Land Rover Discovery Reliability
747 NHTSA complaints (1994–2024). Complaint rate: 44.7 per 1,000 vehicles.
Which Years to Buy & Avoid
Years auto-clustered by complaint volume relative to this model's median.
Bottom line: Avoid the 2017–2019 Land Rover Discovery. The 2021–2023 models had significantly fewer reported issues. Most common issue across all years: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
Avoid These Years
Average
Better Years
Too New
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Complaints by Model Year
NHTSA complaint count per model year
Common Land Rover Discovery Problems
Most reported component complaints to NHTSA
| Component | Complaints | Crash % |
|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 73 | 1.4% |
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | 53 | 9.4% |
| ENGINE | 51 | 0.0% |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | 41 | 29.3% |
| POWER TRAIN | 36 | 8.3% |
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | 36 | 25.0% |
| STRUCTURE:BODY | 21 | 0.0% |
| VISIBILITY/WIPER | 18 | 0.0% |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | 17 | 0.0% |
| SERVICE BRAKES | 16 | 12.5% |
Year-by-Year Breakdown
NHTSA complaint count per model year — click any year for full problems & recalls breakdown.
| Year | Generation | Complaints | Crashes | Fires | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994GOOD | — | 16 | 2 | 1 | View → |
| 1995AVOID | — | 68 | 12 | 7 | View → |
| 1996AVOID | — | 111 | 5 | — | View → |
| 1997 | — | 41 | 12 | 2 | View → |
| 1998 | — | 44 | 9 | 5 | View → |
| 1999 | — | 24 | 4 | 1 | View → |
| 2000 | — | 36 | 11 | 2 | View → |
| 2001GOOD | — | 14 | 2 | 1 | View → |
| 2002 | — | 21 | 4 | 3 | View → |
| 2003AVOID | — | 69 | 12 | 4 | View → |
| 2004 | — | 32 | 4 | 3 | View → |
| 2006GOOD | — | 3 | 0 | — | View → |
| 2016GOOD | — | 8 | 0 | — | View → |
| 2017AVOID | — | 91 | 0 | 3 | View → |
| 2018AVOID | — | 51 | 5 | — | View → |
| 2019AVOID | — | 52 | 4 | — | View → |
| 2020 | — | 30 | 0 | — | View → |
| 2021GOOD | — | 13 | 0 | — | View → |
| 2022GOOD | — | 5 | 0 | — | View → |
| 2023GOOD | — | 8 | 0 | — | View → |
| 2024TOO NEW | — | 10 | 0 | 1 | View → |
Year-by-Year Breakdown
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See also: Land Rover Discoveryaccident & safety statistics from our vehicle history database.
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