Land Rover Freelander: which years to avoid

Based on 128,300 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

No model year stands out as one to avoid. Every year sits within 15% of the failure rate for cars of the same age. The 2011 is the strongest, failing 31% less often than average.

Found a Land Rover Freelander 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 Freelander model year

Shaded rows are the years that differ most from other cars of the same age — worse, better.

MOT failure rate by registration year for the Land Rover Freelander
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2001	1,477	37.7%	about average
2002	2,906	38.4%	about average
2003	3,976	39.2%	about average
2004	6,179	40.2%	about average
2005	7,173	40.5%	about average
2006	7,504	39.0%	about average
2007	15,102	31.2%	about average
2008	11,546	30.5%	about average
2009	10,217	26.0%	22% better
2010	14,288	25.8%	20% better
2011	12,431	20.9%	31% better
2012	10,527	20.7%	26% better
2013	13,290	19.9%	22% better
2014	11,684	15.9%	30% better

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Land Rover Freelander, 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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