MODELYEARINDEX

Land Rover Discovery Sport

103 complaints across 4 scored model years and 8 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Land Rover Discovery Sport Full report
C
Grade 2016–2020
2017 vs model median 1.4×
Model median3× median
Engine 8
Body & Interior 3
Electrical 2
Weakest

2016 · 2017

Best

2018 · 2020

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2016
1.20× 18 C
2017
1.37× 22 C
2018
0.35× 10 A
2020
0.80× 14 C

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG21
City / Highway19 / 24
Engine2L, 4 cyl
DriveAll-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$3,600

Recalls

8 campaigns on record, 1 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
26V248000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:DC/DC CONVERTER 2020 170,169
21V668000 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR 2020 32,687
16V274000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING 2016 14,731
16V942000 SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER 2017 13,500
18V087000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL 2018 8,211
20V683000 Park it ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE 2020 3,048
16V889000 SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM 2016, 2017 220
20V751000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE 2020 23

Others in Subcompact SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Alfa Romeo Stelvio
2018
C
Audi E-Tron
none flagged
C
Audi Q3
20202021
C
BMW X1
2014
C
Buick Encore
2015
C
Buick Encore GX
none flagged
B
Cadillac XT4
none flagged
B
Chevrolet Captiva
none flagged
B

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2017 Discovery Sport
Complaints in window
22
Severity-weighted
44.5
Model median (weighted)
33
vs model median
1.37×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
2
Open investigations
1
Score 57.4 C