Land Rover Range Rover 2005: MOT failure rate for its age

33.0% of 21,077 MOT tests of the Land Rover Range Rover first registered in 2005 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 102.0 (95% CI 99.6–104.4; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2005 build year is no different from other years of the same model at the same age.

Land Rover Range Rover built in 2005 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	33.0	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	21077
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 99.6–104.4)	102.0	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	21077
Rank among this model's 23 build years	18	of 23	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	21077
Tested in 2024	2672	tests	median 141,490 miles	2024	2672

Built 2005 against Land Rover Range Rover normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 14: 33.8% vs 32.2%; age 15: 33.6% vs 31.9%; age 16: 33.7% vs 32.7%; age 17: 32.5% vs 31.8%; age 18: 31.3% vs 33.2%; age 19: 32.4% vs 32.5%. Axis from 0% to 40%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2005 Land Rover Range Rover by registration · All Land Rover Range Rover 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 2005 Land Rover Range Rover fail at each age?

Cars built in 2005 were tested at ages 14 to 19 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 2005: 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)
14	4,226	33.8	32.4–35.2	32.2	105
15	3,752	33.6	32.1–35.1	31.9	105.3
16	3,783	33.7	32.2–35.2	32.7	103.1
17	3,489	32.5	31–34.1	31.8	102.3
18	3,155	31.3	29.8–33	33.2	94.5
19	2,672	32.4	30.7–34.2	32.5	99.8

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 21,077 (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 2005 Land Rover Range Rover?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2005 is brakes: 29.9 items per 100 first tests, against 14.8 across all build years of the Land Rover Range Rover. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2005 were tested at ages 14 to 19.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Land Rover Range Rover built 2005 against the Land Rover Range Rover in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2005, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Brakes	29.9	14.8	6,302
Suspension	28.6	16.5	6,021
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	16.4	8.9	3,456
Body, chassis, structure	12.7	7.7	2,675
Visibility	9.6	7.9	2,024

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 21,077 (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 2005 compare with the years around it?

Among the 23 published build years of the Land Rover Range Rover, 2005 ranks 18 (1 = fails least for its age). 2004: index 101.6. 2006: index 100.9.

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 2005 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/2005/

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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