Land Rover Range Rover Sport 2008: MOT failure rate for its age

32.5% of 31,112 MOT tests of the Land Rover Range Rover Sport 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 109.4 (95% CI 107.3–111.5; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2008 Land Rover Range Rover Sport fails more often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Land Rover Range Rover Sport built in 2008 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	32.5	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	31112
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 107.3–111.5)	109.4	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	31112
Rank among this model's 16 build years	16	of 16	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	31112
Tested in 2024	4144	tests	median 125,016 miles	2024	4144

Built 2008 against Land Rover Range Rover Sport normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 11: 33.4% vs 27.2%; age 12: 32.5% vs 27.8%; age 13: 32.3% vs 30.3%; age 14: 31.8% vs 30.7%; age 15: 32.2% vs 31.5%; age 16: 32.6% vs 32%. Axis from 0% to 40%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2008 Land Rover Range Rover Sport by registration · All Land Rover Range Rover 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 2008 Land Rover Range Rover Sport 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 Range Rover Sport 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	6,105	33.4	32.2–34.6	27.2	122.9
12	5,424	32.5	31.3–33.8	27.8	117.1
13	5,443	32.3	31.1–33.6	30.3	106.7
14	5,230	31.8	30.6–33.1	30.7	103.8
15	4,766	32.2	30.9–33.5	31.5	102.3
16	4,144	32.6	31.2–34.1	32	101.9

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 31,112 (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 Range Rover Sport?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2008 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 19.8 items per 100 first tests, against 8.7 across all build years of the Land Rover Range Rover Sport. 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 Range Rover Sport built 2008 against the Land Rover Range Rover Sport in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2008, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	19.8	8.7	6,171
Brakes	19.8	11	6,151
Suspension	16.1	9.2	5,020
Body, chassis, structure	10.3	4.6	3,202
Tyres	10.3	8	3,195

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 31,112 (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 16 published build years of the Land Rover Range Rover Sport, 2008 ranks 16 (1 = fails least for its age). 2007: index 105.5. 2009: index 102.9.

Land Rover Range Rover Sport build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2005	100.8	98.6–102.9	no different	25,178
2006	106.4	104.6–108.1	worse	42,174
2007	105.5	103.7–107.3	worse	40,310
2008	109.4	107.3–111.5	worse	31,112
2009	102.9	100.8–105.0	worse	31,111
2010	93.9	92.0–95.8	better	37,799
2011	94.4	92.3–96.4	better	35,992
2012	94.2	92.1–96.3	better	38,778
2013	97.8	95.6–99.9	better	40,789
2014	102.8	100.8–104.7	worse	54,441
2015	103.8	102.0–105.7	worse	68,367
2016	103.1	101.2–105.1	worse	67,980
2017	97.5	95.4–99.7	better	55,376
2018	89.9	87.6–92.3	better	45,890
2019	91.2	88.4–94.0	better	35,404
2020	95.7	91.1–100.3	no different	14,510

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 665,211 (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 Range Rover Sport 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-range-rover-sport/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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