Land Rover Range Rover 1998: MOT failure rate for its age

35.1% of 2,585 MOT tests of the Land Rover Range Rover first registered in 1998 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 102.3 (95% CI 95.7–109.0; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 1998 build year is no different from other years of the same model at the same age. This is a rough estimate from a smaller sample.

Land Rover Range Rover built in 1998 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	35.1	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	2585
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 95.7–109.0)	102.3	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	2585
Rank among this model's 23 build years	19	of 23	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	2585
Tested in 2024	48	tests	median 116,416 miles	2024	48

Built 1998 against Land Rover Range Rover normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 21: 37.3% vs 36.2%; age 22: 32.2% vs 31.8%. Axis from 0% to 40%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

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Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 1998 Land Rover Range Rover fail at each age?

Cars built in 1998 were tested at ages 21 to 22 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 built 1998: 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)
21	1,456	37.3	34.8–39.8	36.2	103.1
22	1,129	32.2	29.6–35	31.8	101.3

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 2,585 (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 1998 Land Rover Range Rover?

The most common failure group on cars built in 1998 is suspension: 40.2 items per 100 first tests, against 16.5 across all build years of the Land Rover Range Rover. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 1998 were tested at ages 21 to 22.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Land Rover Range Rover built 1998 against the Land Rover Range Rover in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 1998, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Suspension	40.2	16.5	2,142
Brakes	19.7	14.8	1,051
Body, chassis, structure	18	7.7	961
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	17.8	8.9	950
Steering	16.6	2.9	886

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 5,333 (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 1998 compare with the years around it?

Among the 23 published build years of the Land Rover Range Rover, 1998 ranks 19 (1 = fails least for its age). 1999: index 99.5.

Land Rover Range Rover build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
1998	102.3	95.7–109.0	no different (rough estimate)	2,585
1999	99.5	94.0–105.0	no different (rough estimate)	3,704
2000	97.2	92.9–101.5	no different	5,968
2001	96.7	93.1–100.2	no different	8,694
2002	101.0	98.1–103.8	no different	14,098
2003	105.3	102.9–107.6	worse	22,045
2004	101.6	99.4–103.8	no different	24,585
2005	102.0	99.6–104.4	no different	21,077
2006	100.9	98.6–103.1	no different	24,211
2007	96.9	94.7–99.0	better	27,067
2008	99.7	97.0–102.4	no different	18,133
2009	101.1	98.2–104.0	no different	17,420
2010	99.0	96.4–101.6	no different	21,699
2011	111.2	108.5–113.9	worse	24,376
2012	106.9	104.3–109.4	worse	28,431
2013	98.3	96.5–100.1	no different	58,092
2014	93.6	91.3–95.9	better	37,103
2015	96.7	94.4–99.1	better	39,298
2016	107.1	104.3–109.9	worse	34,176
2017	95.9	92.9–98.9	better	29,457
2018	88.8	85.5–92.2	better	22,854
2019	86.2	82.0–90.4	better	15,495
2020	92.3	85.8–98.7	better	7,390

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 507,958 (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 1998 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/1998/

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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