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Land Rover Freelander exhaust, emissions and leaks problems

DVSA MOT tests 2022–2025 · 51,125 MOT tests · Updated

At 15 years, 1.5 in 100 MOT tests of the Land Rover Freelander failed on exhaust, emissions and leaks, against 5.7 for all class 4 vehicles the same age (all test years; 51,125 MOT tests) [1].

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  • Against all class 4 vehicles the same age: fails less often than all class 4 vehicles the same age (0.2–0.3×) (all test years), 773 MOT tests with a fail
  • By age: seen at 17 ages from 8 to 24 years, 499,873 MOT tests
  • MOT tests at 15 years: 51,125 for the Land Rover Freelander

Figures are for the model as a whole, not for one car.

What the MOT tests show

What we know

1.5 fails per 100 MOT tests at 15 years, against 5.7 for all class 4 vehicles tested at 15 (all test years). The Land Rover Freelander fails less often here.

Why it matters

An exhaust, emissions and leaks fail stops the car passing until it is fixed.

What to check

Start the car from cold and look for smoke at the exhaust, listen for blowing joints, and look under the engine and gearbox for fresh oil or fluid drips.

Land Rover Freelander exhaust, emissions and leaks fails by age

Land Rover Freelander exhaust, emissions and leaks fails per 100 MOT tests by ageSolid line: the Land Rover Freelander. Dashed line: all cars the same age. The table below lists every value.05108 years: 0.3 per 100 (all cars 2.1), 11,787 MOT tests89 years: 0.5 per 100 (all cars 2.4), 25,240 MOT tests10 years: 0.6 per 100 (all cars 2.8), 35,683 MOT tests1011 years: 0.7 per 100 (all cars 3.2), 47,960 MOT tests12 years: 1.0 per 100 (all cars 3.7), 50,678 MOT tests1213 years: 1.2 per 100 (all cars 4.3), 47,541 MOT tests14 years: 1.5 per 100 (all cars 5.1), 48,464 MOT tests1415 years: 1.5 per 100 (all cars 5.7), 51,125 MOT tests16 years: 2.0 per 100 (all cars 6.2), 44,228 MOT tests1617 years: 2.6 per 100 (all cars 6.5), 40,081 MOT tests18 years: 3.5 per 100 (all cars 6.8), 33,671 MOT tests1819 years: 4.7 per 100 (all cars 7.0), 22,278 MOT tests20 years: 4.8 per 100 (all cars 7.0), 17,065 MOT tests2021 years: 5.2 per 100 (all cars 7.1), 11,488 MOT tests22 years: 6.1 per 100 (all cars 7.0), 6,741 MOT tests2223 years: 6.5 per 100 (all cars 6.9), 3,867 MOT tests24 years: 9.3 per 100 (all cars 7.0), 1,976 MOT tests24
Fails per 100 MOT tests by age, all first-use years pooled. Land Rover Freelander All class 4 vehicles the same age Shaded: over 18 years, survivors only.
AgeMOT testsFails per 100All class 4 vehicles the same age
811,7870.32.1
925,2400.52.4
1035,6830.62.8
1147,9600.73.2
1250,6781.03.7
1347,5411.24.3
1448,4641.55.1
1551,1251.55.7
1644,2282.06.2
1740,0812.66.5
1833,6713.56.8
19*22,2784.77.0
20*17,0654.87.0
21*11,4885.27.1
22*6,7416.17.0
23*3,8676.56.9
24*1,9769.37.0

All first-use years of the Land Rover Freelander pooled at each age, against all class 4 vehicles at that age over all 2022–2025 test years. * Only survivors are still tested at this age.

What fails in the exhaust, emissions and leaks at 15 years

Advisories (not fails)

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By engine and fuel

  • 2.2 diesel: 1.5 per 100 at 15 years, fails less often than diesel class 4 vehicles the same age (0.3× (0.26–0.30×)) (all test years; 49,097 MOT tests)
  • 2.0 diesel: 1.7 per 100 at 15 years, about average for diesel class 4 vehicles the same age (all test years; 1,265 MOT tests)

How to check on a test drive

Start the car from cold and look for smoke at the exhaust, listen for blowing joints, and look under the engine and gearbox for fresh oil or fluid drips.

The most common advisory here in MOT records: Engine oil leaks: leak, but not excessive.

Check one Land Rover Freelander, not the average

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Exhaust, emissions and leaks on rival models

Questions people ask

Does the Land Rover Freelander have more exhaust, emissions and leaks problems than other cars?

0.2 to 0.3 times the exhaust, emissions and leaks fail rate of all class 4 vehicles the same age at 15 years (all test years), from 51,125 MOT tests. The interval is clear of 0.8 in the same direction at 10 of the 17 ages seen (ages up to 18 with at least 100 MOT tests with a fail).

How common are Land Rover Freelander exhaust, emissions and leaks problems?

1.5 in 100 MOT tests at 15 years failed on exhaust, emissions and leaks, against 5.7 for all class 4 vehicles the same age (all test years; 51,125 MOT tests).

Sources

  1. Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2022 to 2025. DVSA MOT data, Open Government Licence v3.0, 499,873 MOT tests. Accessed 7 Oct 2026.

Parts: against all class 4 vehicles at the same age, all 2022–2025 test years pooled, not adjusted for mileage. Breakdowns and non-MOT faults are not in this data. How we compare