Land Rover Lr MOT reliability

Land Rover Lrs passed their MOT first time 82% of the time across 28 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 28 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

82%

MOTs analysed

28

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

1988 diesel

4 MOTs

These figures come from only 4 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 132,920 (most between 83,510 and 167,566).

2005: 61% → 2006: 55% → 2007: 54% → 2008: 52% → 2009: 48% → 2010: 55% → 2011: 55% → 2012: 55% → 2013: 53% → 2014: 60% → 2015: 54% → 2016: 61% → 2017: 100% → 2018: 0% → 2019: 0% → 2020: 0% → 2021: 0% → 2022: 50% → 2023: 50% → 2024: 67% → 2025: 50%

Most common failures

Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively damaged significantly reducing structural strength (25.0%)
Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (25.0%)
Integral vehicle structure condition: corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced (25.0%)

1988 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 100%. Typical mileage 73,581 (most between 73,581 and 73,581).

2005: 68% → 2006: 58% → 2007: 50% → 2008: 52% → 2009: 54% → 2010: 56% → 2011: 56% → 2012: 50% → 2013: 55% → 2014: 61% → 2015: 56% → 2016: 54% → 2018: 100% → 2019: 0% → 2020: 0% → 2021: 0% → 2022: 0% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 100%

Most common failures

Where 1988 Lrs fail

Suspension & axles

50.0%

Body, structure & corrosion

25.0%

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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.