Reliability report
Rover 75 reliability and common faults
Based on 8,938 roadworthiness tests, led by the UK MOT. Each country is compared only with its own average for cars of the same age.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · MOT
35.6%
fail rate · average 31.9%
much worse than average
6,183 MOT tests (DVSA)
🇱🇹 Lithuania · inspection
35.5%
first-time pass · average 41.2%
much worse than average
2,755 inspections
Testing regimes differ from country to country – don’t compare the figures between countries; compare each one only with its own average. MOT data: contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Weak spots
What goes wrong on the Rover 75
How often each area fails compared with the average car of the same age (vertical line = average, 100%). Red – more often than average.
Seat belts and airbags
Suspension
Wheels
Brakes
Steering
Body and structure
Tyres
Lights and electrics
Visibility
Exhaust and emissions
Plates and identification
Results by vehicle age
| Age | 🇬🇧 MOT fail rate | 🇳🇱 APK defects |
|---|---|---|
| 16–20 years | 36.6% avg 34.6% | — |
| 21+ years | 35.4% avg 31.4% | — |
🇱🇹 First-time pass rate in Lithuania – by year of manufacture
| Year | 75 | Average for year | Inspections |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 38.2% | 46.6% | 152 |
| 2004 | 33.8% | 44.5% | 240 |
| 2003 | 40.8% | 42.9% | 319 |
| 2002 | 36.6% | 42.0% | 415 |
| 2001 | 32.7% | 40.9% | 404 |
| 2000 | 36.3% | 39.6% | 833 |
| 1999 | 32.0% | 38.6% | 378 |
Rover 75 – FAQs
How reliable is the Rover 75?+
In the UK the Rover 75 fails 35.6% of MOT tests, against an average of 31.9% for cars of the same age – much worse than average. In Lithuania 35.5% pass their roadworthiness test first time (average for those years there 41.2%) – much worse than average.
What goes wrong most often on the Rover 75?+
Compared with the average car of the same age, testers find faults more often in these areas: seat belts and airbags, suspension.
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Sources: anonymised MOT test results (DVSA) – contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; APK inspection defects (RDW, open data); Lithuanian roadworthiness test results (data.gov.lt). Initial tests only; retests are not counted. Photo: Samuli Silvennoinen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (licence).