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Land Rover Range Rover Sport
MOT 2024

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Land Rover

Range Rover Sport

338,849 MOT tests analysed. sits above the UK fleet average — here's where Range Rover Sports pass, fail, and end up on the retest sheet.

That's 8.6 points above the UK fleet average across our 1,984 tracked models — a confident result.

Pass

86.1%

Pass-after-fix

2.8%

Fail

10.4%

Avg miles

82,444

Pass + Pass-after-fix + Fail = 100%

ULEZ borderline — check VRM

Some examples of this model are borderline — a small number of diesels were certified Euro 6 before September 2015. Check your registration on the government's ULEZ checker to be certain. Daily charges if driven in the zone: London £12.50 · Birmingham £8.00 · Bristol £9.00 .

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Performance by cohort

3 year bands · 338,849 tests

Pass rate climbs 8.6 points across the cohorts — newer Range Rover Sport examples clear the test more reliably than the early cars.

Pre-2018 cohort 260,568

Pass

84.4%

Fail

11.8%

PRS

3.1%

Avg mileage at test

94,098 mi

2018–2020 cohort 73,400

Pass

91.7%

Fail

5.9%

PRS

2.0%

Avg mileage at test

44,850 mi

2021+ cohort 4,881

Pass

93.0%

Fail

5.2%

PRS

1.4%

Avg mileage at test

27,586 mi

Cohort = vehicle's first-registration year band. Same model, different generations of build.

Generations on file · 3

Land Rover Range Rover Sport · UK market

Land Rover Range Rover Sport 2005-2013

2005–2013

Land Rover Range Rover Sport 2013-2022

2013–2022

Land Rover Range Rover Sport 2022-now

2022–now

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The picture

Land Rover Range Rover Sport: solid MOT record across 139,815 tests

The Land Rover Range Rover Sport is a diesel-powered car sold in the UK market across multiple generations, covering a broad date range in the test population.

MOT data from 139,815 tests puts this car on a 81.4% first-time pass rate, above the UK fleet average. Average mileage at test is 81,347 miles. The most common fail item is cracked or discoloured windscreen, followed by suspension joint dust cover severely deteriorated.

Buyers weighing up a used Range Rover Sport should treat the failure breakdown as a pre-purchase checklist. The pass rate is reasonable, but the gap between first attempt and a clean sheet narrows with age and mileage.

ABI Insurance Group

Group 40–50

A high-group car — insurance costs will be significantly above average. Lower groups cost less to insure; UK fleet average is around Group 22.

Source: ABI Group Rating Panel · administered by Thatcham Research · groups cover standard variants; performance trims may sit higher. Browse all insurance groups →

40–50

out of 50

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Top ten reasons for rejection.

Filter failures:

  1. 01

    A suspension joint dust cover severely deteriorated

    8,389 occurrences · 2.5% of tests

  2. 02

    Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured but not adversely affecting driver's view

    6,761 occurrences · 2.0% of tests

  3. 03

    A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot severely deteriorated

    5,614 occurrences · 1.7% of tests

  4. 04

    A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources

    4,281 occurrences · 1.3% of tests

  5. 05

    A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn

    4,109 occurrences · 1.2% of tests

  6. 06

    Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded

    3,810 occurrences · 1.1% of tests

  7. 07

    a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm

    3,702 occurrences · 1.1% of tests

  8. 08

    A tyre seriously damaged

    3,352 occurrences · 1.0% of tests

  9. 09

    A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc

    3,144 occurrences · 0.9% of tests

  10. 10

    A tyre cords visible or damaged

    3,024 occurrences · 0.9% of tests

Counts cover Major and Dangerous defects logged at test. Advisory items excluded so this shows why a car was rejected, not just what the tester flagged in passing.

Worst-case fix budget · top 3 failures

£168–£515

If every one of this Range Rover Sport's most-logged Major fails hit at the same MOT, that's the real-world UK garage range. Reality is usually one or two items, not all of them. Open the estimator →

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Year-band analysis

Best year to buy. Worst to avoid.

First-time MOT pass rate split by registration band. A 8.6-point gap between bands means the year you buy Land Rover Range Rover Sport has a real effect on what turns up at the garage.

Best band to buy

93.0%

2021+ registration

the 2021-on band climbs to 93.0% — a 8.6-point improvement. Tests in this band average 27,586 miles — roughly 67K miles fewer on the clock than the older band. Failures here are mostly wear items: blade defective, damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view — the structural issues that drag down older examples don't appear in the top-10 for this band. Post-2020 examples are early in their MOT life and generally show the cleanest records.

Band to be cautious about

84.4%

Pre-2018 registration

On the older band (pre-2018), the data shows a 84.4% pass rate against a fleet average of 93.0% on the newer band. The main culprits logged at test: ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated, damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view, and constant velocity boot severely deteriorated. Average mileage on test for this band is 94,098 miles — high-mileage wear items are a recurring theme.

Best band to buy: 2021+ (93.0% first-time pass). Worst band to avoid: pre-2018 (84.4% pass). That's a 8.6-point spread across 260,568 older tests and 4,881 newer ones — year of build makes a material difference on this model.

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Recall history

53 UK recalls on record.

The Range Rover Sport has 53 official UK vehicle recalls covering defect details, remedies, and affected build dates.

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Buying or keeping a Range Rover Sport?

Use the failure ranking as a pre-test checklist or a haggling lever. Treat the headline pass rate as a fleet-wide trend, not a guarantee on any individual car.

If you own a Range Rover Sport and your last MOT looked nothing like the ranked failures above, that's normal — individual cars vary widely. The ranking shows the patterns testers flag most often across the country.