Land Rover Discovery Sport years to avoid: the later ones
Based on 91,961 real MOT tests from DVSA records. Each year is compared against every other car first registered the same year — otherwise the numbers would only tell you that older cars fail more, which you knew.
The short answer
Avoid 2019. The worst is the 2019, which fails its MOT 36% more often than other cars of the same age. The 2015 is the strongest, failing 26% less often than average.
Found a Land Rover Discovery Sport you like?
Averages tell you what to expect. Its registration tells you what actually happened — every MOT, every advisory, and whether the mileage adds up.
Every Discovery Sport model year
Shaded rows are the years that differ most from other cars of the same age — worse, better.
| Registered | MOT tests | Fail rate | vs same-age cars |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 15,345 | 14.5% |
26% better
|
| 2016 | 22,402 | 14.3% |
16% better
|
| 2017 | 23,220 | 13.6% |
about average
|
| 2018 | 19,131 | 13.5% |
about average
|
| 2019 Worst | 11,863 | 13.9% |
36% worse
|
How this is worked out
Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Land Rover Discovery Sport, grouped by the year the car was first registered. Retests are excluded, so a car that failed and was fixed still counts as a failure. Each year's rate is then divided by the rate for all cars first registered that year — so 120 means 20% more failures than its contemporaries, not 20% more than a brand new car.
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