65%
Land Rover Freelander pass rate
Used Land Rover Freelander buying guide
In 2025, Land Rover Freelander cars passed 65% of 110,162 initial MOT tests, 7.3 points below the 72.3% UK average. Here is where it fails and what to check before you buy.
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Land Rover Freelander MOT record in brief
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded.
72.3%
UK average, all cars
−7.3
percentage points below average
Ranked on pass rate the Freelander sits 432nd of 575 models in the data. Land Rover as a brand averaged 77.3%, so this model runs 12.4 points behind its own brand. Land Rover Freelander cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 79.1% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 64.2%.
A pass rate is not a reliability score. The full Land Rover Freelander MOT record has the pass rate by age, every common failure and how the Freelander compares with similar cars.
Freelander fuel types
Diesel made up 97.3% of Land Rover Freelander MOT tests in 2025, against 39.3% across all models in this data. Almost every used example you look at will be a diesel.
Where the Freelander fails its MOT
Where Land Rover Freelander cars that failed their 2025 MOT were marked down, as a share of all recorded failure items.
The specific items testers recorded most often were track rod end ball joint has excessive play (4.4%), position lamp not working (4.3%) and stop lamp not working (3.8%). See every common Freelander MOT failure.
These are DVSA failure records across every Land Rover Freelander that failed, not a claim that every Freelander has these problems.
What should you check when buying a used Freelander?
The areas above, most common first, and what an MOT tester looks at in each.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Walk round with every light on: headlights, brake lights, indicators, fog lights and the number plate lamp. Check no warning lights stay on after starting. 26.1% of Freelander failure items.
2
Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters. 23.9% of Freelander failure items.
3
Brakes
Make sure the pedal feels firm, the car stops in a straight line, the handbrake holds on a slope and no brake warning light is showing. 18.5% of Freelander failure items.
4
Steering
Feel for play, knocking or stiffness in the steering, and check there is no steering warning light. 7.8% of Freelander failure items.
5
Body, chassis, structure
Look underneath and along the sills for corrosion, and check for damaged or poorly repaired panels. 6.7% of Freelander failure items.
None of this replaces the car's own record. Run a free MOT history check on the registration to see every test, advisory and recorded mileage for that car.
What the MOT record doesn't tell you
Knowing Land Rover Freelander failures cluster around lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension tells you what to inspect. It tells you nothing about whether the car is safe to buy. An MOT does not show money still owed on the car, a write-off, a theft record or a clocked odometer.
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- Outstanding finance
- Write-off records
- Stolen markers
- Mileage history
- Previous keepers
Other used Land Rover models
The most-tested Land Rover models in 2025, with how their MOT pass rate compares with the Freelander.
- Used Land Rover Range Rover Evoque 82.3% MOT pass rate
- Used Land Rover Discovery 74.6% MOT pass rate
- Used Land Rover Range Rover Sport 80.8% MOT pass rate
- Used Land Rover Defender 73% MOT pass rate
- Used Land Rover Discovery Sport 81.2% MOT pass rate
- Used Land Rover Range Rover 79.5% MOT pass rate
See all 8 Land Rover models ranked by MOT pass rate.
Used Land Rover Freelander FAQs
Is the Land Rover Freelander reliable?
MOT data does not measure reliability. It records whether a car met the roadworthiness standard on the day of its test. What it does show is a 65% first-time pass rate for the Land Rover Freelander across 110,162 tests in 2025, below the 72.3% average for all cars.
Do older Land Rover Freelander cars fail their MOT more often?
Land Rover Freelander cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 79.1% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 64.2%. On an older example, the car's own MOT history tells you more than the model average.
What should I check before buying a used Land Rover Freelander?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, suspension and brakes. Then check the individual car's history: outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers, mileage and previous keepers. None of these appear in the MOT record or on the V5C.
How do I check a Land Rover Freelander's history?
Enter the registration of the specific car. A Carpeep car history check reports outstanding finance, write-off category, stolen markers, mileage history, previous keepers, MOT and tax status, import and export markers and scrapped status in one £15 report.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.