By year
Owner complaints about Land Rover vehicles peaked at 387 in 2025
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, 1995 to 2026. 2026 runs through October.
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints and recalls files. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA.
Make
Land Rover
The complete NHTSA record for Land Rover vehicles: owner complaints, recall campaigns, defect investigations and manufacturer communications, for every model and model year on file.
Most Land Rover recalls are filed by Jaguar Land Rover, part of JLR (Tata).
Owner complaints in the last five years1,6924,453 on file in all, across 28 models
Recall campaigns18052 in five years
Severity index9.1Crash, fire, injury or death per 100 complaints
Investigations217,846 service bulletins
Components
Engine and cooling draws the most owner complaints about Land Rover vehicles, 16% of them
Share of all owner complaints on file, by component.
Source: NHTSA ODI.
Models
The Range Rover has the most complaints of any Land Rover model
Every Land Rover model with complaints or recalls on file, by complaints. Counts are not rates: NHTSA publishes no sales volumes.
| Model | Model years | Complaints | Severity index | Recalls | Investigations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Range Rover | 1987 to 2026 | 1,002 | 10.7 | 166 | 32 |
| Range Rover Sport | 2005 to 2026 | 639 | 6.6 | 108 | 28 |
| Discovery | 1989 to 2026 | 541 | 17.4 | 62 | 2 |
| Freelander | 1997 to 2007 | 455 | 4.6 | 14 | 6 |
| Range Rover Evoque | 2011 to 2026 | 390 | 6.2 | 42 | 14 |
| Defender | 1990 to 2026 | 308 | 2.9 | 53 | 1 |
| Discovery II | 1998 to 2004 | 226 | 19.5 | 32 | 2 |
| LR2 | 2007 to 2016 | 181 | 2.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Discovery Sport | 2014 to 2026 | 178 | 4.5 | 23 | 3 |
| LR3 | 2005 to 2015 | 175 | 5.1 | 13 | 0 |
| LR4 | 2008 to 2017 | 139 | 14.4 | 15 | 2 |
| Range Rover Velar | 2017 to 2026 | 115 | 12.2 | 22 | 0 |
| NEW Range Rover | 2003 to 2023 | 65 | 9.2 | 2 | 4 |
| Discovery I | 1994 to 1997 | 16 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Range Rover L322 | 2007 to 2012 | 13 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defender 90 | 1994 to 2000 | 7 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Classic | 1987 to 1997 | 5 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Range Rover PHEV | 2018 to 2026 | 4 | 50.0 | 6 | 5 |
| Rover | 1995 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| County Classic | 1995 | 2 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 |
| County | 1993 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defender 110 | 1993 to 1997 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Discovery 11 | 2000 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Range Rover Sport PHEV | 2018 to 2026 | 0 | None | 7 | 5 |
| 3500 | 1980 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| County LWB | 1993 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| Petrol | 1999 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
| Redundant Range Rover | 2025 | 0 | None | 1 | 0 |
Source: NHTSA ODI. Recall counts add campaigns across model years, so a campaign covering three years counts three times.
Latest recalls
Recent campaigns listing a Land Rover product
- 26V-615 Sep 24, 2026
Second-row seat belt may be improperly stitched
Seat belts · 371 vehicles - 26V-613 Sep 24, 2026
Cracks may develop in the rear subframe
Structure · 1,073 vehicles - 26V-607 Sep 23, 2026
Circuit board in the powertrain control module (PCM) was misaligned during production and may be deformed
Powertrain · 1 vehicles - 26V-599 Sep 17, 2026
DC-DC converter may malfunction due to an electrical overload that can occur during high power demand
Electrical system · 24k vehicles - 26V-527 Aug 13, 2026
Front suspension knuckles may have been replaced with incorrect parts during a prior recall remedy repair
Steering · 14 vehicles - 26V-458 Jul 16, 2026
Water may not be able to drain away from the rearview camera due to insufficient drain holes, which may result in damage to the rearview camera
Back-over prevention · 16k vehicles - 26V-389 Jun 12, 2026
Driver’s air bag clockspring connector may corrode, which can cause the air bag not to deploy as intended
Airbags · 251k vehicles - 26V-297 May 12, 2026
Seat belt warning system may not activate the audible warning chime as intended
Seat belts · 76 vehicles - 26V-263 Apr 23, 2026
Fuel tank was improperly manufactured with walls that are too thin
Fuel system · 6 vehicles - 26V-248 Apr 17, 2026
Insufficient electrical load balancing during times of high demand can lead to a current overload condition and malfunction of the DCDC converter
Electrical system · 170k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.