Land Rover Defender MOT pass rate by year
How the Land Rover Defender's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1980 to 2023, across the DVSA record.
What is the Land Rover Defender MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each Land Rover Defender model year, from the DVSA record. Only years with at least 1,000 tests are shown, so each figure is a real average rather than a handful of cars. The Land Rover Defender averages 27.2% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 68.8% | 31.2% | 1,206 |
| 1981 | 67.1% | 32.9% | 1,226 |
| 1982 | 67.5% | 32.5% | 1,949 |
| 1983 | 68.9% | 31.1% | 11,725 |
| 1984 | 69.5% | 30.5% | 34,186 |
| 1985 | 69.4% | 30.6% | 54,859 |
| 1986 | 68.8% | 31.2% | 70,701 |
| 1987 | 68.4% | 31.6% | 68,342 |
| 1988 | 68.0% | 32.0% | 66,954 |
| 1989 | 67.9% | 32.1% | 85,742 |
| 1990 | 67.7% | 32.3% | 75,499 |
| 1991 | 68.2% | 31.8% | 78,354 |
| 1992 | 67.6% | 32.4% | 68,620 |
| 1993 | 67.9% | 32.1% | 84,863 |
| 1994 | 68.3% | 31.7% | 98,238 |
| 1995 | 68.7% | 31.3% | 117,020 |
| 1996 | 69.0% | 31.0% | 137,306 |
| 1997 | 69.5% | 30.5% | 125,894 |
| 1998 | 70.4% | 29.6% | 121,884 |
| 1999 | 70.7% | 29.3% | 110,039 |
| 2000 | 70.6% | 29.4% | 108,321 |
| 2001 | 71.1% | 28.9% | 112,911 |
| 2002 | 73.1% | 26.9% | 133,143 |
| 2003 | 73.7% | 26.3% | 144,685 |
| 2004 | 74.0% | 26.0% | 130,526 |
| 2005 | 74.3% | 25.7% | 117,555 |
| 2006 | 74.7% | 25.3% | 104,337 |
| 2007 | 75.7% | 24.3% | 100,830 |
| 2008 | 76.0% | 24.0% | 90,075 |
| 2009 | 75.8% | 24.2% | 76,226 |
| 2010 | 76.9% | 23.1% | 77,724 |
| 2011 | 77.7% | 22.3% | 73,288 |
| 2012 | 78.3% | 21.7% | 61,491 |
| 2013 | 79.7% | 20.3% | 63,115 |
| 2014 | 81.5% | 18.5% | 73,429 |
| 2015 | 83.4% | 16.6% | 72,097 |
| 2016 | 85.5% | 14.5% | 17,478 |
| 2020 | 90.4% | 9.6% | 16,540 |
| 2021 | 91.8% | 8.2% | 25,875 |
| 2022 | 92.4% | 7.6% | 17,461 |
| 2023 | 93.1% | 6.9% | 8,335 |
Does age change how often a Land Rover Defender fails?
Older Land Rover Defenders fail more often, as expected. The 1980 cars fail 31.2% of tests against 6.9% for the 2023. Across every year the model averages 27.2%. The 1981 is the weakest year at 32.9%, and the 2023 the strongest at 6.9%.
More on the Land Rover Defender
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
|---|
| Land Rover Defender: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them |
| All Land Rover models compared by MOT failure rate |
| MOT failure rates across Britain |
Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain