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Land Rover Discovery MOT pass rate by year

How the Land Rover Discovery's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1989 to 2023, across the DVSA record.

What is the Land Rover Discovery MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Land Rover Discovery 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 Discovery averages 25.1% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
198964.9%35.1%2,452
199064.2%35.8%21,077
199163.7%36.3%35,059
199264.7%35.3%50,355
199364.6%35.4%97,111
199465.2%34.8%165,463
199566.0%34.0%211,656
199666.1%33.9%204,816
199766.7%33.3%212,872
199868.0%32.0%153,457
199969.9%30.1%201,926
200069.8%30.2%199,434
200170.3%29.7%244,212
200271.8%28.2%244,526
200373.2%26.8%259,877
200473.2%26.8%253,510
200573.0%27.0%271,766
200672.5%27.5%251,054
200773.9%26.1%202,461
200874.3%25.7%130,463
200976.4%23.6%113,819
201079.0%21.0%125,397
201180.0%20.0%105,374
201280.7%19.3%105,849
201381.4%18.6%88,493
201483.2%16.8%90,894
201584.7%15.3%254,793
201684.4%15.6%295,021
201785.8%14.2%266,496
201885.9%14.1%185,288
201985.9%14.1%136,449
202086.4%13.6%73,540
202187.0%13.0%41,359
202287.2%12.8%14,849
202388.3%11.7%5,386

Does age change how often a Land Rover Discovery fails?

Older Land Rover Discoverys fail more often, as expected. The 1989 cars fail 35.1% of tests against 11.7% for the 2023. Across every year the model averages 25.1%. The 1991 is the weakest year at 36.3%, and the 2023 the strongest at 11.7%.

More on the Land Rover Discovery

The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.

See also
Land Rover Discovery: 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