Does the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque fail the MOT on lamps, reflectors and electrics more than it should?

The Land Rover Range Rover Evoque records 4.51 lamps, reflectors and electrics failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 7.52 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−3.01, 95% interval −3.07 to −2.95). It ranks 447 of 729 models on lamps, reflectors and electrics (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on lamps, reflectors and electrics · check a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque by registration

What exactly fails on lamps, reflectors and electrics?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque is “A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED”, recorded 17,431 times in 2019–2024.

Land Rover Range Rover Evoque: most frequent lamps, reflectors and electrics defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED	17,431	2.11
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements	3,722	0.45
Headlamp aim unable to be tested	2,287	0.28
Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning	1,518	0.18
A lens defective which has no effect on emitted light	1,399	0.17

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 827,182 (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

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