Land Rover Range Rover Evoque MOT pass rate and common problems

The Land Rover Range Rover Evoque passed 82.3% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 10 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick.

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How the Range Rover Evoque compares

Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.

82.3%

Land Rover Range Rover Evoque

77.3%

Land Rover average

72.3%

UK average, all cars

The Range Rover Evoque runs 5 points ahead of the Land Rover average. It is 2nd of the 8 Land Rover models in the data. The average Range Rover Evoque arrived at its test 8.1 years old with 65,383 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.

Range Rover Evoque MOT pass rate by age

The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.

Land Rover Range Rover Evoque cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 86.6% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 74.5%, a drop of 12.1 percentage points.

Age at testTestsPass ratevs UK average
3 to 5 years 48,593 86.6% 14.3 pts above
6 to 10 years 98,418 82.4% 10.1 pts above
11 years and over 36,272 74.5% 2.2 pts above

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 Range Rover Evoque failures cluster

Every failure item recorded on Land Rover Range Rover Evoque cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.

  • Tyres24.3%
  • Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment19.1%
  • Brakes17.4%
  • Suspension13.5%
  • Noise, emissions and leaks8.5%
  • Visibility6.3%

Tyres and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 43.5% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.

The 10 most common Range Rover Evoque MOT failures

Specific items recorded on Land Rover Range Rover Evoque cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.

  1. 1Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thickBrakes 9.2%
  2. 2Condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cordsTyres 7.4%
  3. 3Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mmTyres 6.8%
  4. 4Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunctionNoise, emissions and leaks 6.2%
  5. 5Coil spring fractured or brokenSuspension 5%
  6. 6Condition has ply or cords exposedTyres 4.8%
  7. 7Headlamp not working on dipped beamLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 4%
  8. 8Headlamp aim too lowLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 3.8%
  9. 9Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectivelyVisibility 2.4%
  10. 10Headlamp not working on main beamLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 2.3%

Together these 10 items make up 51.8% of everything testers recorded against failed Land Rover Range Rover Evoque cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.

What to look at on a Range Rover Evoque

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, tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm and condition has ply or cords exposed. 18.9% of failure items.

2

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment

Recorded most often: headlamp not working on dipped beam, headlamp aim too low and headlamp not working on main beam. 10.1% of failure items.

3

Brakes

Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 9.2% of failure items.

4

Noise, emissions and leaks

Recorded most often: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction. 6.2% of failure items.

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Land Rover Range Rover Evoque MOT FAQs

What is the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque MOT pass rate?

82.3% of Land Rover Range Rover Evoque cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 191,806 tests. That is 10 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 168th of 575 models.

What does a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque most commonly fail its MOT on?

The item testers recorded most often on Land Rover Range Rover Evoque cars failing their 2025 MOT was brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick, on 9.2% of failure items. Next were condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (7.4%) and tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (6.8%).

Which area causes the most Land Rover Range Rover Evoque MOT failures?

Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was tyres at 24.3%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 19.1%.

Do older Land Rover Range Rover Evoque cars fail their MOT more often?

Land Rover Range Rover Evoque cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 86.6% of MOT tests in 2025, against 74.5% for cars aged 11 years and over.

Does this mean every Land Rover Range Rover Evoque has these problems?

No. These are the items testers recorded across every Land Rover Range Rover Evoque 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 Range Rover Evoque'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.