Land Rover Discovery Sport 2018: MOT failure rate for its age

17.2% of 77,177 MOT tests of the Land Rover Discovery Sport first registered in 2018 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 105.1 (95% CI 103.3–106.9; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2018 Land Rover Discovery Sport fails more often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Land Rover Discovery Sport built in 2018 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	17.2	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	77177
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 103.3–106.9)	105.1	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	77177
Rank among this model's 7 build years	5	of 7	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	77177
Tested in 2024	18896	tests	median 51,574 miles	2024	18896

Built 2018 against Land Rover Discovery Sport normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 17.1% vs 15.3%; age 4: 17.2% vs 16.8%; age 5: 17% vs 16.7%; age 6: 17.3% vs 16.5%. Axis from 0% to 20%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2018 Land Rover Discovery Sport by registration · All Land Rover Discovery Sport MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2018 Land Rover Discovery Sport fail at each age?

Cars built in 2018 were tested at ages 3 to 6 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Land Rover Discovery Sport built 2018: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
3	19,613	17.1	16.6–17.6	15.3	111.9
4	19,536	17.2	16.7–17.8	16.8	102.7
5	19,132	17	16.5–17.6	16.7	101.7
6	18,896	17.3	16.8–17.8	16.5	104.7

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 77,177 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2018 Land Rover Discovery Sport?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2018 is visibility: 8.1 items per 100 first tests, against 7.6 across all build years of the Land Rover Discovery Sport. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2018 were tested at ages 3 to 6.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Land Rover Discovery Sport built 2018 against the Land Rover Discovery Sport in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2018, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Visibility	8.1	7.6	6,264
Tyres	8	7.4	6,222
Brakes	4.6	4.6	3,604
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	3.6	4	2,785
Noise, emissions and leaks	1.6	1.5	1,219

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 77,736 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2018 compare with the years around it?

Among the 7 published build years of the Land Rover Discovery Sport, 2018 ranks 5 (1 = fails least for its age). 2017: index 98.5. 2019: index 108.5.

Land Rover Discovery Sport build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2014	95.0	73.7–116.4	no different (rough estimate)	434
2015	97.2	95.7–98.7	better	92,681
2016	100.7	99.4–102.0	no different	135,939
2017	98.5	97.1–99.8	better	121,427
2018	105.1	103.3–106.9	worse	77,177
2019	108.5	106.2–110.7	worse	51,103
2020	106.0	102.6–109.3	worse	23,012

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 501,773 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Land Rover Discovery Sport 2018 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/land-rover-discovery-sport/2018/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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