MODELYEARINDEX

Land Rover Discovery

160 complaints across 5 scored model years and 16 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Land Rover Discovery Full report
D
Grade 2017–2021
2018 vs model median 1.5×
Model median3× median
Drivetrain 7
Lights & Visibility 4
Speed Control 3
Avoid

2018

Best

2020 · 2021

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
2017
1.47× 32 C
2018
1.53× 28 D
2019
1.00× 27 C
2020
0.78× 19 C
2021
0.45× 12 B
2022 P
0.75× 15 C
2024 P
0.72× 11 B

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG21
City / Highway19 / 24
Engine2L, 4 cyl
Drive4-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$3,600

Recalls

16 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
26V389000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL 2021–2024 250,857
26V248000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:DC/DC CONVERTER 2021–2024 170,169
21V668000 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR 2020, 2021 32,687
23V393000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL 2017–2020 29,861
21V117000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING:LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE 2018–2020 26,805
26V458000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2021–2024 15,535
20V694000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY 2019, 2020 11,084
23V044000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OIL/LUBRICATION 2022 6,724

+ 8 further campaigns

Others in Midsize 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
Acura MDX
20162020
C
Audi Q7
20172021
C
Audi Q8
2019
C
BMW X5
20112021
D
BMW X6
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Traverse
20102011
C
Dodge Durango
20112012
C
Dodge Journey
20142015
C

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 2018 Discovery
Complaints in window
28
Severity-weighted
46
Model median (weighted)
30
vs model median
1.53×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
4
Open investigations
0
Score 51.7 D