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Land Rover Range Rover Sport MOT fail rate by age

How often the Land Rover Range Rover Sport fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 498,033 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 6 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 6 (n=43,786)13.8%
All cars at 6 years (n=10,382,720)17.8%
Median mileage at test52,730
All cars, median mileage44,951

88 of 340 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 6 years.

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Land Rover Range Rover Sport fails 11.1% of MOTs (36,398 tests), 1.0 points below the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 20 years it fails 31.8% (2,861 tests), 10.9 points below the 42.8% average.
  • The gap is widest at 13 years: 13.9 points below all cars.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 6 years: Airbag (SRS) warning light on, at 1.2 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 20 years 47.6%

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

Land Rover Range Rover Sport: 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 years11.1%36,39812.1%−1.0 pts27,077 miles
4 years11.6%40,50813.4%−1.7 pts35,016 miles
5 years12.8%41,03715.3%−2.5 pts43,654 miles
6 years13.8%43,78617.8%−4.0 pts52,730 miles
7 years15.9%43,69420.6%−4.7 pts61,819 miles
8 years18.7%41,37123.8%−5.1 pts70,790 miles
9 years19.7%37,32727.1%−7.4 pts79,008 miles
10 years20.0%32,66330.3%−10.3 pts86,838 miles
11 years20.9%27,26633.3%−12.3 pts94,172 miles
12 years22.5%24,37536.0%−13.5 pts100,605 miles
13 years24.4%22,35938.3%−13.9 pts106,404 miles
14 years27.4%20,58440.3%−12.9 pts113,163 miles
15 years29.5%21,06341.6%−12.1 pts120,208 miles
16 years32.3%21,43342.6%−10.3 pts127,230 miles
17 years32.4%19,49443.1%−10.7 pts131,836 miles
18 years32.6%13,76443.3%−10.6 pts135,576 miles
19 years32.4%8,05043.2%−10.8 pts138,705 miles
20 years31.8%2,86142.8%−10.9 pts140,430 miles

Most common fail items at 6 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
Airbag (SRS) warning light on Major1.2
Suspension arm ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Major1.1
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction Major0.7

Out of 43,786 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous2.5
Wipers not clearing screen Major2.4
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major2.3
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous1.2
Registration plates: does not conform to the specified requirements Major1.2
Tyre with cords exposed Dangerous1
Headlight aimed too high Major0.7

Out of 43,786 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 6 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque14.3%87,44617.8%
Land Rover Discovery Sport17.3%81,99117.8%
Land Rover Discovery15.2%36,76517.8%

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
200520 years in 202531.8%2,85342.8%
200619 years in 202533.0%4,70943.2%
200718 years in 202532.2%4,33543.3%
200817 years in 202531.2%3,69243.1%
200916 years in 202529.4%3,90442.6%
201015 years in 202525.7%4,93341.6%
201114 years in 202523.5%4,88540.3%
201213 years in 202521.7%5,63738.3%
201312 years in 202520.8%6,15436.0%
201411 years in 202520.0%8,44833.3%
201510 years in 202519.7%10,65430.3%
20169 years in 202519.9%10,68527.1%
20178 years in 202517.1%10,19823.8%
20187 years in 202512.9%10,74420.6%
20196 years in 202511.4%11,11917.8%
20205 years in 202511.8%7,85915.3%
20214 years in 202511.5%8,63713.4%
20223 years in 202510.4%6,69312.1%

More on the Land Rover Range Rover Sport

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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