1997 Land Rover Discovery — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 41 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Brakes13 (31.7%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 1999–2002.
• Air bags (restraint system)6 (14.6%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 1995–2026.
• Fuel system4 (9.8%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2017.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)4 (9.8%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 1995–2001.
• Exhaust & emissions control3 (7.3%)
• Speed control & accelerator3 (7.3%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1995–2003.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (1,045 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, engine and brakes.
• Safety recalls (79 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and engine.
• Transport Canada recalls (94 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: engine, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and brakes.
• Manufacturer communications (6,642 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, equipment & accessories and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 92 records for 1995 92
2. 1996 117 records for 1996 117
3. 1997 70 records for 1997 70
4. 1998 45 records for 1998 45
5. 1999 36 records for 1999 36
6. 2000 41 records for 2000 41
7. 2001 20 records for 2001 20
8. 2002 24 records for 2002 24
9. 2003 55 records for 2003 55
10. 2004 34 records for 2004 34
11. 2016 430 records for 2016 430
12. 2017 909 records for 2017 909
13. 2018 929 records for 2018 929
14. 2019 640 records for 2019 640
15. 2020 525 records for 2020 525
16. 2021 483 records for 2021 483
17. 2022 424 records for 2022 424
18. 2023 350 records for 2023 350
19. 2024 207 records for 2024 207
20. 2025 124 records for 2025 124
21. 2026 29 records for 2026 29

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 9mention a crash
• 2mention a fire

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 2
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 31
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 2
• Owner complaints NHTSA 35

Explore the underlying evidence records