81.2%
Land Rover Discovery Sport
Land Rover Discovery Sport MOT pass rate and common problems
The Land Rover Discovery Sport passed 81.2% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 8.9 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Discovery Sport compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
77.3%
Land Rover average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Discovery Sport runs 3.8 points ahead of the Land Rover average. It is 3rd of the 8 Land Rover models in the data. The average Discovery Sport arrived at its test 7.2 years old with 64,063 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
Discovery Sport MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Land Rover Discovery Sport cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 82.9% of MOT tests. For cars aged 6 to 10 years that fell to 80.4%, a drop of 2.4 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 31,768 | 82.9% | 10.6 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 85,019 | 80.4% | 8.1 pts above |
| 11 years and over (small sample) | 18 | 66.7% | 5.6 pts below |
That is a smaller decline than most cars show. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Discovery Sport failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Land Rover Discovery Sport cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Tyres and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 46.3% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Discovery Sport MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Land Rover Discovery Sport cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 57.1% of everything testers recorded against failed Land Rover Discovery Sport cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Discovery Sport
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Tyres
Recorded most often: condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords, condition has ply or cords exposed and tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm. 21.4% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: rear fog lamp not working, headlamp aim too low and headlamp not working on dipped beam. 9.2% of failure items.
3
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 9.1% of failure items.
4
Noise, emissions and leaks
Recorded most often: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction. 7.5% of failure items.
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Land Rover Discovery Sport MOT FAQs
What is the Land Rover Discovery Sport MOT pass rate?
81.2% of Land Rover Discovery Sport cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 120,363 tests. That is 8.9 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 179th of 575 models.
What does a Land Rover Discovery Sport most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Land Rover Discovery Sport cars failing their 2025 MOT was condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords, on 10.4% of failure items. Next were wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (9.1%) and malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (7.5%).
Which area causes the most Land Rover Discovery Sport MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was tyres at 26.5%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 19.8%.
Do older Land Rover Discovery Sport cars fail their MOT more often?
Land Rover Discovery Sport cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 82.9% of MOT tests in 2025, against 80.4% for cars aged 6 to 10 years.
Does this mean every Land Rover Discovery Sport has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Land Rover Discovery Sport that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific Land Rover Discovery Sport's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.