84.4%
Land Rover Range Rover Velar
Land Rover Range Rover Velar MOT pass rate and common problems
The Land Rover Range Rover Velar passed 84.4% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 12.1 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Range Rover Velar 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 Velar runs 7.1 points ahead of the Land Rover average. It is 1st of the 8 Land Rover models in the data. The average Range Rover Velar arrived at its test 5.7 years old with 50,287 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 Velar MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Land Rover Range Rover Velar cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 85.6% of MOT tests. For cars aged 6 to 10 years that fell to 83.3%, a drop of 2.3 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 15,517 | 85.6% | 13.3 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 18,439 | 83.3% | 11 pts above |
That is a smaller decline than most cars show. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Range Rover Velar failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Land Rover Range Rover Velar cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Tyres and visibility together account for 43.8% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Range Rover Velar MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Land Rover Range Rover Velar cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 65.4% of everything testers recorded against failed Land Rover Range Rover Velar 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 Velar
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. 21.3% of failure items.
2
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively and washers provides insufficient washer liquid. 15.4% of failure items.
3
Noise, emissions and leaks
Recorded most often: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction. 7.4% of failure items.
4
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: headlamp aim too high. 7% of failure items.
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Land Rover Range Rover Velar MOT FAQs
What is the Land Rover Range Rover Velar MOT pass rate?
84.4% of Land Rover Range Rover Velar cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 37,117 tests. That is 12.1 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 132nd of 575 models.
What does a Land Rover Range Rover Velar most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Land Rover Range Rover Velar cars failing their 2025 MOT was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively, on 13% of failure items. Next were condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (9.4%) and tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (9.3%).
Which area causes the most Land Rover Range Rover Velar MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was tyres at 26.6%, followed by visibility at 17.2%.
Do older Land Rover Range Rover Velar cars fail their MOT more often?
Land Rover Range Rover Velar cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 85.6% of MOT tests in 2025, against 83.3% for cars aged 6 to 10 years.
Does this mean every Land Rover Range Rover Velar has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Land Rover Range Rover Velar 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 Velar'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.