Are Land Rovers Reliable? Land Rover Reliability by Model
Land Rover reliability varies significantly by model year. Among the 6 Land Rover models analyzed, the Discovery has the fewest flagged years at 0, while the Range Rover has the most at 6. The sharpest single-year spike belongs to the Range Rover Sport, whose worst year logged up to 2.8× its own median complaint rate. Because complaint totals are not adjusted for vehicle sales, this analysis identifies strong and weak years within each model — it does not rank Land Rover models against one another.
Analysis by CarWhere Research · Updated August 28, 2026 · Source: NHTSA owner complaints & recall campaigns · Data as of July 2026 · How we rate model years · Download the dataset (CSV)
3,539 NHTSA complaints
model years flagged on federal data
Discovery
Land Rover problem areas by service-bulletin volume
The vehicle systems drawing the most federal service-bulletin (TSB) filings across the 6 Land Rover models we analyze — a volume signal of where the manufacturer issues the most fix guidance. These are TSB counts by NHTSA component category, not owner-complaint counts.
Land Rover reliability by model
| Model | Complaints | Years to avoid | Best years | Worst year vs. its avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land Rover Range Rover | 1,500 | 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2023 | 2008 | 2.6× |
| Land Rover Range Rover Sport | 854 | 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2020 | 2008 | 2.8× |
| Land Rover Range Rover Evoque | 574 | 2015, 2017 and 2020 | — | 2.5× |
| Land Rover Discovery | 128 | None | — | — |
| Land Rover Discovery Sport | 379 | 2015 | 2018 | 1.9× |
| Land Rover Range Rover Velar | 104 | 2018 | — | 1.6× |
Counts are raw federal filings (NHTSA owner complaints), not adjusted for sales volume. A model year is flagged when its severity-weighted complaint rate is among the highest within that model's own history — never a comparison against other brands. Follow any model for its full year-by-year verdict. Full methodology.
Where Land Rover owners report the most trouble
Land Rover Range Rover Sport: 4 model years flagged to avoid (2015, 2016, 2017 and 2020) — the worst logged up to 2.8× the model's own median severity-weighted complaint rate. See the year-by-year verdict →
Land Rover Range Rover: 6 model years flagged to avoid (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2023) — the worst logged up to 2.6× the model's own median severity-weighted complaint rate. See the year-by-year verdict →
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque: 3 model years flagged to avoid (2015, 2017 and 2020) — the worst logged up to 2.5× the model's own median severity-weighted complaint rate. See the year-by-year verdict →
Cleanest Land Rover records: the Discovery carries no model year flagged to avoid in the current federal data.
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FAQ
Are Land Rovers reliable?
Land Rover reliability varies sharply by model year, not by badge. Among the 6 most-documented Land Rover models, 5 carry at least one model year we flag to avoid on NHTSA complaint and recall data — the Discovery has the fewest flagged years (0) and the Range Rover the most (6). These are raw federal complaint counts, not adjusted for how many vehicles Land Rover sold, so they can't be read as a single cross-brand reliability score — use the per-model, per-year verdicts below.
Which Land Rover model years should I avoid?
The Land Rover models carrying the most flagged years are the Range Rover (6 flagged years: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2023); the Range Rover Sport (4 flagged years: 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2020); the Range Rover Evoque (3 flagged years: 2015, 2017 and 2020). A flag means that model year's severity-weighted complaint rate is among the highest within that model's own history — it is not a comparison against other models or brands. See each model's page for the full year-by-year verdict.
Which Land Rover models have the fewest flagged years?
Among Land Rover models with enough federal complaint history to rate, the Discovery carries no model year flagged to avoid. That is not a cross-model reliability ranking — complaint counts are not sales-adjusted — and a thin record is never counted as a clean one: model years with too little data rate "insufficient" instead.
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Sources & data notes
All figures are drawn from the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Office of Defects Investigation — the public NHTSA owner-complaints data and safety recall campaigns — across the 6 most-documented Land Rover models and every model year on record for each. Retrieved July 2026. Counts are raw federal filings and are not adjusted for the number of vehicles sold or registered, so they cannot be read as a single cross-brand reliability ranking; each model year's verdict compares it only against the rest of that model's own history. Full scoring at the methodology page.
Suggested citation
CarWhere Research. "Land Rover Reliability by Model & Year: NHTSA Complaint and Recall Analysis." Based on 3,539 NHTSA owner complaints across 6 Land Rover models, model years 2008–2025. Updated August 28, 2026. https://www.carwhere.com/research/reliability/land-rover
This dataset is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with attribution to CarWhere Research and a link to this page.
Download the dataset (CSV) — per-model complaint totals, flagged years and verdict counts for every brand we cover (version 2026-08-28).