Land Rover Range Rover years to avoid — 234,206 MOT tests ranked

No clear negative outlier after correcting for age. Strongest in the data: 2008 or 2010. The ranking uses 234,206 MOT tests across 20 registration years (2023–2025) and compares each year with all UK cars of the same age.

Every Range Rover year, ranked

The age-adjusted MOT index sets 100 as the pass rate of all UK cars registered in the same year and tested in the same calendar year. Higher is better. This prevents an old car being labelled a “bad year” simply because it is old.

RankYearIndexVs same-agePass rateTests
1 2008 Strong 109.6 +9.6 pts 74.7% 7,595
2 2010 Strong 109.4 +9.4 pts 76.7% 9,976
3 2007 109.3 +9.3 pts 74.4% 10,978
4 2009 109.3 +9.3 pts 75.7% 7,758
5 2014 109.0 +9.0 pts 84.8% 17,217
6 2001 108.8 +8.8 pts 75.4% 3,652
7 2005 108.5 +8.5 pts 73.0% 8,129
8 2013 108.2 +8.2 pts 81.6% 27,289
9 2002 108.0 +8.0 pts 73.6% 4,049
10 2006 107.9 +7.9 pts 72.3% 9,714
11 2004 107.3 +7.3 pts 71.7% 8,046
12 2012 107.1 +7.1 pts 78.4% 13,405
13 2003 106.7 +6.7 pts 71.7% 6,336
14 2011 106.1 +6.1 pts 75.3% 11,392
15 2015 106.0 +6.0 pts 84.8% 18,251
16 2018 103.4 +3.4 pts 89.8% 15,899
17 2019 102.3 +2.3 pts 90.7% 14,243
18 2016 102.2 +2.2 pts 83.5% 15,998
19 2017 102.0 +2.0 pts 86.0% 15,976
20 2020 100.7 +0.7 pts 90.6% 8,303

How to use this before buying

  • Rankings describe the cohort, not the car. A cherished older example beats a neglected 2008 one — always run the specific reg through the free MOT history check.
  • Read the advisories. Repeated notes for the same component across years mean the owner has been ignoring it. Decode them in our advisory library.
  • Scan before you pay. A 2-minute OBD scan reveals stored faults the dashboard hides — see our scanner guide.

FAQs

Which Range Rover years should I avoid?

No year is a clear negative outlier after correcting for age, so buy on condition and history rather than year.

What is the best Range Rover year to buy used?

2008 and 2010 lead the age-adjusted MOT ranking. The score compares each registration year with all UK cars of the same age; the specific car's history and condition still take priority.

Is the Range Rover reliable overall?

Across 234,206 tests, the median age-adjusted index is 107.6 (100 equals the pass rate of all cars registered in the same year). Use the spread between years as one signal, then check the individual registration.

Methodology: index = 100 + the model-year cohort’s MOT pass-rate difference versus all UK vehicles registered in the same year and tested in the same calendar year. Class 4 initial tests only; retests excluded; at least 1,500 tests per page. “Inspect” years are below both the same-age baseline and the model’s median index by at least 2 points. Association is not proof of a model-year defect. DVSA anonymised data 2023–2025, OGL v3.0.