2010 Land Rover Range Rover Sport 2.7L Diesel · OY60 BWF

Across eight recorded DVSA tests spanning 2018 to late 2025, this Range Rover Sport has never failed an MOT, which establishes a basic legal roadworthiness baseline, though the advisory history paints a picture of accumulating component wear typical for a high-mileage SUV of this era. The most recent test on 2 December 2025 produced a pass, but flagged four advisories covering tyre condition on all four corners and slight corrosion to the ferrules on both front brake hoses. Earlier passes were either completely clean (2022 and 2024) or carried only single minor tyre notes (2023), but the 2020 test recorded two advisories for noisy front wheel bearings, a worn offside front tyre, and a corroded central rear brake pipe, with that same brake pipe item reappearing in 2021. The overall pattern is one of stable passes on the structural and emissions criteria, with a recurring cluster of advisories rotating around the braking and rolling stock rather than any one component deteriorating rapidly to failure point. At 150,629 miles on a 2010 vehicle, the recorded annual accumulation works out to approximately 9,400 miles per year, which sits broadly in line with average use for a sixteen-year-old car. There are no obvious anomalies such as long SORN periods or sudden mileage jumps between tests; the vehicle has been tested consistently almost every year since 2018 and appears to have been in regular use throughout. For a Range Rover Sport with air suspension, complex four-wheel-drive drivetrain, and sizeable unsprung mass, this mileage level means that consumable wear on bushes, drop links, ball joints, brake discs, pads, and the compressor and strut assemblies will be well advanced even if none of those specific components have yet triggered a tester observation. The age combined with mileage also makes corrosion fatigue on underbody seams, subframe mounts, and brake line unions a genuine live concern rather than a theoretical one. The brake line advisories are the most mechanically significant recurring thread in this record. The central rear brake pipe was noted as corroded in both 2020 and 2021, and the most recent test has now flagged both front brake hose ferrules as showing slight ferrule corrosion. On a test drive, listen for any hiss or loss of pedal firmness under sustained braking, particularly on long downhill sections, and inspect the visible brake lines along the chassis and under the wheel arches for blistering under the surface coating or any weeping of fluid at the unions. The 2020 advisories for slightly noisy front wheel bearings are worth probing again now five years on: on a road drive with windows up, listen for a rotational hum that rises and falls with speed, and on a slow-speed turn listen for any grating or rumbling that changes when steering load is applied. Replacement at this stage is common on vehicles of this age and mileage, but the lack of reoccurring bearing advisories since 2020 is at least neutral rather than negative evidence. The tyre advisory pattern across four corners in the latest test is consistent with the vehicle having been parked for extended periods between drives, given that the cracking and perishing damage cited affects all four tyres rather than just the driven axle. Check the sidewalls closely for hairline cracks, particularly in the shoulder area, and verify the DOT date stamps as the rubber compound on a sixteen-year-old vehicle may be hardened even if the tread depth remains legal. Beyond the MOT record, the suspension on this model is known to develop issues with the front lower wishbone bushes, anti-roll bar drop links, and the air suspension compressor and air springs themselves, so on a test drive listen for clonks or thuds over speed bumps and uneven surfaces, and with the engine running from cold observe whether the ride height levels up promptly and remains steady after several minutes. A thorough underbody inspection on a ramp is strongly advisable given the recorded brake pipe corrosion, the vehicle age, and the known susceptibility of these chassis to rear subframe and trailing arm corrosion.