Reliability & cost of ownership
Land Rover Discovery Sport Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Land Rover Discovery Sport? 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 Sport problems by model year
8 recall entries and 175 owner complaints on file across 10 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | NCAP stars | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Discovery Sport | 0 | 5 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2023 Discovery Sport | 2 | 3 | No NCAP test | Full reliability report → |
| 2022 Discovery Sport | 1 | 4 | No NCAP test | Full reliability report → |
| 2021 Discovery Sport | 1 | 4 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2020 Discovery Sport | 4 | 12 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2019 Discovery Sport | 0 | 21 | No NCAP test | Full reliability report → |
| 2018 Discovery Sport | 0 | 21 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2017 Discovery Sport | 0 | 39 | No NCAP test | Reliability forecast → |
| 2016 Discovery Sport | 0 | 52 | No NCAP test | Full reliability report → |
| 2015 Discovery Sport | 0 | 14 | No NCAP test | Full reliability report → |
Most-complained-about components
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA against the Land Rover Discovery Sport, grouped by the component each complaint names — the fastest read on where this model gives trouble.
- engine62 complaints
- power train42 complaints
- electrical system28 complaints
- unknown or other26 complaints
- service brakes23 complaints
- fuel/propulsion system22 complaints
- structure14 complaints
- steering13 complaints