Land Rover Range Rover: no years to avoid

Based on 85,380 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 2014 is the strongest, failing 33% less often than average.

Found a Land Rover Range Rover 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 Range Rover 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 Range Rover
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2000	1,088	24.7%	27% better
2001	1,394	26.9%	22% better
2002	1,739	28.4%	20% better
2003	2,766	29.0%	20% better
2004	3,329	28.9%	21% better
2005	3,154	26.7%	26% better
2006	3,731	27.6%	24% better
2007	4,147	25.5%	28% better
2008	2,807	24.9%	29% better
2009	2,791	24.7%	26% better
2010	3,555	23.5%	27% better
2011	3,997	24.9%	18% better
2012	4,681	21.1%	25% better
2013	9,451	17.9%	30% better
2014	5,998	15.3%	33% better
2015	6,318	14.8%	24% better
2016	5,520	15.5%	about average
2017	5,458	13.0%	about average
2018	5,564	10.0%	17% better
2019	5,008	8.8%	about average
2020	2,884	9.3%	about average

How this is worked out

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