33.0%
Fluid leak
The vehicle is leaking a fluid — oil, coolant, fuel or hydraulic. A slight seep is common on older cars; a continuous drip is both a road hazard and a sign of something failing.
MOT wording: Oil leak, but not excessive
Land RoverUsed-car reliability
How reliable is a used Land Rover?
At 7 years old, the average Land Rover fails its MOT less often than the average UK car.
MOT fail rate · 7-year-old cars
Land Rover14.1%
UK average16.6%
Fails less often than the average 7-year-old car (about 1 in 6 MOTs, 16.6%)
Where to start
The lowest and highest fail rates in the Land Rover range
The Land Rover models whose MOT tests at 7 years old most and least often ended in a fail. All of them fail less often than the average car this age (about 1 in 6 MOTs, 16.6%).
Lowest fail rates
- 1
Land Rover Range Rover12.4%fail rate - 2
Land Rover Range Rover Sport12.8%fail rate - 3
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque13.5%fail rate
Highest fail rates
- 1
Land Rover Discovery Sport15.7%fail rate - 2
Land Rover Range Rover Velar14.2%fail rate - 3
Land Rover Discovery14.1%fail rate
What actually goes wrong
What breaks on Land Rover cars
The most common MOT faults across the Land Rover range, in plain English. Models with more MOT tests count for more. The percentage is the share of MOT tests on Land Rover cars that recorded that defect.
17.5%
Tyre condition
A tyre is worn, cut, damaged or otherwise not fit for the road. Tyres are the only thing connecting the car to the road, so this is always worth taking seriously.
MOT wording: Tyre worn close to the legal limit or worn on the edge
13.8%
Suspension arms, struts and anti-roll bar
A suspension arm, wishbone, strut, sub-frame, or anti-roll bar is worn, cracked, bent, or has excessive play. These structural parts hold the wheels in position and control body lean in corners.
MOT wording: Suspension part corroded, but not seriously weakened
13.0%
Wheel bearing
A wheel bearing is worn or damaged. Wheel bearings let the wheels spin smoothly — when worn, they make a humming or grinding noise and can cause the wheel to wobble.
MOT wording: Wheel bearing has slight play
Across all Land Rover models; models with more MOT tests count for more.
The whole range
Every Land Rover that ranks, in plain English
For each model, one number: the share of its MOT tests at 7 years old that ended in a fail. Retests count as tests. Lower is better. Every model here fails less often than the UK average (about 1 in 6 MOTs, 16.6%). Only models with enough MOT data at 7 years old are ranked. The rest sit just below, unranked.
6 models
Land Rover Range Rover
The lowest 7-year fail rate of any Land Rover here.
12.4%fail rate at 7 years old
Land Rover Range Rover Sport
Among the lower fail rates in the Land Rover range at 7 years old.
12.8%fail rate at 7 years old
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
Among the lower fail rates in the Land Rover range at 7 years old.
13.5%fail rate at 7 years old
Land Rover Discovery
Among the lower fail rates in the Land Rover range at 7 years old.
14.1%fail rate at 7 years old
Land Rover Range Rover Velar
Above the Land Rover average, but below the UK average.
14.2%fail rate at 7 years old
Land Rover Discovery Sport
Above the Land Rover average, but below the UK average.
15.7%fail rate at 7 years old
Fail rates are the share of MOT tests on 7-year-old cars ending in a fail, retests included (DVSA MOT results, 2025). UK average across all makes at the same age: 16.6%. How we count fail rates
Not directly comparable with the figures at 7 years old
Shown unranked. These models don’t have enough MOT data at 7 years old yet. They’re either too new (few cars old enough) or too old (few still on the road). Each is shown at the age with the most tests, so the percentages aren’t directly comparable to the list above.
Looking at one in particular?
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