Land Rover Discovery II
Owners filed 226 complaints across 6 model years of the Land Rover Discovery II. The 2003 drew the most (63); the 2004 the fewest (22).
Model years6
Complaints226
Recalls32
Fires10
Deaths0
Every Land Rover Discovery II model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic | Routine | |
| 2003 | 63 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine | |
| 2002 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine | |
| 2001 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 12 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip › Abs Warning Light | Routine | |
| 2000 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 5 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1999 | 36 | 7 | — | 5 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine |
Which Land Rover Discovery II years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 2003 is the weakest year on record, with 63 complaints concentrated in the engine and engine cooling › engine. It carries 3 recalls.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.