2002 Land Rover Discovery II problems
The 2002 Land Rover Discovery II has 41 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (29%) concerns engine. Next are drivetrain & axles (20%) and brakes (17%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 41 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 29% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 6
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 80,000 miles 26 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 8 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 8 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 26 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 80,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 87,000 miles (10 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 5 complaints mention a crash; 6 complaints mention a fire; 2 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 91% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2002 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 5 model years of the Land Rover Discovery II with enough data (23 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
While driving 2002 land rober discovery 11, I swerved to miss a on coming car, the land rover locked up, went out of control, the seat belt & air bag did not work, I flew into the windshield, busted up my head, shoulder & knee.
Problems with 2002 land rover discovery over heating. The consumer viewed smoke coming form the hood. The consumer viewed and saw a yellow light that looked like 2 circles joined with a line 0-0. The vehicle had caught fire. The consumer remembered receiving a recall letter which sounded familiar to what she experienced with her vehicle (recall #b148 and b149).
Land rover discovery II front drive shafts will always fail catastrophically between 60,000 to 70,000 miles. Every land rover forum discusses this and the consensus is that land rover should have reported this to NHTSA as a safety issue. When they break the consequences include the shaft going into the passenger compartment or traveling at a high rate of speed into nearby cars. Every discovery II on the road has these front shafts fail and the owners of the vehicles have never been warned of this extreme danger.
While driving on the highway at 55 MPH, the driveshaft came apart without warning and I was almost got in an accident which I was able to avoid. I contacted the dealership in alexandria, va about the problem and I was told that it was most common in land rover and range rover. It should be recalled because it would cause severe accidents if there is no warning beforehand.