Land Rover Freelander 2008: MOT failure rate for its age

34.6% of 70,954 MOT tests of the Land Rover Freelander first registered in 2008 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 97.5 (95% CI 96.3–98.7; 100 = normal for this model at that age): close to other build years of the same model at the same age (within 5 points of normal).

Land Rover Freelander built in 2008 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	34.6	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	70954
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 96.3–98.7)	97.5	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	70954
Rank among this model's 18 build years	7	of 18	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	70954
Tested in 2024	10737	tests	median 134,376 miles	2024	10737

Built 2008 against Land Rover Freelander normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 11: 30.1% vs 29.2%; age 12: 32% vs 30.1%; age 13: 34.6% vs 34.1%; age 14: 35.4% vs 37.5%; age 15: 37.3% vs 40.5%; age 16: 39% vs 42.8%. Axis from 0% to 50%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2008 Land Rover Freelander by registration · All Land Rover Freelander 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 2008 Land Rover Freelander fail at each age?

Cars built in 2008 were tested at ages 11 to 16 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 Freelander built 2008: 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)
11	12,691	30.1	29.3–30.9	29.2	103
12	11,960	32	31.2–32.8	30.1	106.2
13	12,082	34.6	33.8–35.5	34.1	101.5
14	11,932	35.4	34.5–36.2	37.5	94.4
15	11,552	37.3	36.5–38.2	40.5	92.2
16	10,737	39	38.1–40	42.8	91.2

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 70,954 (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 2008 Land Rover Freelander?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2008 is suspension: 21.5 items per 100 first tests, against 19.6 across all build years of the Land Rover Freelander. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2008 were tested at ages 11 to 16.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Land Rover Freelander built 2008 against the Land Rover Freelander in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2008, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Suspension	21.5	19.6	15,247
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	18.3	22.2	12,977
Brakes	17	20	12,049
Visibility	7.3	8.6	5,200
Steering	6.9	7.4	4,862

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 70,954 (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 2008 compare with the years around it?

Among the 18 published build years of the Land Rover Freelander, 2008 ranks 7 (1 = fails least for its age). 2007: index 95.4. 2009: index 92.6.

Land Rover Freelander build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
1998	99.1	91.8–106.3	no different (rough estimate)	1,461
1999	98.4	92.9–103.8	no different (rough estimate)	2,568
2000	97.1	93.2–100.9	no different	5,100
2001	98.0	95.6–100.4	no different	13,696
2002	99.4	97.7–101.1	no different	27,529
2003	102.3	100.8–103.8	worse	35,977
2004	105.0	103.7–106.3	worse	50,783
2005	109.4	108.1–110.7	worse	54,623
2006	111.9	110.5–113.3	worse	52,598
2007	95.4	94.4–96.4	better	94,667
2008	97.5	96.3–98.7	better	70,954
2009	92.6	91.3–93.9	better	62,401
2010	100.6	99.4–101.8	no different	86,902
2011	89.4	88.1–90.8	better	74,981
2012	96.4	94.8–98.0	better	63,465
2013	104.4	102.9–105.9	worse	80,180
2014	93.2	91.6–94.8	better	70,144
2015	105.7	76.7–134.7	no different (rough estimate)	251

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 848,280 (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 Freelander 2008 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-freelander/2008/

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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