1995 Land Rover Range Rover 2.5L Diesel · M858 UJL
1995 Land Rover Range Rover (2.5L, diesel). First registered 01 Mar 1995. Recorded mileage 225,011 miles. MOT expired on 12 Aug 2019. Currently declared SORN.
- Make & Model
- LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER
- Year / Origin
- 1995 · Manchester
- Safety Recall
- Unknown
- MOT Status
- Expired on 12 Aug 2019
- Road Tax
- SORN
- Recorded Mileage
- 225,011 mi
- ULEZ Compliance
- Non-Compliant (Pre-Euro 6 Diesel)
- Fuel & Engine
- DIESEL · 2.5L
- Reliability Guide
- Common Faults
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M858 UJL Key Findings
- 20 MOT tests recorded
- Latest MOT passed on 13/08/2018
- 225,011 miles recorded at latest MOT
- 7 historical MOT failures
- 6 defects noted at the latest MOT
- Recurring lighting items (37 mentions)
Derived directly from the recorded DVSA and DVLA data shown on this page.
M858 UJL MOT History
Interpretation generated from the recorded test data above — not an official DVSA statement and not a substitute for an independent inspection.
20 MOT tests are recorded for this 1995 Land Rover Range Rover (M858 UJL) between February 2006 and August 2018.
The record contains 13 passes and 7 failures.
The most recent test on 13 August 2018 was a pass, although the earlier record includes 7 failures that buyers may want to investigate.
Across all tests, the most frequently flagged areas are: Lighting (37 issues), Brakes (24 issues), Suspension (21 issues), Tyres (5 issues), Windscreen (5 issues). Repeated mentions in one area can indicate an ongoing pattern worth checking in person.
In total 85 advisory notices are recorded. Advisories flag items that passed but may need attention before the next test; they are not evidence of how well the vehicle has been serviced.
Recorded failure items include: “Rear Service brake effort inadequate at a wheel Both (1.2.1 (a) (i))”; “Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i))”; “Offside Front Lower Steering linkage ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))”.
M858 UJL Mileage History
- 28/02/2006150,391 mi
- 28/02/2006150,391 mi
- 28/02/2007160,013 mi+9,622 mi
- 25/02/2008171,285 mi+11,272 mi
- 23/02/2009182,509 mi+11,224 mi
- 23/02/2009182,509 mi
- 26/02/2010190,997 mi+8,488 mi
- 05/03/2010191,025 mi+28 mi
- 02/03/2011194,374 mi+3,349 mi
- 12/03/2012200,750 mi+6,376 mi
- 16/03/2012200,750 mi
- 18/03/2013207,033 mi+6,283 mi
- 01/04/2014214,108 mi+7,075 mi
- 27/03/2015219,982 mi+5,874 mi
- 31/03/2015220,099 mi+117 mi
- 10/05/2016222,103 mi+2,004 mi
- 03/05/2017223,576 mi+1,473 mi
- 22/05/2017223,658 mi+82 mi
- 08/08/2018225,001 mi+1,343 mi
- 13/08/2018225,011 mi+10 mi
Average of roughly 5,991 miles per year across 20 recorded odometer readings.
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Known faults for Land Rover Range Rover Classic
Our database tracks 4 specific mechanical faults and recurring failure patterns identified across UK MOT testing stations for this generation.
MOT Roadworthiness: Below Average
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- Steel Body Frame, Chassis and Bulkhead CorrosionSerious
Aluminium skin over a steel skeleton: Hagerty's Classic buying guide warns that the frame and chassis both rust and that even good-looking cars hide it, with the body mounts, rear crossmember, inner rear wheelarches, inner front wings and both sills the priority checks, and boot floors suspect on cars built after 1989. LandyZone owners describe the same failure starting as water ingress: the scuttle sealant under the bonnet top hardens and cracks, water pools behind the bulkhead and the rot travels into the dash supports and footwells. Section and frame repairs are labour-intensive, and corrosion advisories are the routine MOT failure.
- Rover V8 Head Gasket Failure and Liner MovementSerious
The Buick-derived Rover V8 is hardy until it overheats once. When the 3.5 block was over-bored to 3.9 roughly 200 thou was taken out of the aluminium that holds the cast-iron liners, and LandyZone members describe the block cracking around that interference fit - with symptoms identical to a blown head gasket, including a pressurised coolant system and, in bad cases, a metallic tap at piston speed once hot. RoverParts' Rover V8 head gasket guide lists the same trail: temperature spikes, gas pressurising the coolant, an outboard blow sounding like an exhaust leak, and heads and block needing machining after a serious overheat. Hagerty advises checking V8s for bottom-end knocks and timing chain rattle before buying.
- 200Tdi and 300Tdi Timing Belt AgeingSerious
Both Tdi engines are interference diesels driven by a toothed belt, and the factory interval is not what experienced owners work to: the LandyZone 300Tdi thread quotes Land Rover at 60,000–70,000 miles while most members 'reckon 36,000 is much safer', and Hagerty's Classic guide reduces it to a simple buying rule - confirm the belt has been changed within the last five years. Ageing ribs, a tired tensioner, oil dragged across the belt by the rear crank seal and the original crank pulley all cut its life; the forum recommends the modified pulley conversion kit that stops the belt slipping off. A snapped belt normally means bent valves and a stripped-down engine.
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