What is the MOT pass rate for the Land Rover 88?

The Land Rover 88 has a first-time MOT pass rate of 74.8%, based on 1,334 DVSA tests. The UK national average is 76.7%.

Is the Land Rover 88 reliable?

The Land Rover 88 fails its first MOT more often than the average UK car, by 1.9 percentage points. It ranks 1,626 out of 2,005 UK car models by first-time MOT pass rate.

What is the average mileage of a Land Rover 88?

The average Land Rover 88 presented for MOT had covered 53,666 miles, with an average year of manufacture of 1980.

What does a Land Rover 88 most commonly fail its MOT on?

The most common MOT failure on a Land Rover 88 is "Stop lamps all missing or inoperative", flagged on 2.2% of 2,523 first-time tests in the DVSA's 2024 data.

Land Rover 88: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Land Rover 88 fails its first MOT more often than the average UK car, by 1.9 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 1,334 individual Land Rover 88 tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

First-time pass rate	74.8%
UK national average	76.7%
Difference	-1.9 points
Tests analysed	1,334
Average mileage at test	53,666 miles
Average year of manufacture	1980
Reliability rank	1,626 of 2,005 models

What this means if you are buying one

A 74.8% first-time pass rate means roughly 25 in every 100 Land Rover 88s presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is worse than average, so budget for remedial work and treat a fresh 12-month MOT as a genuine selling point rather than a given. The average Land Rover 88 tested had covered 53,666 miles and was built around 1980.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Land Rover 88 bought as a repairable salvage, assume the mechanical side needs more than the visible accident damage, and pad your repair estimate accordingly.

Before you bid: run the lot through the analyzer, check the car's own record, check the mileage, decode the VIN, and if it carries a marker use the write-off value calculator. Or compare it against another model.

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Most common MOT failures on a Land Rover 88

Stop lamps all missing or inoperative, 2.2% of tests (34.79x the national rate for this defect)
Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle., 3% of tests (7.57x the national rate for this defect)
A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 3.4% of tests (6.89x the national rate for this defect)
Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is seriously reduced, 2% of tests (5.45x the national rate for this defect)
An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 1.8% of tests (5.28x the national rate for this defect)
The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any sub-frame, spring or suspension component mounting (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired, 4.1% of tests (4.92x the national rate for this defect)
Emissions levels exceed default limits, 1.4% of tests (4.88x the national rate for this defect)
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 5% of tests (4.05x the national rate for this defect)
A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED, 3.1% of tests (3.41x the national rate for this defect)
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake, 2% of tests (2.59x the national rate for this defect)

From 2,523 DVSA-tracked Land Rover 88 tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 5.85% of these flagged Land Rover 88 defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Land Rover 88 by fuel type

Diesel and petrol versions of the same car fail on different things, so the fuel type moves the number:

Petrol Land Rover 88 - 74.3% first-time pass, 849 tests
Diesel Land Rover 88 - 78% first-time pass, 460 tests

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