Land Rover Discovery Sport vs BMW 328XI

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Land Rover Discovery Sport	BMW 328XI
Complaints on file	276	672
Model years covered	2015–2025	2006–2016
Worst model year	2016	2008
Best model year	2015	2009
Crashes reported	13	32
Fires reported	3	61
Injuries reported	1	28
Deaths reported	0	0
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	6.2%	18%

Land Rover Discovery Sport by year

18 70 61 40 38 23 7 8 4 7

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 62 22.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 43 15.6%

Electrical System 28 10.1%

Other & Unspecified 26 9.4%

Brakes 23 8.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 23 8.3%

Body & Structure 14 5.1%

Steering 13 4.7%

BMW 328XI by year

6 287 152 18 29 99 1 33 21 22 4

06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Electrical System 146 21.7%

Engine & Cooling 144 21.4%

Airbags 96 14.3%

Other & Unspecified 41 6.1%

Fuel & Propulsion 37 5.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 34 5.1%

Doors, Latches & Locks 29 4.3%

Steering 28 4.2%