Land Rover Discovery 2018: MOT failure rate for its age

13.4% of 34,389 MOT tests of the Land Rover Discovery 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 91.3 (95% CI 88.6–93.9; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2018 Land Rover Discovery fails less often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Land Rover Discovery built in 2018 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	13.4	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	34389
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 88.6–93.9)	91.3	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	34389
Rank among this model's 23 build years	3	of 23	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	34389
Tested in 2024	8353	tests	median 60,224 miles	2024	8353

Built 2018 against Land Rover Discovery normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 12% vs 12.4%; age 4: 14.3% vs 14%; age 5: 14% vs 15.6%; age 6: 13.5% vs 17%. Axis from 0% to 20%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2018 Land Rover Discovery by registration · All Land Rover Discovery 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 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 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	8,751	12	11.3–12.6	12.4	96.8
4	8,788	14.3	13.6–15	14	101.9
5	8,497	14	13.3–14.7	15.6	89.6
6	8,353	13.5	12.8–14.3	17	79.4

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 34,389 (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?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2018 is tyres: 7 items per 100 first tests, against 6 across all build years of the Land Rover Discovery. 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 built 2018 against the Land Rover Discovery in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2018, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Tyres	7	6	2,435
Visibility	6.9	9.1	2,404
Brakes	3.4	17	1,194
Suspension	1.7	22.5	584
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	1.5	20.1	512

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 34,707 (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 23 published build years of the Land Rover Discovery, 2018 ranks 3 (1 = fails least for its age). 2017: index 89.3. 2019: index 91.2.

Land Rover Discovery build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
1998	99.6	95.2–104.0	no different	4,874
1999	101.9	99.0–104.9	no different	11,368
2000	103.3	100.8–105.8	worse	15,815
2001	105.0	103.1–107.0	worse	27,054
2002	101.2	99.5–102.8	no different	36,080
2003	97.8	96.3–99.3	better	43,071
2004	99.0	97.6–100.5	no different	47,471
2005	97.9	96.6–99.2	better	56,878
2006	104.6	103.2–106.0	worse	56,460
2007	103.5	102.0–105.0	worse	49,143
2008	104.1	102.3–105.9	worse	34,834
2009	101.1	99.2–103.0	no different	34,384
2010	95.4	93.7–97.1	better	42,023
2011	94.4	92.6–96.3	better	38,783
2012	99.1	97.3–101.0	no different	43,083
2013	104.0	101.9–106.1	worse	39,919
2014	98.6	96.6–100.6	no different	46,349
2015	96.6	94.8–98.5	better	57,592
2016	107.4	105.4–109.4	worse	60,654
2017	89.3	87.3–91.4	better	53,574
2018	91.3	88.6–93.9	better	34,389
2019	91.2	88.0–94.5	better	23,938
2020	98.6	93.5–103.7	no different	11,299

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 869,035 (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 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/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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