2008 Land Rover Range Rover: MOT pass rate and reliability

74.6% of 2008 Land Rover Range Rovers pass the MOT first time, measured across 2,568 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 134,551 miles.

How the 2008 compares

  • Against all Land Rover Range Rovers (80.7%, 84,617 tests): -6.1 points
  • Against all 2008 cars (64.7%): +9.9 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Land Rover Range Rover model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2008 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Land Rover Range Rover:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
1993 76.7% 309 137,475
1994 76.2% 361 140,845
1995 73.7% 327 151,814
1996 76.3% 388 143,875
1997 73.5% 533 142,914
1998 72.2% 630 133,753
1999 75.3% 687 135,781
2000 77.6% 936 135,785
2001 75.7% 1,208 133,395
2002 75% 1,304 137,692
2003 70.6% 2,068 143,917
2004 71.2% 2,689 141,185
2005 71.8% 2,720 143,445
2006 72.7% 3,269 137,615
2007 75% 3,697 138,931
2008 74.6% 2,568 134,551
2009 75.6% 2,589 125,667
2010 77.3% 3,342 118,611
2011 75.5% 3,835 113,609
2012 78.7% 4,461 104,992
2013 81.4% 9,162 95,191
2014 84.5% 5,780 90,082
2015 84.4% 6,130 83,372
2016 82.7% 5,367 75,045
2017 85.3% 5,450 66,742
2018 89.7% 5,365 55,290
2019 91% 4,851 46,712
2020 90.7% 2,829 39,329
2021 91.9% 556 32,140

What this means if you are buying a 2008 Range Rover

The 2008 is a weaker year for this model, passing 6.1 points less often than the Land Rover Range Rover average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2008 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. 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 18-year-old car fails on

A 2008 car is 18 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 high mileage, so timing belts, clutches, suspension bushes and corrosion are the items worth budgeting for rather than the MOT itself. On a 2008 Land Rover Range Rover the average at test was 134,551 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 2021 at 91.9%, and the weakest in our data is 2003 at 70.6%. That 21.3 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2008 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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