FaultScore

Worst years for a Land Rover Discovery Sport

Owners have filed 276 complaints about the Land Rover Discovery Sport with NHTSA across model years 2015 to 2025. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.

Avoid

2016 Land Rover Discovery Sport

70 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

Cleanest on record

2015 Land Rover Discovery Sport

18 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Land Rover Discovery Sport year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2025 7 0 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2023 4 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2022 8 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2021 7 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2020 D 23 1 3 22,504 Engine & Cooling
2019 B 38 1 0 Engine & Cooling
2018 C 40 3 0 31,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2017 C 61 0 0 31,000 Engine & Cooling
2016 D 70 8 0 55,500 Engine & Cooling
2015 A 18 0 0 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a Land Rover Discovery Sport

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Engine & Cooling 62 22.5%

Worst in 2017

Worst in 2016

Worst in 2019

Worst in 2016

Brakes 23 8.3%

Worst in 2017

Fuel & Propulsion 23 8.3%

Worst in 2019

Body & Structure 14 5.1%

Worst in 2016

Steering 13 4.7%

Worst in 2016

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 13 4.7%

Worst in 2025

Acceleration & Cruise Control 9 3.3%

Worst in 2018

Suspension 5 1.8%

Worst in 2016

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 4 1.4%

Worst in 2017

Wheels 4 1.4%

Worst in 2016

Seat Belts 3 1.1%

Worst in 2016

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Land Rover Discovery Sport, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Aug 2016 peak 13 Aug 2026

Compare the Land Rover Discovery Sport

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.