Land Rover
Land Rover has 16 model lines on NHTSA's register (model years 1974–2026), with 167 recall campaigns and 2,327 consumer complaints.
Campaigns were most numerous in 2023 (15). The component complaints name most often is power train (185.8 per 1,000 component mentions). The Range Rover line has the most complaints, 628 over 41 model years.
A further 7 equipment, tire or child-seat campaigns name Land Rover and are listed on monthly pages. Comparisons here are between Land Rover model lines; complaint counts across makes depend on fleet size and reporting rates and are not compared.
Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Model lines
Ordered by total complaints. "Per model year" divides complaints by the number of model years on the register, a comparison within Land Rover only.
| Model line | Model years | Campaigns | Complaints | Per model year | Most-reported component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Range Rover | 41 | 75 | 628 | 15.3 | Power Train |
| Freelander | 6 | 6 | 454 | 75.7 | Engine and Engine Cooling |
| Discovery | 22 | 23 | 369 | 16.8 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic |
| Discovery II | 6 | 9 | 225 | 37.5 | Engine and Engine Cooling |
| LR3 | 5 | 6 | 162 | 32.4 | Suspension |
| LR2 | 8 | 4 | 134 | 16.8 | Power Train |
| Range Rover Sport | 22 | 54 | 127 | 5.8 | Electrical System |
| Range Rover Evoque | 14 | 26 | 91 | 6.5 | Engine |
| New Range Rover | 3 | 2 | 65 | 21.7 | Power Train |
| LR4 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | Electrical System |
| Discovery Sport | 10 | 15 | 16 | 1.6 | Power Train |
| Defender | 16 | 20 | 10 | 0.6 | Engine and Engine Cooling |
| Range Rover Velar | 8 | 13 | 7 | 0.9 | Electrical System |
| County | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | Fuel System, Gasoline |
| Range Rover Sport Phev | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Range Rover Phev | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 |
Campaigns by year
Complaints by year
Components most reported
Per 1,000 component mentions across all Land Rover complaints.
Questions and answers
How many recalls has Land Rover had?
167 NHTSA recall campaigns name Land Rover vehicles (model years 1974–2026). Units potentially affected across those campaigns total about 2,476,211, a figure that includes other makes where a campaign is shared (Takata air bag inflators, for example). Campaigns naming several model lines count once.
Which Land Rover model line has the most complaints?
Range Rover: 628 complaints over 41 model years (15.3 per model year). Larger-selling lines draw more complaints; the per-model-year column controls for the number of years, not for sales.
What components are reported most for Land Rover?
power train (185.8 per 1,000 mentions), engine and engine cooling (150.4 per 1,000 mentions), electrical system (83.5 per 1,000 mentions). Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Where does this data come from?
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 (recalls) and 15 May 2019 (complaints).
Provenance
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Make names are as NHTSA records them. Comparisons are within this make; see the methodology for why makes are not ranked against each other.