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Land Rover problems by model

Owners have filed 1,472 complaints with NHTSA about the 6 Land Rover models with enough data to profile here, covering 9 model years from 1996 through 2023. The Freelander draws the most at 766, 52.0% of the make's total.

Models6

Model years9

Complaints1,472

Crashes25

Deaths0

Read this first

Complaint volume tracks how many cars a make sold as much as how they held up, and NHTSA complaints are unverified owner reports rather than confirmed defects. Nothing on this page compares Land Rover against another manufacturer. Use it to find the model, then the model year, then read what owners of that year actually filed.

Every Land Rover model

Model	Model years	Complaints	Most-reported year	Top system that year
Freelander	3 2002–2004	766	2002 404	Engine and engine cooling (31.7%)
Range Rover	2 2003–2015	235	2003 133	Power train (71.4%)
LR3	1 2005–2005	149	2005 149	Suspension (13.4%)
Discovery	1 1996–1996	111	1996 111	Service brakes, hydraulic (15.3%)
Defender	1 2023–2023	106	2023 106	Electrical system (35.8%)
LR2	1 2008–2008	105	2008 105	Power train (34.3%)

Model years shown are those with at least 100 complaints on file, the gate every page on this site has to clear.

Reading the numbers

Across every Land Rover model year on the site, engine and engine cooling is the system named most often: 300 complaints, 24.5% of those filed under a named system. Individual model years diverge from that sharply, which is the reason to read the year rather than the badge.

The three most-reported Land Rover models (Freelander, Range Rover and LR3) account for 78.1% of the make's complaint volume. That is a concentrated picture: most of what gets reported about Land Rover here comes from three nameplates. Bear in mind that a nameplate selling in the millions will out-file a niche one whatever its record.

Of the 1,472 complaints, 25 describe a crash and 22 describe a fire.

Most-reported Land Rover model years

2002 Land Rover Freelander 404 complaints · 31.7% engine and engine cooling 2003 Land Rover Range Rover 133 complaints · 71.4% power train 2005 Land Rover LR3 149 complaints · 13.4% suspension 1996 Land Rover Discovery 111 complaints · 15.3% service brakes, hydraulic 2023 Land Rover Defender 106 complaints · 35.8% electrical system 2008 Land Rover LR2 105 complaints · 34.3% power train

The single heaviest model year of each Land Rover nameplate, 1996–2023. Heaviest is not worst. Read it alongside the model page.