Land Rover cruise control problems
Across all Land Rover models in NHTSA's complaint database, 173 complaints involve cruise control. The Discovery accounts for the largest share (28%). The single worst model year is the 1995 Discovery with 9 cruise control complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 173 about cruise control, all Land Rover models
- Most affected
- Discovery 28% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 37,000 miles 112 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 41 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Land Rover models
| Model | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery | 49 | 28% |
| Range Rover | 22 | 13% |
| Range Rover Sport | 19 | 11% |
| Range Rover Evoque | 17 | 10% |
| Discovery II | 16 | 9% |
| Freelander | 14 | 8% |
| LR3 | 11 | 6% |
| Discovery Sport | 10 | 6% |
| LR4 | 7 | 4% |
| Defender | 3 | 2% |
Worst model years for cruise control
- 1995 Land Rover Discovery9 complaints
- 1996 Land Rover Discovery9 complaints
- 2003 Land Rover Discovery8 complaints
- 2002 Land Rover Freelander7 complaints
- 2001 Land Rover Discovery II6 complaints
Cruise control complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 1 |
| 1994 | 1 |
| 1995 | 11 |
| 1996 | 11 |
| 1997 | 4 |
| 1998 | 1 |
| 1999 | 4 |
| 2000 | 6 |
| 2001 | 6 |
| 2002 | 9 |
| 2003 | 15 |
| 2004 | 8 |
| 2005 | 6 |
| 2006 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2012 | 6 |
| 2013 | 10 |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2015 | 7 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2017 | 9 |
| 2018 | 13 |
| 2019 | 8 |
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 |
Among the 112 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 36,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.