Land Rover ownership costs & problem years

Land Rover models ranked by owner data

14 Land Rover nameplates carry enough federal data to score: 1,114 owner complaints and 271 recall campaigns in total. The strongest average across its model years is the Discovery Sport at 90/100; the weakest is the Range Rover Sport at 79/100.

ModelAvg scoreVerdictYears scoredBest yearWorst yearComplaintsRecalls
Discovery Sport90BUY820252023714
New Range Rover90BUY12022202201
Range Rover Phev90BUY32019202015
Range Rover Evoque89BUY11201520231120
Range Rover Sport Phev89BUY420192021117
LR488BUY6201220152314
Range Rover LWB88BUY320222020390
LR287BUY520152011457
Defender 9084BUY2202420231060
Defender 11083BUY3202420231780
Range Rover Velar80BUY72023201811120
Discovery79BUY92025201912739
Range Rover79BUY122019201119674
Range Rover Sport79BUY122018202025970

Average score is the mean across the model years we hold data for. Complaint counts are raw NHTSA totals and rise with how many cars were sold — the score itself corrects for that. Methodology.

Every Land Rover model we hold data for

Land Rover Defender 1106 model years indexedLand Rover Defender 110 M Hev6 model years indexedLand Rover Defender 1301 model years indexedLand Rover Defender 130 Outbound2 model years indexedLand Rover Defender 130 P300 M Hev3 model years indexedLand Rover Defender 130 P400 M Hev3 model years indexedLand Rover Defender 906 model years indexedLand Rover Defender 90 M Hev6 model years indexedLand Rover Discovery9 model years indexedLand Rover Discovery M Hev5 model years indexedLand Rover Discovery Sport11 model years indexedLand Rover Discovery Sport 286 Hp1 model years indexedLand Rover Discovery Sport M Hev1 model years indexedLand Rover Discovery Sport Si41 model years indexedLand Rover Evoque2 model years indexedLand Rover Evoque M Hev1 model years indexedLand Rover LR25 model years indexedLand Rover LR46 model years indexedLand Rover New Range Rover2 model years indexedLand Rover New Range Rover LWB2 model years indexedLand Rover New Range Rover P360 LWB M Hev2 model years indexedLand Rover New Range Rover P360 M Hev2 model years indexedLand Rover New Range Rover P400 LWB M Hev2 model years indexedLand Rover New Range Rover P400 M Hev2 model years indexedLand Rover New Range Rover P440 Phev1 model years indexedLand Rover New Range Rover Sport1 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover12 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover Evoque12 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover Evoque 237HP1 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover Evoque 286 Hp1 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover Evoque 286HP1 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover Evoque M Hev2 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover FFV2 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover L FFV2 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover LWB8 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover LWB M Hev2 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover LWB SVA5 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover M Hev4 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover P360 LWB M Hev1 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover P360 M Hev2 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover P400 LWB M Hev2 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover P400 M Hev3 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover P550 Phev1 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover Phev3 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover SV1 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover SV LWB M Hev2 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover SV M Hev2 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover SVA5 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover Sport12 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover Sport FFV2 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover Sport M Hev5 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover Sport P360 M Hev3 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover Sport P400 M Hev3 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover Sport P460 Phev1 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover Sport Phev4 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover Sport SVR5 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover Sport SVR M Hev2 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover Sport TDV61 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover TDV61 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover Velar8 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover Velar P3001 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover Velar P340 M Hev5 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover Velar P3801 model years indexedLand Rover Range Rover Velar P400 M Hev5 model years indexed

Sources: NHTSA complaints and recalls, EPA fuel economy · Methodology · Calculators · Updated 2026-10-04