Land Rover Discovery Sport — reliability by registration year

2015–2022 · 8 registration years · 110,142 first tests

2016 breaks the run — 1.1 pp worse than the years either side

Registration years

First-attempt MOT results for every Discovery Sport registration year with at least 500 first tests in 2025. Pass rates rise with newer cars, so read a year against its neighbours rather than against the top of the table.

Land Rover Discovery Sport first-attempt MOT results by registration year
Year First tests First-attempt pass Incl. PRS Most common failure
2022 3,288 82.7% 85.2% Tyres — Condition (front) 34.4%
2021 6,363 83.3% 86.3% Tyres — Condition (front) 28.0%
2020 10,484 82.6% 85.4% Tyres — Condition (front) 22.9%
2019 15,804 81.8% 84.8% Tyres — Condition (rear) 18.0%
2018 17,890 81.8% 85.5% Tyres — Condition (rear) 14.6%
2017 21,517 80.8% 84.6% Tyres — Condition (rear) 12.3%
2016 20,602 78.7% 83.0% Tyres — Condition (rear) 11.7%
1.1 pp worse than the years either side What failed 2016 Discovery Sports most often: Tyres — Condition (rear) (11.7%) · Malfunction indicator lamp (10.2%) · Coil spring (front) (9.9%)
2015 14,194 79.0% 83.4% Tyres — Condition (rear) 10.9%

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