Land Rover Range Rover 2020: reliability & common MOT faults

At a glance

How 3,349 first tests went in 2025.

Passed first time: 88 in every 100
Did not pass first time: 12 in every 100389 failed first-attempt tests
The typical car: 5 yearsabout 44,738 miles
First tests counted: 3,349

What failed most often

Tyre condition (rear)27 in every 100 failed tests

How we count this. Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Only Class 4 cars on their first MOT of the year are counted. A car that fails and is fixed at the test station still counts as a fail in the first-attempt rate. These are raw results, not adjusted for age, mileage, or peer mix. The MOT does not test engine or gearbox internals.

Note:

These are patterns across 2020 Land Rover Range Rover vehicles in 2025, not a prediction that any one car will have them. Faults are grouped by part of the car. A wear pattern follows age and use more than the way the car was built. They come from MOT defect codes, not manufacturer bulletins, recalls or a diagnosis of any one car.

Tyres

One wear pattern: tyre condition (rear), 2.1 times as often as on similar cars.

Figures below are measured across the 389 failed first attempts in 2025 that had a mileage recorded, which allows a like-for-like comparison.

We only list faults with at least 20 failures and a rate of about 2.0 times that of similar cars, which keeps one-off results out of the list.

Tyre condition (rear)

Failed on 104 first tests2.1 times as often as similar carsWear pattern

What it means

Exposed or damaged ply or cords are graded Dangerous. A cut in excess of the requirements and deep enough to reach the ply or cords is Major, and testers may open the cut with a blunt instrument to check its depth. A tyre contacting the vehicle through flexing or suspension movement is not a defect; fouling fails only at the time of test.

Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Compared with cars of the same age and mileage.

MOT pass rates

How first tests ended, and how the pass rates are counted.

Passed first time: 88in every 100; Passed on the first test.
Fixed at the station: 3in every 100; Failed, then fixed at the test station the same day.
Failed: 9in every 100; Did not pass, and were not fixed at the test station.

First-attempt pass 88.4% of 3,349 first tests (2025): only cars that passed first time count. Official-style pass 90.5%: cars fixed at the test station also count as a pass. The 3 fixed and the 9 not fixed make the 12 in every 100 that did not pass first time.

By fuel type

First testsTypical mileagePassed first time, as testedPassed first time, same mileage

Diesel2,31446,562 miles8888

Hybrid61242,169 miles9089

Petrol41840,472 miles9090

Figures are in every 100 first tests. Cars with more miles usually fail more often, so the same-mileage figure gives every fuel the mileage mix of all the cars in this year.

Same model, other years

Passed first time in every 100, all tested in 2025.

Newer cars are younger, so look for a jump rather than the climb. A year earlier (2024), when these cars were a year younger, 89 in every 100 passed first time.

Year	Passed first time	First tests
1996	69 in every 100	319
1997	73 in every 100	431
1998	70 in every 100	495
1999	69 in every 100	553
2000	72 in every 100	796
2001	74 in every 100	1,026
2002	71 in every 100	997
2003	70 in every 100	1,499
2004	68 in every 100	1,986
2005	69 in every 100	2,186
2006	67 in every 100	2,624
2007	69 in every 100	3,061
2008	70 in every 100	2,178
2009	71 in every 100	2,343
2010	73 in every 100	3,036
2011	73 in every 100	3,491
2012	74 in every 100	4,206
2013	78 in every 100	8,552
2014	83 in every 100	5,380
2015	82 in every 100	5,778
2016	81 in every 100	5,063
2017	84 in every 100	5,083
2018	88 in every 100	4,975
2019	88 in every 100	4,454
2020 This car	88 in every 100	3,349
2021	89 in every 100	3,800
2022	90 in every 100	3,827

If you are buying one

What this year's MOT record means for the decision in front of you.

Mileage makes little difference on a 2020 Range Rover.

Of 2020 Range Rover vehicles with under 31,000 miles, 90 in every 100 passed their 2025 MOT first time. With 61,000 miles or more, 88 in every 100 did.

Under 31,000671 tests

90

31,000–41,000697 tests

87

41,000–49,000 Typical car619 tests

88

49,000–61,000673 tests

89

61,000 and over689 tests

88

What to check at your mileage

How often each fault turned up on a failed first test, by the car's mileage. Read it as: what is likely to need looking at on a car like the one in front of you.

	Under 31,000	41,000–49,000	61,000 and over
Tyre condition (rear)	2.5	3.4	3.2

Faults per 100 first tests, by the car's mileage at the test.

When a car fails

60in every 100

of failed cars had one item to fix.

15in every 100

of failed cars had three or more items to fix.

4in every 100

of all first tests had a defect the tester marked dangerous (unsafe to drive away).

Every figure here is a first-attempt MOT rate from DVSA open data for this model line, for cars of this model year tested in 2025. Each mileage band holds a fifth of the tests. MOTs do not test engine or gearbox internals, so this is a pre-purchase checklist, not a full reliability score.

FAQs

Short answers about how to read this model-year guide.

Is the 2020 Land Rover Range Rover reliable?

The 2020 Land Rover Range Rover follows the pattern of the model years either side. Its main cause of failure was Tyre condition (rear), about 27 in every 100 failed tests. In 2025, 88.4% of 3,349 first MOTs on the 2020 Land Rover Range Rover passed first time (PRS: items fixed at the station the same day, counted as a fail). The official-style rate including PRS is 90.5%. Among 389 failed first-attempt MOT tests (test year 2025), we highlight MOT failure patterns that show up more often than on cars of a similar age and mileage when the sample is large enough to trust. There is no single reliability score here; this is a pre-purchase checklist built from DVSA open data, not a guarantee for any individual car.

What is most likely to fail on a 2020 Land Rover Range Rover?

Ranked by how often they were actually recorded, the items that most often failed a 2020 Land Rover Range Rover at the first attempt were Tyre condition (rear) (26.7%), each as a share of the year's failed first attempts. That is what goes wrong most often on the car. The common faults table shows a different measure: faults that are unusual compared with similar cars.

What does this Land Rover Range Rover 2020 MOT report cover?

This page highlights MOT failure patterns for the 2020 Land Rover Range Rover (registration year) using UK DVSA open data for the selected test year. Patterns are compared with cars of a similar age and mileage. It is a buyer checklist from MOT defect statistics, not a full service history or manufacturer service-bulletin list.

Does this include engine and gearbox problems?

No. MOT tests do not cover engine internals, gearboxes, or many electronic modules. Patterns here come from MOT defect statistics only and should not be read as engine or gearbox reliability scores.

About this data

How this page is built and what it can (and can't) say.

These figures come from UK MOT open data for this model year. We surface common failure patterns against similar cars, not a full reliability score, and not a pass/fail verdict on any individual vehicle.

2024 2025

What we include

UK Class 4 cars only. Normal MOT tests (not retests); first test per vehicle per calendar year; results pass, PRS, or fail.

Same-day repairs

PRS means the car failed items that were fixed at the test station and then passed the same day. We count PRS as a first-attempt fail in headline rates so same-day repairs do not hide problems.

How we compare

We compare this model year with other Class 4 cars of similar age and mileage in the same test year. This model family is left out of the peer group so the car is not measured against itself.

What this does not cover

MOTs do not cover engine internals, gearboxes, or many electronics; this is not a full reliability score.
Common faults come from MOT defect stats, not manufacturer TSBs or recalls.
Age and mileage matching reduces, but does not remove, differences in how cars were used and maintained.
If the data for a car is too thin to say anything useful, we say so rather than guess.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.