Does the Land Rover Range Rover Sport fail the MOT on vehicle identification more than it should?
The Land Rover Range Rover Sport records 1.16 vehicle identification failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.36 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+0.80, 95% interval +0.77 to +0.82). It ranks 28 of 636 models on vehicle identification (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on vehicle identification · check a Land Rover Range Rover Sport by registration
What exactly fails on vehicle identification?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Land Rover Range Rover Sport is “Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements”, recorded 6,294 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements | 6,294 | 0.94 |
| Number plate showing an incorrect registration | 560 | 0.08 |
| Number plate missing or so insecure that it is likely to fall off | 467 | 0.07 |
| Number plate inscription missing or illegible | 423 | 0.06 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 670,389 (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 Range Rover Sport gets a vehicle identification advisory, how often does it fail next time?
2.5% of Land Rover Range Rover Sport MOTs with a vehicle identification advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.2 months and 7,050 miles later (3,595 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 3,595 (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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