Land Rover Discovery vs Saturn LS

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	Saturn LS
Complaints on file	784	1,885
Model years covered	1994–2026	2000–2004
Worst model year	2019	2001
Best model year	2022	2000
Crashes reported	87	49
Fires reported	33	49
Injuries reported	43	38
Deaths reported	4	5
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	21.3%	7.5%

Land Rover Discovery by year

16 68 111 41 44 24 36 14 21 69 32 3 8 91 53 64 32 20 15 8 11 3

94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 06 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26

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

What breaks

Electrical System 109 13.9%

Engine & Cooling 106 13.5%

Brakes 86 11.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 65 8.3%

Other & Unspecified 54 6.9%

Body & Structure 50 6.4%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 50 6.4%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 49 6.3%

Saturn LS by year

544 708 631 2

00 01 02 04

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 745 39.5%

Electrical System 258 13.7%

Lights 213 11.3%

Steering 86 4.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 83 4.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 80 4.2%

Suspension 78 4.1%

Brakes 70 3.7%