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Land Rover Freelander MOT fail rate by age

How often the Land Rover Freelander fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 499,873 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 15 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 15 (n=51,125)36.3%
All cars at 15 years (n=5,591,675)41.6%
Median mileage at test127,678
All cars, median mileage100,157

90 of 280 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 15 years.

What stands out

  • At 8 years the Land Rover Freelander fails 18.9% of MOTs (11,787 tests), 4.9 points below the 23.8% for all cars that age. At 24 years it fails 44.8% (1,976 tests), 7.0 points above the 37.8% average.
  • The gap is widest at 11 years: 9.0 points below all cars.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 15 years: Steering track rod end: ball joint play, at 3.4 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

8 years 24 years 52.3%

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

Land Rover Freelander: 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
8 years18.9%11,78723.8%−4.9 pts69,406 miles
9 years21.9%25,24027.1%−5.2 pts79,041 miles
10 years23.0%35,68330.3%−7.3 pts86,384 miles
11 years24.3%47,96033.3%−9.0 pts94,675 miles
12 years27.5%50,67836.0%−8.5 pts103,912 miles
13 years29.7%47,54138.3%−8.6 pts111,459 miles
14 years33.2%48,46440.3%−7.0 pts119,955 miles
15 years36.3%51,12541.6%−5.3 pts127,678 miles
16 years39.7%44,22842.6%−2.9 pts131,091 miles
17 years43.0%40,08143.1%−0.1 pts131,872 miles
18 years45.1%33,67143.3%+1.8 pts130,879 miles
19 years47.5%22,27843.2%+4.3 pts126,199 miles
20 years47.5%17,06542.8%+4.7 pts128,181 miles
21 years46.2%11,48842.1%+4.1 pts127,984 miles
22 years45.8%6,74141.0%+4.8 pts127,875 miles
23 years46.3%3,86739.6%+6.7 pts124,029 miles
24 years44.8%1,97637.8%+7.0 pts115,898 miles

Most common fail items at 15 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
Steering track rod end: ball joint play Major3.4
Shock absorber leaking Major3.4
Coil spring broken Major3.2
Anti-roll bar link worn Major2.7
Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Major2.3

Out of 51,125 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Side/position light not working Major4.5
Brake light not working Major3.8
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous3.5
Individual direction indicators: incorrect colour Major3
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous2.4

Out of 51,125 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 15 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Land Rover Discovery33.9%24,94441.6%
Land Rover Range Rover Sport29.5%21,06341.6%
Land Rover Defender32.4%15,05741.6%

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
200123 years in 202448.9%1,11839.6%
200223 years in 202545.2%1,68439.6%
200322 years in 202545.5%2,26141.0%
200421 years in 202546.1%3,61942.1%
200520 years in 202548.1%4,47042.8%
200619 years in 202546.1%5,02143.2%
200718 years in 202539.9%12,34943.3%
200817 years in 202539.6%9,95143.1%
200916 years in 202536.6%9,38942.6%
201015 years in 202535.7%13,52241.6%
201114 years in 202531.0%12,10840.3%
201213 years in 202528.6%10,36238.3%
201312 years in 202527.1%13,06336.0%
201411 years in 202522.5%11,57233.3%

More on the Land Rover Freelander

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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