Land Rover 127 MOT reliability

Land Rover 127s passed their MOT first time 69% of the time across 54 tests in 2025. 49 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 54 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

69%

MOTs analysed

54

Still licensed (GB)

49

Body type

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Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

1992 diesel

1 MOT

These figures come from only 1 MOT test. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 0%. Typical mileage 95,673 (most between 95,673 and 95,673).

2005: 0% → 2006: 100% → 2007: 100% → 2008: 0% → 2009: 100% → 2012: 100% → 2013: 100% → 2014: 0% → 2015: 100% → 2020: 0% → 2023: 100% → 2025: 0%

Most common failures

Coil spring: fractured or broken (100.0%)
Condition: has ply or cords exposed (100.0%)

Where 1992 127s fail

Wheels & tyres

100.0%

Suspension & axles

100.0%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.