Land Rover Forward MOT reliability

Land Rover Forwards passed their MOT first time 91% of the time across 22 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 22 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

91%

MOTs analysed

22

Still licensed (GB)

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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

1994 diesel

2 MOTs

These figures come from only 2 MOT tests. 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 50%. Typical mileage 83,753 (most between 65,831 and 101,674).

2017: 50% → 2018: 50% → 2019: 100% → 2020: 33% → 2021: 50% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 50% → 2025: 50%

Most common failures

Headlamp: not working on dipped beam (50.0%)

1994 petrol

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 76,257 (most between 76,257 and 76,257).

2021: 67% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 0%

Most common failures

Headlamp: light intensity severely reduced (100.0%)
Stop lamp: all not working (100.0%)
Axle: insecure such that stability is impaired (100.0%)
Steering column: has excessive movement up and down (100.0%)
Individual direction indicators: light intensity significantly reduced (100.0%)

Where 1994 Forwards fail

Lights & electrics

50.0%

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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.