All generations and engines together · 62,847 MOT tests in the 2025 data · typical mileage at age 7: 69k
Split by first-registration year. Cars registered in a changeover year can belong to either generation.
Computed from DVSA MOT results, all of Great Britain, 2025. Nothing here is opinion.
Share of tests where each item was recorded. The dark tick is the class average across all tracked models; bars are scaled within each group.
The rows that judge the model rather than its keeper. 21,135 tests in this band.
Tyres, pads and stone chips say more about how the car was driven and maintained than about how it was built.
Owner folklore from forums and the motoring press. Most of it never shows up in an MOT, which is why this section exists at all.
On 2013 to 2016 Range Rovers the keyless latch on the doors, and separately the tailgate, could release on its own, letting a door or the tailgate swing open on the move rather than staying shut. Owners reported it happening at speed, not just when parked up. It was serious enough for a factory recall covering the affected build years, so check the vehicle's recall history before buying and confirm the work was actually carried out.
The electric parking brake's actuator can wear or its calibration can drift, throwing a "Park Brake Fault" message and leaving the brake stuck applied, sometimes after nothing more than a routine pad change that wasn't followed by a recalibration. Brakes are the fault this model actually fails MOTs on most, and this is the version of that story a buyer won't see on a test drive unless they specifically try the parking brake: a car can drive and stop fine and still have a parking brake that won't disengage.
Air springs perish and leak, the compressor loses the ability to build pressure, or the valve block sticks, and the car sits low on one corner overnight or drops at all four when parked for a while. It shows up from around ten years old on the earlier L322 cars and has been reported on L405s too, sometimes needing a software update alongside the parts. A single spring is a few hundred pounds; a full four-corner respray of springs and compressor work can run past £2,000.
Screens that freeze or go blank, an infotainment system that switches itself off and back on losing radio and navigation, and instrument clusters that drop out intermittently are recurring complaints across owner forums, mostly needing a battery disconnect or dealer reset rather than new parts. It's an annoyance rather than a safety issue in most reports, but a car that does it repeatedly points to a wiring or module fault that keeps coming back.
The Ford-sourced 3.0 TDV6 diesel has a history of big-end bearing and crankshaft failures, starting as a deep knocking rattle from low in the engine, worst from cold. Honest John recorded a case failing at 17,500 miles with Land Rover declining to contribute toward the repair, and specialist engine rebuilders and forum threads describe the same failure pattern on higher-mileage cars. A full engine replacement or rebuild is the usual fix, and that's a big bill on a car this size, so a cold start and a listen for knock matters more than usual here.
The AJ133 5.0-litre supercharged V8 can develop timing chain guide and tensioner wear, heard as a rattle on cold start that owners often ignore because it clears once the engine warms and oil pressure builds. Left alone it gets worse and can turn into a much bigger repair; specialist guides put early intervention at low four figures and a full tensioner and guide job, or worse, well beyond that. It's mostly reported from around 50,000 miles on.
Built from the two sections above.
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