Land Rover Range Rover Evoque MOT reliability

Land Rover Range Rover Evoques passed their MOT first time 81% of the time across 165,258 tests in 2025.

Example photo of a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque — Photo: Alexander-93 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

First-time pass rate

81%

MOTs analysed

165,258

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

2021 diesel

3,291 MOTs

Passed first time 89%. Typical mileage 33,111 (most between 25,372 and 41,955).

2021: 70% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 94% → 2024: 89% → 2025: 89%

Most common failures

Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.9%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (1.7%)
Condition: has ply or cords exposed (1.6%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (1.5%)
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (0.9%)

2021 hybrid

1,344 MOTs

Passed first time 86%. Typical mileage 34,267 (most between 24,481 and 48,130).

2023: 94% → 2024: 88% → 2025: 86%

Most common failures

Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (4.2%)
Condition: has ply or cords exposed (2.2%)
Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (1.3%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (0.8%)
Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (0.7%)

2021 petrol

665 MOTs

Passed first time 89%. Typical mileage 27,242 (most between 19,914 and 34,545).

2021: 100% → 2023: 95% → 2024: 92% → 2025: 89%

Most common failures

Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.4%)
Condition: has ply or cords exposed (1.7%)
Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (1.5%)
Headlamp aim: too low (1.2%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (1.2%)

2021 ed

9 MOTs

These figures come from only 9 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 78%. Typical mileage 32,735 (most between 26,394 and 34,992).

2024: 100% → 2025: 78%

Most common failures

Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (22.2%)

Where 2021 Range Rover Evoques fail

Wheels & tyres

5.9%

Brakes

1.7%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

1.6%

Visibility & wipers

1.4%

Lights & electrics

0.9%

Suspension & axles

0.4%

Body, structure & corrosion

0.2%

Seat belts & other equipment

0.1%

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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 (CC BY 4.0, adapted).