1997 Land Rover Discovery problems
NHTSA has received 41 complaints about the 1997 Land Rover Discovery, and 32% of them involve brakes. After that come air bags (15%) and engine (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 41 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 32% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 12 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
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%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 12 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 86% 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 1997 ranks 9th most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the Land Rover Discovery with enough data (21 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
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.
Consumer was traveling about 35MPH on pavement road when another vehicle started beeping. He pulled over and lady in the other vehicle told him that there were flames coming from underneath of vehicle. Consumer called fire department that vehicle was burning to a crisp. Vehicle was totaled. There were no injuries.
Consumer stated saw sparks coming from under dash on driver side while driving vehicle. Vehicle caught fire. Investigator indicated was an electrical fire. Nlm
While driving at approx 40 MPH coming to intersection ,150-200 yards away , light turned red, went to apply brakes vehicle did not stop. Stood on brakes, nothing happened, hit side of another vehicle with the front, air bag did not deploy. Seat belt was worn. This defect resulted in an accident, and could have caused injuries. 820963 duplicate of 818194, posted on 03-nov-98.
While driving a loud noise came from under the hood. The noise occurred because the manifold had a hair line crack. A manufacturer's improvement campaign was issued. The manufacturer indicated that the vehicle's VIN was 1 digit off, thus not covered by the warranty.
Left exhaust manifold cracked, right exhaust manifold broken in 2! Cast iron exhaust manifold both diagnosed as cracked - I replaced worse of 2 then better one broke. Engine block aluminum - creep/fatigue failure due to thermal expansion rates of manifold versus block should be investigated. I believe warrants a recall - especially in ca with tight smog limits.