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Does the Land Rover Range Rover fail the MOT on vehicle identification more than it should?

The Land Rover Range Rover records 0.89 vehicle identification failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.46 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (+0.43, 95% interval +0.40 to +0.45). It ranks 73 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 by registration

What exactly fails on vehicle identification?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Land Rover Range Rover is “Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements”, recorded 3,682 times in 2019–2024.

Land Rover Range Rover: most frequent vehicle identification defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wordingItemsPer 100 tests
Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements3,6820.67
Number plate showing an incorrect registration 4170.08
Number plate missing or so insecure that it is likely to fall off4080.07
Number plate inscription missing or illegible3550.06

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 548,947 (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 gets a vehicle identification advisory, how often does it fail next time?

2.5% of Land Rover Range Rover MOTs with a vehicle identification advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 4,868 miles later (3,367 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 3,367 (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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