Land Rover Westminster MOT reliability

Land Rover Westminsters passed their MOT first time 71% of the time across 7 tests in 2025.

These figures come from only 7 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.

First-time pass rate

71%

MOTs analysed

7

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

2009 diesel

3 MOTs

Passed first time 33%. Typical mileage 138,037 (most between 138,018 and 158,876).

2012: 100% → 2013: 50% → 2014: 100% → 2015: 100% → 2016: 100% → 2017: 50% → 2018: 0% → 2019: 100% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 67% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 33%

Most common failures

Linkage ball joints: ball joint excessively worn (33.3%)
Headlamp aim: too high (33.3%)
Integral vehicle structure condition: corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced (33.3%)

Where 2009 Westminsters fail

Body, structure & corrosion

33.3%

Lights & electrics

33.3%

Suspension & axles

33.3%

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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.