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Land Rover Discovery MOT fail rate by age

How often the Land Rover Discovery fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 591,956 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 7 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 7 (n=38,002)17.2%
All cars at 7 years (n=10,537,318)20.6%
Median mileage at test70,353
All cars, median mileage52,953

126 of 330 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 7 years.

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Land Rover Discovery fails 11.4% of MOTs (21,840 tests), about the same as the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 25 years it fails 34.1% (6,748 tests), 2.2 points below the 36.3% average.
  • The gap is widest at 12 years: 8.9 points below all cars.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 7 years: Suspension arm bush worn, at 3 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 25 years 47.6%

Solid line: this model. Dashed line: all cars at the same age.

Land Rover Discovery: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
AgeMOT fail rateTests (n)All carsDifferenceMedian mileage
3 years11.4%21,84012.1%−0.6 pts31,459 miles
4 years12.9%27,30213.4%−0.4 pts41,303 miles
5 years14.1%32,49815.3%−1.2 pts50,306 miles
6 years15.2%36,76517.8%−2.6 pts60,287 miles
7 years17.2%38,00220.6%−3.4 pts70,353 miles
8 years19.7%36,75923.8%−4.1 pts80,297 miles
9 years21.3%33,21227.1%−5.8 pts91,873 miles
10 years23.3%30,39430.3%−7.0 pts102,213 miles
11 years25.2%27,34833.3%−8.0 pts111,510 miles
12 years27.1%26,57936.0%−8.9 pts120,007 miles
13 years29.3%25,28438.3%−8.9 pts126,874 miles
14 years31.6%23,56540.3%−8.6 pts133,854 miles
15 years33.9%24,94441.6%−7.7 pts140,124 miles
16 years36.0%26,82442.6%−6.6 pts146,236 miles
17 years36.6%29,25443.1%−6.5 pts151,859 miles
18 years36.9%30,05043.3%−6.4 pts152,919 miles
19 years36.6%28,58943.2%−6.6 pts152,722 miles
20 years35.8%25,35942.8%−7.0 pts151,321 miles
21 years35.9%21,30242.1%−6.1 pts148,869 miles
22 years35.7%16,86041.0%−5.3 pts150,457 miles
23 years36.2%13,09639.6%−3.5 pts153,800 miles
24 years34.7%9,38237.8%−3.1 pts155,028 miles
25 years34.1%6,74836.3%−2.2 pts155,815 miles

Most common fail items at 7 years

Split into structural or mechanical items and wear items. Wear items (tyres, brake pads, wipers, bulbs) say more about upkeep than about the design.

Structural and mechanical

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Suspension arm bush worn Major3
Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded Major2
Suspension arm ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Major1.2
Prop shaft: bearing excessively worn Major0.8

Out of 38,002 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous2.5
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major2.3
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Major1.7
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous1.5
Wipers not clearing screen Major1.4
Tyre with cords exposed Dangerous1.2

Out of 38,002 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 7 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque15.5%83,90220.6%
Land Rover Discovery Sport17.9%80,11420.6%
Land Rover Range Rover Sport15.9%43,69420.6%

MOT fail rate by first-use year

Each year has its own page: the fail rate for cars first used that year at each MOT from 2022 to 2025 with at least 1,000 tests, the most common faults at that age, and the car tax and ULEZ rules for that year.

First-use year data updated .

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First usedAge at testMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
199825 years in 202334.0%1,34736.3%
199925 years in 202434.2%1,98536.3%
200025 years in 202534.6%1,90836.3%
200124 years in 202534.3%3,11437.8%
200223 years in 202534.3%3,94639.6%
200322 years in 202533.2%4,99941.0%
200421 years in 202533.9%5,71442.1%
200520 years in 202534.7%6,83442.8%
200619 years in 202537.4%6,64843.2%
200718 years in 202535.6%5,72043.3%
200817 years in 202534.9%4,35643.1%
200916 years in 202532.8%4,80642.6%
201015 years in 202529.3%5,98841.6%
201114 years in 202528.5%5,77540.3%
201213 years in 202527.1%6,54838.3%
201312 years in 202525.6%6,23536.0%
201411 years in 202523.0%7,34033.3%
201510 years in 202520.3%9,09030.3%
20169 years in 202519.4%9,62927.1%
20178 years in 202518.1%9,78923.8%
20187 years in 202514.4%8,50520.6%
20196 years in 202513.8%7,92617.8%
20205 years in 202513.5%5,72315.3%
20214 years in 202511.4%4,67413.4%

More on the Land Rover Discovery

Read this with care. A fail rate is not a measure of build quality. How far cars are driven, how they are used and how well owners maintain them all change it, and wear items such as tyres and brake pads are common fails. Compare a model only with cars of the same age. Methodology and limits.

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal MOT tests, 2022 to 2025. MOT data updated 22 September 2026.

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