Land Rover Discovery Sport MOT Pass Rate

The Land Rover Discovery Sport has an MOT pass rate of 83.9%, compared with a UK average of 79.1%, based on 14,970 DVSA MOT tests from 2004 to March 2026. It ranks 97th of 386 cars we track by pass rate.

The most common MOT problem area on the Land Rover Discovery Sport is brakes, at 36.2% of all defects and advisories recorded.

Allowing for age, the weakest Land Rover Discovery Sport year is 2018, which fails more often than the average car registered in the same year.

Data: DVSA MOT test results, 2004 to March 2026. Last updated 3 October 2026.

Land Rover Discovery Sport MOT pass rate: 83.9%
UK average pass rate: 79.1%
MOT tests analysed: 14,970

Ranked 97 of 386 models by MOT pass rate (1 is the highest).

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What the Land Rover Discovery Sport fails on

Every defect and advisory recorded at MOT, grouped by area. Includes advisories as well as failure items.

Land Rover Discovery Sport: MOT defects and advisories by area, 2004 to March 2026
Area	Share of all items	Items per 100 tests	Items recorded
Brakes	36.2%	52.4	7,838
Tyres	33.6%	48.6	7,270
Lights and signalling	6.1%	8.8	1,313
Windscreen and wipers	6%	8.7	1,300
Other items	5.6%	8.1	1,213
Suspension	4.3%	6.2	935
Bodywork	4%	5.8	864
Corrosion	1.4%	2	294
Exhaust and emissions	1%	1.5	221
Fuel system	1%	1.4	210
Electrical	0.5%	0.7	111
Steering	0.3%	0.4	58
Structure	0.1%	0.2	29
Drivetrain	0%	0	2

Fail rate by mileage

How the Land Rover Discovery Sport holds up as the miles build, using the odometer reading at each test.

Land Rover Discovery Sport: MOT fail rate by mileage at test
Mileage at test	Discovery Sport fail rate	UK fail rate	Tests
Under 40,000 miles	13.3%	13.1%	5,173
40,000 to 79,999 miles	15.9%	21.7%	7,217
80,000 to 119,999 miles	22.4%	28.3%	2,238
120,000 miles or more	25.1%	31.4%	271

Which years to avoid

Fail rate by year first registered, next to the UK fail rate for all cars registered that year. Older cars fail more often whatever the model, so compare each year with its own UK figure.

Land Rover Discovery Sport: MOT fail rate by year first registered
Year	Discovery Sport fail rate	UK fail rate, same year	Tests
2015	15.2%	18.7%	2,442
2016	17%	17.3%	4,176
2017	15.9%	15.6%	3,843
2018	16.5%	14.7%	2,619
2019	14.7%	13.8%	1,854

Years with fewer than 50 tests, and cars too new to have reached their first MOT, are left out.

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Is the Land Rover Discovery Sport reliable?

On MOT results the Land Rover Discovery Sport is better than average: it passes 83.9% of tests against a UK average of 79.1%, ranking 97th of 386 cars we track. Allowing for the age of the cars tested, its fail rate of 16.1% is in line with the 16.2% you would expect from the average car of the same registration years. A pass rate is one useful signal of how well a model holds up, but it does not capture breakdowns between tests, repair costs or how an individual car has been looked after, so always check the history of the specific car.

What does the Land Rover Discovery Sport usually fail its MOT on?

Across 14,970 MOT tests, the areas most often flagged on the Land Rover Discovery Sport were brakes (36.2%), tyres (33.6%) and lights and signalling (6.1%), shown as a share of all defects and advisories recorded. These counts include advisories as well as failure items, so they show where problems tend to appear rather than only what caused a fail.

Which Land Rover Discovery Sport years should I avoid?

Comparing each year with the average car of the same age, the weakest year of the Land Rover Discovery Sport was 2018 (16.5% fail rate against 14.7% for all cars first registered that year, 2,619 tests). The strongest relative to their age were 2015. Older cars fail more often whatever the model, which is why each year is compared with its own age group. Only years with at least 1,000 tests are included.

How does the Land Rover Discovery Sport compare with the national average?

The Land Rover Discovery Sport passes 83.9% of MOT tests, 4.8 percentage points above the UK average of 79.1% across all 6,681,613 tests in the data. That places it 97th of 386 cars with at least 1,000 tests, where 1st has the highest pass rate.

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Data: DVSA MOT test results for Great Britain, 2004 to March 2026, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures cover 14,970 tests. Last updated 3 October 2026. How these figures are calculated.

How to cite this data: Source: CarBuyerIQ analysis of DVSA MOT test data, https://www.carbuyeriq.com/mot-pass-rates/land-rover/discovery-sport