Land Rover Discovery
Owners filed 546 complaints across 23 model years of the Land Rover Discovery. The 1996 drew the most (65).
Which Land Rover Discovery years should you avoid?
Going by 546 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Land Rover Discovery years to avoid are 1995.
- 19953.5× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (6 fires, 10 crashes, 3 deaths).
Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Land Rover Discovery model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Too new | 1 | 1 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2024 | 8 | 5 | 1 | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2023 | 7 | 6 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2022 | 11 | 6 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2021 | 11 | 6 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2020 | 19 | 6 | — | 1 | Electrical System | Fatalities reported | |
| 2019 | 39 | 4 | — | 2 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2018 | 37 | 4 | — | 2 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2017 | 55 | 3 | 1 | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | — | — | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | — | — | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2004 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 4 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2003 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 8 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2002 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 2 | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine | |
| 2001 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System | Routine | |
| 2000 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 7 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1999 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1998 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 7 | Seat Belts › Front › Webbing | Routine | |
| 1997 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 9 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1996 | 65 | 3 | — | 4 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1995Avoid | 49 | 4 | 6 | 10 | Vehicle Speed Control | Fatalities reported | |
| 1994 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.