80.8%
Land Rover Range Rover Sport pass rate
Used Land Rover Range Rover Sport buying guide
In 2025, Land Rover Range Rover Sport cars passed 80.8% of 125,285 initial MOT tests, 8.5 points above the 72.3% UK average. Here is where it fails and what to check before you buy.
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Land Rover Range Rover Sport MOT record in brief
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded.
72.3%
UK average, all cars
+8.5
percentage points above average
Ranked on pass rate the Range Rover Sport sits 185th of 575 models in the data. Land Rover as a brand averaged 77.3%, so this model runs 3.5 points ahead of its own brand. Land Rover Range Rover Sport cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 88.7% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 73.3%.
A pass rate is not a reliability score. The full Land Rover Range Rover Sport MOT record has the pass rate by age, every common failure and how the Range Rover Sport compares with similar cars.
Range Rover Sport fuel types
Diesel made up 80.3% of Land Rover Range Rover Sport 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 Range Rover Sport fails its MOT
Where Land Rover Range Rover Sport 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 pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (6%), condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (5.8%) and ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.4%). See every common Range Rover Sport MOT failure.
These are DVSA failure records across every Land Rover Range Rover Sport that failed, not a claim that every Range Rover Sport has these problems.
What should you check when buying a used Range Rover Sport?
The areas above, most common first, and what an MOT tester looks at in each.
1
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. 20.4% of Range Rover Sport failure items.
2
Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters. 18.3% of Range Rover Sport failure items.
3
Tyres
Check tread depth across the full width of every tyre (the legal minimum is 1.6mm), and look for cuts, bulges and uneven wear. 17.7% of Range Rover Sport failure items.
4
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. 16% of Range Rover Sport failure items.
5
Visibility
Check the windscreen for chips or cracks in the driver's view, and that the wipers and washers clear it properly. 7.5% of Range Rover Sport 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 Range Rover Sport failures cluster around brakes 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 Range Rover Sport.
- Used Land Rover Range Rover Evoque 82.3% MOT pass rate
- Used Land Rover Discovery 74.6% MOT pass rate
- Used Land Rover Defender 73% MOT pass rate
- Used Land Rover Discovery Sport 81.2% MOT pass rate
- Used Land Rover Freelander 65% 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 Range Rover Sport FAQs
Is the Land Rover Range Rover Sport 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 an 80.8% first-time pass rate for the Land Rover Range Rover Sport across 125,285 tests in 2025, above the 72.3% average for all cars.
Do older Land Rover Range Rover Sport cars fail their MOT more often?
Land Rover Range Rover Sport cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 88.7% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 73.3%. 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 Range Rover Sport?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: brakes, suspension and tyres. 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 Range Rover Sport'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.