rover Velar compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 86.0%, so this figure is 1.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 85.6%. The median 2017 Land Rover Range Rover Velar in this dataset had covered 55,603 mi.
85% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 87.1% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 87.3% of the time, April–September 87.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Track rod end ball joint has excessive play", noted on 3.20% of tests.
- 12,580 recorded tests behind this page.
- 87.2% overall pass rate, 85.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Land Rover Range Rover Velar, the average is 88.8% — best year 2021 (91.0%), worst 2017 (87.2%).
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
- 12,580
- Typical mileage (median)
- 55,603 mi
- Make and model
- Land Rover Range Rover Velar
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Range Rover Velar MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 77% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (85% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Range Rover Velar
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 2,941 | 87.0% |
| North West | 1,545 | 87.1% |
| East of England | 1,498 | 88.1% |
| Yorkshire | 1,241 | 87.6% |
| East Midlands | 1,005 | 86.4% |
| West Midlands | 972 | 88.4% |
| South West | 928 | 83.4% |
| London | 830 | 92.8% |
| Scotland | 721 | 83.9% |
| North East | 485 | 87.8% |
| Wales | 412 | 85.4% |
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 2017 Range Rover Velar
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 2017 Range Rover Velar
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 suspension joints 3.2% of tests
“track rod end ball joint has excessive play”
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.
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Check the windscreen 1.8% 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 wipers and washers 1.4% 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.
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 2017 Range Rover Velar through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£67 — and 32% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £28–£67
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 32%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 12,580 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 Range Rover Velar, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2017 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 87.2% to 91.0% — a spread of 3.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2017 87.2%track rod end ball joint has…
- 2018 88.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 88.6% wipers does not clear the…
- 2020 89.9% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 91.0% wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 90.6% wipers does not clear the…
- 2023 90.7% has a bulge, caused by separation…
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 2017 Land Rover Range Rover Velar 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 2017 cars with a similar record
- MINI Clubman 87.3%
- Mitsubishi Asx 87.3%
- BMW 318 87.3%
- Mitsubishi Shogun 87.3%
- Kia Picanto 87.1%
- Mercedes-Benz B-Class 87.1%
Closest pass rates among 2017 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 2017 Land Rover Range Rover Velar 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 10,990 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 3,319 | 29.90% | 19.76% | +10.14 |
| Brakes | 3,064 | 27.60% | 20.89% | +6.71 |
| Steering | 1,428 | 12.90% | 2.57% | +10.33 |
| Visibility | 787 | 7.10% | 4.97% | +2.13 |
| Non-component advisories | 766 | 6.90% | 4.18% | +2.72 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 606 | 5.50% | 5.52% | −0.02 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 399 | 3.60% | 12.21% | −8.61 |
| Suspension | 363 | 3.30% | 20.98% | −17.68 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 151 | 1.40% | 1.76% | −0.36 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 107 | 1.00% | 5.57% | −4.57 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 3.2% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.8% | £80–200 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.4% | £8–22 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.2% | £8–22 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.1% | £3–12 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 0.91% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.84% | £18–45 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 0.70% | £8–22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 14.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.3% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.0% | £18–45 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Advisory | 5.9% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.1% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 2.8% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 948 | 89.6% | 23,350 mi |
| 30-60k | 6,451 | 87.8% | 46,862 mi |
| 60-90k | 4,446 | 86.1% | 71,641 mi |
| 90-120k | 665 | 85.1% | 99,955 mi |
| 120k+ | 70 | 87.1% | 138,801 mi |
Source: 12,580 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.
2017 Range Rover Velar MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2017 Land Rover Range Rover Velar?
87.2% of the 12,580 2017 Land Rover Range Rover Velar tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 86.0% for cars first used in 2017. First-attempt pass rate: 85.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2017 Land Rover Range Rover Velar?
The three most recorded items are track rod end ball joint has excessive play (3.20%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.80%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.35%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2017 Land Rover Range Rover Velar MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 89.6% of the time, falling to 87.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2017 Land Rover Range Rover Velar in this dataset had covered 55,603 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2017 Land Rover Range Rover Velar?
Diesel: 87.1% pass rate across 10,684 tests. Petrol: 87.5% pass rate across 1,896 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2017 Land Rover Range Rover Velar MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 87.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 87.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.