Land Rover Discovery

Every model year 2016–2026: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

11 Model years 2016–2026

56 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years

356 Complaints owner reports, all years

A Newest grade 2026 Safety Signal

2016 Best on record cleanest filed year

The 2026 Discovery →Which years to avoid Compare it

2026 Land Rover Discovery

Active NHTSA advisory on 1 model year of the Discovery — park outside or do not drive. The year rows below carry it.

Every Land Rover Discovery model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year

Year	Powertrains	Safety	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Best efficiency
2026	Hybrid Gas	A	1	1	—	21 mpg
2025	Hybrid Gas	B	3	6	—	21 mpg
2024	Hybrid Gas	D	7	8	—	21 mpg
2023	Hybrid Gas	D	7	11	—	22 mpg
2022	Hybrid Gas	D	6	15	—	21 mpg
2021	Hybrid Gas	D	6	11	—	21 mpg
2020	Hybrid Gas Diesel	F	10	33	—	23 mpg	Park outside
2019	Gas Diesel	C	4	61	—	23 mpg
2018	Gas Diesel	C	5	59	—	23 mpg
2017	Gas Diesel	C	5	94	—	23 mpg
2016	Gas	B	2	57	—	22 mpg

Which model year the record favours

Source: recalls and complaints per year on the road

Years to avoid, with the reasons →Best on the record 2016

On the filed record so far, the 2016 is the cleanest Discovery year we hold, and the 2020 the one to check hardest. The 2020 carries a standing park-outside or do-not-drive advisory, which outranks every other number on this page.

Both figures are divided by the number of years the car has been on sale, because otherwise the oldest year on the page loses every time simply for having been around longer. The current model year and any year under three on the road are left out: their records are not finished.

Year	Safety Signal	Recalls /yr	Complaints /yr
2016	B	0.2	6
2017	C	0.6	10
2019	C	0.6	9
2018	C	0.6	7
2021	D	1.2	2
2022	D	1.5	4
2023	D	2.3	4
2020	F	1.7	6	Advisory

What changed year to year

Source: computed from the filed record

2024: best combined mpg 22 → 21
2023: best combined mpg 21 → 22
2022: 2 → 3 EPA configurations
2021: dropped diesel; best combined mpg 23 → 21; 4 → 2 EPA configurations
2020: added hybrid
2018: 3 → 4 EPA configurations
2017: added diesel; best combined mpg 22 → 23; 1 → 3 EPA configurations

In the studies

Source: computed from the same record, method on each page

Same trim, next model year · 2025 → 2026 +0.5% at the median across 4 matched trims The manufacturer’s announced MSRP for the 2026 Land Rover Discovery against the same trim in 2025; the fleet moved +1.8% on 394 matched trims. Base trim $60,200 → $60,200. MSRP excludes destination; not a transaction price.

Common questions about the Land Rover Discovery

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which Land Rover Discovery year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2016 Discovery comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade B (89/100), 2 recalls and 57 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What Land Rover Discovery years should I avoid?

2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 have the weakest recall records in this range — one carries an active park-outside or do-not-drive advisory. The year pages list every campaign, its severity and whether a repair exists yet. Every Discovery model year ranked, with the reasons.

How many recalls does the Land Rover Discovery have?

Across model years 2016–2026, NHTSA has posted 56 recall campaigns for the Land Rover Discovery. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.