2004 Land Rover Discovery 2.5L Diesel · DC53 FGX

The Discovery presents a current roadworthy status with a clean pass recorded on 17 November 2023 at 177,758 miles, and the underlying maintenance trend reads as stable across the recent cycle. The November 2023 pass followed a failed attempt two days earlier at 177,757 miles where the tester logged no defects, indicating the failure stemmed from administrative or unrecorded presentation issues rather than mechanical fault. Back-to-back fail and pass results in 2022 at 170,592 miles show the same pattern, with no defects cited on either the failure or the pass. Annual mileage sits at a reasonable 8,080 per year against the vehicle's 22-year life, with the record moving from 164,363 miles in November 2021 to 170,592 in November 2022 and 177,758 by November 2023. The gaps between tests are consistent at roughly twelve months and accumulation is steady rather than abrupt. The supplied history is sparse, carrying no advisories or recorded wear on consumables, suspension bushes, brake discs, or structural corrosion across the five entries. A buyer should still commission a physical inspection of the chassis and underbody for structural rust, given the age and the absence of any corrosion reporting in the MOT data. The repeated no-defect failures suggest the previous keeper addressed presentation promptly but the lack of advisories on a 177,000-mile Land Rover warrants hands-on checks of coil springs, steering joints, and exhaust emissions before purchase. Verify the two-day 2023 and same-day 2022 fail-pass pairs with the test station, as clean sheets on a vehicle of this mileage are uncommon and may mask intermittent faults not captured by the DVSA record.