Does the Land Rover Discovery fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Land Rover Discovery records 16.99 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 15.07 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+1.92, 95% interval +1.84 to +2.01). It ranks 231 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Land Rover Discovery is “Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded”, recorded 33,789 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 33,789 | 3.62 |
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 23,516 | 2.52 |
| A brake hose ferrule excessively corroded | 13,339 | 1.43 |
| Warning device shows system malfunction | 8,016 | 0.86 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 6,899 | 0.74 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 934,199 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
If a Land Rover Discovery gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
13.6% of Land Rover Discovery MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 5,886 miles later (173,221 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 173,221 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
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