Land Rover Discovery

Registered from 1996 to 2027.

Land Rover Discovery
Photo: Vauxford · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

About this model

The Land Rover Discovery is a series of sport utility vehicles produced by the British manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover—previously Land Rover—and marketed under the marque Land Rover. The series has been in its fifth generation since 2017. The first was introduced in 1989 and was the manufacturer's first model series to launch since the 1970 Range Rover—on which it was based—and the third new product line since the brand's conception by Rover in 1948. An influential vehicle within the automotive industry, the Discovery is one of the first true off-road capable family cars.

From the Wikipedia article Land Rover Discovery, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it stands out against its peers

Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.

Before you buy one

Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.

Crash test

Stability controlStandard
Forward collision warningNo
Lane departure warningNo

Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.

Specification

YearMeasured
2026360 hp · 2198 kg · 2920 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 10.2 motorway · Suv, 4-door
2025360 hp · 2198 kg · 2920 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 10.2 motorway · Suv, 4-door
2024360 hp · 2198 kg · 2920 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 10.2 motorway · Suv, 4-door
2023300 hp · 1910 kg · 2740 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 12.4 L/100km city · 10.7 motorway · Suv, 4-door
2022360 hp · 1910 kg · 2740 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.1 L/100km city · 10.7 motorway · Suv, 4-door
2021360 hp · 1910 kg · 2740 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.1 L/100km city · 10.7 motorway · Suv, 4-door
2020258 hp · 1910 kg · 2740 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 11.2 motorway
2019258 hp · 2198 kg · 2920 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 11.2 motorway
2018258 hp · 2198 kg · 2920 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 11.2 motorway
2017258 hp · 2198 kg · 2920 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 11.2 motorway
20042075 kg · 2540 mm wheelbase · 19.6 L/100km (EPA) · 21.4 L/100km city · 16.8 motorway · Suv, 4-door
20032075 kg · 2540 mm wheelbase · 19.6 L/100km (EPA) · 21.4 L/100km city · 16.8 motorway · Suv, 4-door

Recalls

Filed by the manufacturer with a regulator. A recall is repaired free of charge, whoever owns the car now.

27% of 2022 cars have more recall campaigns than this one, and an ordinary one has 3. More of them means more to check the service record for, not a worse car.

7 more campaigns have been filed against this model. A dealer can check by VIN which apply to one car.

Regulator investigations

Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.

What the maker told its dealers

Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.

Land Rover filed 26 bulletins about the 2026 Discovery.

18 more.

Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.