Land Rover Discovery Hse Sd6 Auto: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Land Rover Discovery Hse Sd6 Auto passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 11.4 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 2,326 individual Land Rover Discovery Hse Sd6 Auto tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

First-time pass rate88.1%
UK national average76.7%
Difference+11.4 points
Tests analysed2,326
Average mileage at test51,666 miles
Average year of manufacture2020
Reliability rank974 of 2,005 models

What this means if you are buying one

A 88.1% first-time pass rate means roughly 12 in every 100 Land Rover Discovery Hse Sd6 Autos presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is better than average, so a well-kept example is a reasonably safe used buy. The average Land Rover Discovery Hse Sd6 Auto tested had covered 51,666 miles and was built around 2020.

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 Discovery Hse Sd6 Auto bought as a repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

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 Discovery Hse Sd6 Auto

  1. A tyre seriously damaged, 2.5% of tests (1.25x the national rate for this defect)
  2. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 1.5% of tests
  3. A tyre cords visible or damaged, 1% of tests
  4. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 0.9% of tests
  5. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 0.5% of tests
  6. Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction, 0.4% of tests
  7. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 0.3% of tests
  8. Brake lining or pad worn down to wear indicator, 0.2% of tests (1.36x the national rate for this defect)
  9. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 0.2% of tests
  10. 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, 0.2% of tests

From 6,091 DVSA-tracked Land Rover Discovery Hse Sd6 Auto tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 7.33% of these flagged Land Rover Discovery Hse Sd6 Auto defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Land Rover Discovery Hse Sd6 Auto pass rate by model year

Pass rates fall steadily as cars age, so the model year matters as much as the model. First-time pass rate for each Land Rover Discovery Hse Sd6 Auto year:

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