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Land Rover Discovery vs Range Rover Sport

Both are large SUVs. First-time MOT failure at age 7, and what each one is known to fail on.

The Range Rover Sport is the more reliable of the two. It fails its first MOT at age 7 14.7% of the time, against 16.7% for the Land Rover Discovery.

Land Rover Discovery
16.7%
fail at age 7
Rank 88 of 239 · 76k miles at 7 · 96,233 tests
Range Rover Sport
14.7%
fail at age 7
Rank 49 of 239 · 66k miles at 7 · 100,289 tests

What each one fails on

Measured

The faults each records most at ages 6 to 9. Same figures as each full report.

Land Rover Discovery

A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively wornAdvisory15.4%
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corrodedAdvisory7.7%
A suspension joint dust cover severely deterioratedMinor3.4%
A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively wornFail2.6%
A brake hose ferrule excessively corrodedAdvisory2.2%
A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etcFail1.9%

Range Rover Sport

A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively wornAdvisory10.8%
A suspension joint dust cover severely deterioratedMinor7.8%
A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etcFail4.4%
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corrodedAdvisory3.8%
Fluid leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road usersAdvisory3.0%
An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunctionFail1.9%
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