2018 Land Rover Discovery Sport: MOT pass rate and reliability
86% of 2018 Land Rover Discovery Sports pass the MOT first time, measured across 18,914 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 53,855 miles.
How the 2018 compares
- Against all Land Rover Discovery Sports (85.2%, 91,165 tests): +0.8 points
- Against all 2018 cars (85.9%): +0.1 points
- National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%
Every Land Rover Discovery Sport model year
Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2018 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Land Rover Discovery Sport:
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Avg mileage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 84.2% | 15,111 | 82,219 |
| 2016 | 84.2% | 22,326 | 71,792 |
| 2017 | 85.7% | 23,025 | 63,354 |
| 2018 | 86% | 18,914 | 53,855 |
| 2019 | 86.2% | 11,576 | 45,943 |
What this means if you are buying a 2018 Discovery Sport
The 2018 sits close to the Land Rover Discovery Sport average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.
What an 8-year-old car fails on
A 2018 car is 8 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:
- Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
- Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
- Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
- Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
- Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
- Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested
That is around average, so condition and service history will tell you more than the odometer does. On a 2018 Land Rover Discovery Sport the average at test was 53,855 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.
The strongest year for this model is 2019 at 86.2%, and the weakest in our data is 2015 at 84.2%. That 2.0 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2018 car against a newer one tells you very little.
Nearby model years
- 2015 Land Rover Discovery Sport - 84.2%
- 2016 Land Rover Discovery Sport - 84.2%
- 2017 Land Rover Discovery Sport - 85.7%
- 2019 Land Rover Discovery Sport - 86.2%