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Common Land Rover Discovery Se Sd6 Auto MOT failures

Based on 1,879 Land Rover Discovery Se Sd6 Auto tests on record carrying an official DVSA defect code, so every category below is counted from real failures rather than estimated.

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Where MOT tests find problems: Land Rover Discovery Se Sd6 Auto

Brakes 352 tests (18.7%)
Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 352 tests (18.7%)
Visibility 122 tests (6.5%)
Nuisance (emissions and noise) 19 tests (1.0%)
Registration plates and vehicle identification 16 tests (0.9%)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 13 tests (0.7%)
Other equipment 11 tests (0.6%)

A test can find problems in more than one category, so the figures above do not sum to 100%. Each percentage is the share of classifiable tests that found at least one defect in that category. Based on 1,879 classifiable tests for Land Rover Discovery Se Sd6 Auto.

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What Land Rover Discovery Se Sd6 Auto failures look like

1,879 Land Rover Discovery Se Sd6 Auto tests on record carry the manual reference DVSA attaches to each defect. The most frequent problems were with brakes on 352 tests (18.7%), with axles, wheels, tyres and suspension on 352 tests (18.7%) and with visibility on 122 tests (6.5%). A test can fail on more than one thing, and an MOT can be failed on one defect while another is only advised, so these counts do not add up to the number of tests.

Narrowed down from the categories to the individual defects themselves, three come up on more than one test:

  • Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.2.3, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 321 of the 1,879 tests: 67 failures and 254 advisories or minors.

  • Brake pad(s) wearing thin

    MOT inspection manual reference 1.1.13, in brakes

    Recorded on 216 of the 1,879 tests: 33 failures and 183 advisories or minors.

  • Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened

    MOT inspection manual reference 1.1.14, in brakes

    Recorded on 121 of the 1,879 tests: 5 failures and 116 advisories or minors.

Where there is enough data to compare: Land Rover Discovery (1,537,509 tests), Land Rover Freelander (1,515,345 tests), Land Rover Defender (1,202,121 tests), Land Rover Range Rover Evoque (1,199,976 tests), every Land Rover model (9,193,915 tests).

Clauses are read from the manual reference at the end of every defect on the cached test records, and a defect shown here has to appear on at least two of them before it is named. The site-wide breakdown explains how that works and compares every make.