Land Rover Discovery Sport MOT Check
MOT pass rates, common failures, and reliability data for the Land Rover Discovery Sport. Check any Discovery Sport by registration number below.
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85.0%
Avg Pass Rate
-2.7%
vs Land Rover Avg
8
Year Ranges
Good
Reliability
Land Rover Discovery Sport — MOT Reliability Overview
The Land Rover Discovery Sport has an average MOT pass rate of 85.0%, which is 2.7 percentage points below the Land Rover brand average of 87.7%. This is a strong result, indicating that the Discovery Sport is well-engineered and tends to age well mechanically. Owners can expect fewer surprises at MOT time.
The most common reasons a Land Rover Discovery Sport fails its MOT are suspension, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, brakes. If you are preparing your Discovery Sport for its MOT, checking these areas first could save you a retest fee. Our detailed fault analysis includes estimated repair costs for each failure type.
Typical mileage for the Discovery Sport is around 44,000 miles at 5 years. When evaluating a used Discovery Sport, compare the odometer reading against these benchmarks. Significantly lower mileage than expected could indicate a clocked vehicle — run a free mileage check to verify.
Before buying a used Land Rover Discovery Sport, we recommend checking the full MOT history, write-off status, outstanding finance, and stolen vehicle status. These checks can be done for free using the registration number.
MOT Pass Rate by Year
How the Land Rover Discovery Sport performs at MOT across different model years.
2021
Based on 89 vehicles
3.3%
20.9%
52k mi
2020
Based on 241 vehicles
1.5%
14.6%
36k mi
54k mi
2019
Based on 32,736 vehicles
3.0%
12.9%
54k mi
72k mi
2018
Based on 53,670 vehicles
3.1%
12.7%
72k mi
2017
Based on 67,906 vehicles
3.0%
12.8%
80k mi
2016
Based on 66,025 vehicles
2.8%
15.5%
2015
Based on 46,222 vehicles
3.0%
14.7%
147k mi
2014
Based on 22,000 vehicles
1.9%
14.8%
26k mi
44k mi
82k mi
Top MOT Failures — Land Rover Discovery Sport
The most common reasons a Land Rover Discovery Sport fails its MOT, aggregated across all year ranges.
Suspension
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Brakes
Tyres
Exhaust, fuel and emissions
Where Failures Occur
The areas of the vehicle most commonly flagged during MOT inspections.
Rear Offside
Rear Nearside
Rear
Typical Mileage — Land Rover Discovery Sport
Average mileage readings recorded at MOT tests for the 2014 model year range. Use these benchmarks to evaluate a used Discovery Sport.
At 3 Years
26,000
miles
At 5 Years
44,000
miles
At 10 Years
82,000
miles
Other Land Rover Models
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Land Rover Discovery Sport — Frequently Asked Questions
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