Land Rover Discovery Sport Reliability
250 NHTSA complaints (2015–2025). Complaint rate: 750.8 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 2016–2017 Land Rover Discovery Sport. The 2021–2023 models had significantly fewer reported issues. Most common issue across all years: ENGINE.
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 Sport Problems
Most reported component complaints to NHTSA
| Component | Complaints | Crash % |
|---|---|---|
| ENGINE | 58 | 3.4% |
| POWER TRAIN | 34 | 5.9% |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 25 | 4.0% |
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | 23 | 13.0% |
| FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | 21 | 0.0% |
| SERVICE BRAKES | 17 | 11.8% |
| STRUCTURE:BODY | 13 | 0.0% |
| STEERING | 12 | 8.3% |
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | 9 | 11.1% |
| WHEELS | 4 | 0.0% |
Year-by-Year Breakdown
NHTSA complaint count per model year — click any year for full problems & recalls breakdown.
| Year | Generation | Complaints | Crashes | Fires | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | — | 17 | 0 | — | View 2015View→ |
| 2016AVOID | — | 66 | 7 | — | View 2016View→ |
| 2017AVOID | — | 56 | 0 | — | View 2017View→ |
| 2018 | — | 32 | 3 | — | View 2018View→ |
| 2019AVOID | — | 36 | 1 | — | View 2019View→ |
| 2020 | — | 22 | 1 | 3 | View 2020View→ |
| 2021GOOD | — | 7 | 0 | — | View 2021View→ |
| 2022GOOD | — | 4 | 0 | — | View 2022View→ |
| 2023GOOD | — | 3 | 0 | — | View 2023View→ |
| 2025TOO NEW | — | 7 | 0 | — | View 2025View→ |
See also: Land Rover Discovery Sportaccident & safety statistics from our vehicle history database.
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