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Land Rover Freelander
Land Rover Freelander MOT pass rate and common problems
The Land Rover Freelander passed 65% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 7.3 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was track rod end ball joint has excessive play.
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How the Freelander 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 Freelander runs 12.4 points behind the Land Rover average. It is 8th of the 8 Land Rover models in the data. The average Freelander arrived at its test 15.5 years old with 122,113 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.
Freelander MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Land Rover Freelander cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 79.1% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 64.2%, a drop of 14.9 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years (small sample) | 2 | 100% | 27.7 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 5,962 | 79.1% | 6.8 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 104,198 | 64.2% | 8.1 pts below |
That is a steep decline with age, so the headline rate flatters older examples. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Freelander failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Land Rover Freelander cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 50% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Freelander MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Land Rover Freelander cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 32% of everything testers recorded against failed Land Rover Freelander cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Freelander
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength, linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn, coil spring fractured or broken, ball joint excessively worn and shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak. 13.6% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working and stop lamp not working. 8.1% of failure items.
3
Steering
Recorded most often: track rod end ball joint has excessive play. 4.4% of failure items.
4
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm. 3.2% of failure items.
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Land Rover Freelander MOT FAQs
What is the Land Rover Freelander MOT pass rate?
65% of Land Rover Freelander cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 110,162 tests. That is 7.3 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 432nd of 575 models.
What does a Land Rover Freelander most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Land Rover Freelander cars failing their 2025 MOT was track rod end ball joint has excessive play, on 4.4% of failure items. Next were position lamp not working (4.3%) and stop lamp not working (3.8%).
Which area causes the most Land Rover Freelander MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 26.1%, followed by suspension at 23.9%.
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, against 64.2% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Land Rover Freelander has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Land Rover Freelander 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 Freelander'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.