Land Rover air bags problems
Across all Land Rover models in NHTSA's complaint database, 240 complaints involve air bags. The Range Rover accounts for the largest share (30%). The single worst model year is the 2008 Range Rover with 13 air bags complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 240 about air bags, all Land Rover models
- Most affected
- Range Rover 30% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 53,000 miles 105 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 59 and 4
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Land Rover models
| Model | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Range Rover | 72 | 30% |
| Range Rover Evoque | 34 | 14% |
| Range Rover Sport | 33 | 14% |
| Discovery | 32 | 13% |
| LR2 | 15 | 6% |
| Discovery II | 13 | 5% |
| LR3 | 10 | 4% |
| Defender | 7 | 3% |
| Freelander | 7 | 3% |
| LR4 | 7 | 3% |
Worst model years for air bags
- 2008 Land Rover Range Rover13 complaints
- 2013 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque9 complaints
- 1995 Land Rover Discovery7 complaints
- 2005 Land Rover LR37 complaints
- 2006 Land Rover Range Rover7 complaints
Air bags complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1994 | 1 |
| 1995 | 10 |
| 1996 | 3 |
| 1997 | 7 |
| 1998 | 6 |
| 1999 | 8 |
| 2000 | 7 |
| 2001 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 |
| 2003 | 10 |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 7 |
| 2006 | 14 |
| 2007 | 11 |
| 2008 | 19 |
| 2009 | 5 |
| 2010 | 6 |
| 2011 | 10 |
| 2012 | 7 |
| 2013 | 24 |
| 2014 | 15 |
| 2015 | 6 |
| 2016 | 9 |
| 2017 | 7 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2020 | 7 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 |
Among the 105 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 53,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.