Land Rover body & structure problems
Across all Land Rover models in NHTSA's complaint database, 282 complaints involve body & structure. The Range Rover Sport accounts for the largest share (26%). The single worst model year is the 2011 Range Rover Sport with 25 body & structure complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 282 about body & structure, all Land Rover models
- Most affected
- Range Rover Sport 26% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 58,000 miles 136 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 10 and 7
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Land Rover models
| Model | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Range Rover Sport | 73 | 26% |
| Discovery | 51 | 18% |
| Range Rover | 50 | 18% |
| Range Rover Evoque | 28 | 10% |
| Freelander | 16 | 6% |
| Discovery Sport | 14 | 5% |
| LR3 | 14 | 5% |
| Defender | 11 | 4% |
| Discovery II | 6 | 2% |
| LR4 | 4 | 1% |
Worst model years for body & structure
- 2011 Land Rover Range Rover Sport25 complaints
- 1996 Land Rover Discovery13 complaints
- 2010 Land Rover Range Rover Sport13 complaints
- 2005 Land Rover LR310 complaints
- 2014 Land Rover Range Rover Sport9 complaints
Body & structure complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1994 | 1 |
| 1995 | 10 |
| 1996 | 15 |
| 1997 | 4 |
| 1998 | 1 |
| 1999 | 3 |
| 2000 | 5 |
| 2001 | 1 |
| 2002 | 10 |
| 2003 | 9 |
| 2004 | 10 |
| 2005 | 11 |
| 2006 | 7 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2008 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 13 |
| 2011 | 26 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 11 |
| 2014 | 18 |
| 2015 | 14 |
| 2016 | 21 |
| 2017 | 24 |
| 2018 | 17 |
| 2019 | 11 |
| 2020 | 18 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 |
Among the 136 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 58,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.