80.8%
Land Rover Range Rover Sport
Land Rover Range Rover Sport MOT pass rate and common problems
The Land Rover Range Rover Sport passed 80.8% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 8.5 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn.
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How the Range Rover 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 Range Rover Sport runs 3.5 points ahead of the Land Rover average. It is 4th of the 8 Land Rover models in the data. The average Range Rover Sport arrived at its test 9.9 years old with 81,943 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 Sport MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Land Rover Range Rover Sport cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 88.7% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 73.3%, a drop of 15.3 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 24,675 | 88.7% | 16.4 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 51,451 | 82.8% | 10.5 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 44,581 | 73.3% | 1 pt 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 Sport failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Land Rover Range Rover Sport cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Brakes and suspension together account for 38.7% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Range Rover Sport MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Land Rover Range Rover Sport cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 43.7% of everything testers recorded against failed Land Rover Range Rover 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 Range Rover 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. 13.3% of failure items.
2
Suspension
Recorded most often: pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn and ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 11.4% of failure items.
3
Brakes
Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick and rigid brake pipes excessively corroded. 9% of failure items.
4
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 4.6% of failure items.
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Land Rover Range Rover Sport MOT FAQs
What is the Land Rover Range Rover Sport MOT pass rate?
80.8% of Land Rover Range Rover Sport cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 125,285 tests. That is 8.5 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 185th of 575 models.
What does a Land Rover Range Rover Sport most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Land Rover Range Rover Sport cars failing their 2025 MOT was pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn, on 6% of failure items. Next were 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%).
Which area causes the most Land Rover Range Rover Sport MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was brakes at 20.4%, followed by suspension at 18.3%.
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, against 73.3% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Land Rover Range Rover Sport has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Land Rover Range Rover 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 Range Rover 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.