2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport 3.0L Diesel · Y8 ALX

The vehicle holds a current MOT certificate following a pass on 13 March 2025 at 71,805 miles, but the maintenance trend is best described as stable with minor recurring oversights rather than genuinely improving. The two most recent tests, conducted just two days apart in March 2025, reveal a pattern of low-level defects that were partially addressed between attempts. The initial failure on 11 March flagged both windscreen wipers as ineffective, yet the retest two days later recorded no wiper defect, suggesting they were replaced or repaired promptly. However, the same retest carried forward an oil leak from the transfer case area, noted as not excessive, along with an offside front tyre worn close to the legal limit and a damaged windscreen. A child seat fitted in the nearside rear prevented full inspection of the adult seatbelt in both tests, which is a testing limitation rather than a fault, but it does mean that belt's condition remains unverified. The 2024 test at 65,728 miles was entirely clean, making the reappearance of advisories in 2025 a slight backward step in overall presentation. The mileage accumulation tells a consistent story. Between the January 2022 test at 55,002 miles and the January 2023 test at 60,375 miles, the vehicle covered roughly 5,373 miles in twelve months. From January 2023 to January 2024, it added 5,353 miles, and then between January 2024 and March 2025, a span of fourteen months, it recorded 6,077 miles. This equates to approximately 6,528 miles per year across the vehicle's eleven-year life, which sits squarely within typical annual usage for a vehicle of this age and type. There are no alarming gaps or sudden spikes in the odometer record that would suggest long periods of disuse or clocking concerns. The mileage progression is steady and believable. A buyer inspecting this Range Rover Sport in person should focus on the components that have appeared repeatedly in the test history. The transfer case oil leak, flagged in both March 2025 tests, warrants a thorough underside inspection to determine whether the seepage has worsened since the last test. Transfer case leaks on this model can escalate if left unattended, potentially leading to fluid loss and drivetrain damage. The offside front tyre worn to near the legal limit at the most recent test suggests uneven wear patterns, possibly indicating tracking misalignment or suspension bush degradation, both common on heavy vehicles of this type. The front brake discs were noted as worn, pitted, or scored in the January 2023 test at 60,375 miles, and with over 11,000 miles covered since then, a visual check of disc thickness and condition is advisable. The damaged windscreen, present in both 2025 tests but deemed not to affect the driver's view, should be examined for any crack propagation that could fail a future test. Finally, the nearside rear adult seatbelt must be physically inspected and retracted fully, as the child seat obstruction in both recent tests means its operational condition has never been formally assessed.