Reliability & cost of ownership
Land Rover Discovery Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Land Rover Discovery? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars — then open the year you're shopping for a full reliability and repair-cost forecast.
Land Rover Discovery problems by model year
29 recall entries and 353 owner complaints on file across 17 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | NCAP stars | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Discovery | 0 | 1 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2024 Discovery | 2 | 7 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2023 Discovery | 3 | 7 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2022 Discovery | 3 | 7 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2021 Discovery | 3 | 10 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2020 Discovery | 6 | 17 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2019 Discovery | 4 | 38 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2018 Discovery | 4 | 35 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2017 Discovery | 0 | 54 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2016 Discovery | 0 | 5 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2006 Discovery | 0 | 2 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2004 Discovery | 0 | 30 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2003 Discovery | 0 | 48 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2002 Discovery | 0 | 17 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2001 Discovery | 1 | 12 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2000 Discovery | 1 | 30 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 1998 Discovery | 2 | 33 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
Most-complained-about components
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA against the Land Rover Discovery, grouped by the component each complaint names — the fastest read on where this model gives trouble.
- electrical system85 complaints
- engine54 complaints
- power train50 complaints
- unknown or other47 complaints
- service brakes38 complaints
- structure30 complaints
- vehicle speed control26 complaints
- engine and engine cooling25 complaints