Land Rover fuel system problems
Across all Land Rover models in NHTSA's complaint database, 470 complaints involve fuel system. The Range Rover Sport accounts for the largest share (23%). The single worst model year is the 2003 Freelander with 34 fuel system complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 470 about fuel system, all Land Rover models
- Most affected
- Range Rover Sport 23% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 72,000 miles 224 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 12 and 22
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Land Rover models
| Model | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Range Rover Sport | 108 | 23% |
| Range Rover | 70 | 15% |
| LR4 | 61 | 13% |
| Freelander | 48 | 10% |
| Range Rover Evoque | 45 | 10% |
| Discovery | 41 | 9% |
| LR3 | 24 | 5% |
| Discovery Sport | 23 | 5% |
| LR2 | 13 | 3% |
| Discovery I | 11 | 2% |
Worst model years for fuel system
- 2003 Land Rover Freelander34 complaints
- 2011 Land Rover Range Rover Sport21 complaints
- 2005 Land Rover LR320 complaints
- 2012 Land Rover Range Rover Sport20 complaints
- 2012 Land Rover LR414 complaints
Fuel system complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 3 |
| 1992 | 4 |
| 1993 | 4 |
| 1994 | 1 |
| 1995 | 13 |
| 1996 | 19 |
| 1997 | 7 |
| 1998 | 8 |
| 1999 | 5 |
| 2001 | 1 |
| 2002 | 11 |
| 2003 | 36 |
| 2004 | 7 |
| 2005 | 21 |
| 2006 | 5 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2008 | 9 |
| 2010 | 25 |
| 2011 | 38 |
| 2012 | 43 |
| 2013 | 31 |
| 2014 | 18 |
| 2015 | 23 |
| 2016 | 36 |
| 2017 | 33 |
| 2018 | 20 |
| 2019 | 18 |
| 2020 | 11 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 |
Among the 224 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 72,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.