Land Rover Sport MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

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

The Land Rover Sport passed on its first attempt in 82.3%, 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 Sport in the 2023–2025 data: 646 tests across 3 model years (2007–2014). 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 Sport MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Land Rover Sport, 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 Sport's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

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

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Land Rover Sport, each with how many of the model's 646 tests it was noted on.

• "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view" (Minor) — noted on about 29 Land Rover Sport tests, 4.5% of the model's MOT record.
• "Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn" (Major) — noted on about 16 Land Rover Sport tests, 2.5% of the model's MOT record.
• "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated" (Minor) — noted on about 16 Land Rover Sport tests, 2.5% of the model's MOT record.
• "Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault" (Major) — noted on about 15 Land Rover Sport tests, 2.3% of the model's MOT record.
• "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated" (Minor) — noted on about 15 Land Rover Sport tests, 2.3% of the model's MOT record.
• "Has ply or cords exposed" (Major) — noted on about 10 Land Rover Sport tests, 1.6% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Land Rover Sport Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Land Rover Sport model year on record is 2014 (85.7% across 489 tests), and the weakest is 2007 (80.2%). The gap between them is 5.5 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Land Rover Sport reliability is improving in the DVSA data — the pass rate moves about 2.8 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 Sport Owners

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

• 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 — “pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn”

  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 — “srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault”

  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 Sport. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Frequently Asked Questions: Land Rover Sport MOT & Reliability