Land Rover Discovery review - Reliability & safety
"Standard safety kit is decent, but Land Rover reliability is a bit of a worry"
While the Land Rover Discovery itself doesn’t feature on our Driver Power customer satisfaction survey itself, Land Rover as a brand is rated highly, coming in 10th place out of 32 manufacturers. While owners are clearly quite happy with the brand overall, it fares terribly in terms of pure reliability figures, which is worth considering.
Land Rover Discovery reliability
A shocking 40.8% of Land Rover owners reported having experienced an issue with their car within the first year of ownership in our latest 2024 Driver Power brand customer satisfaction survey. Aside from this, high running costs and perceived value for money, Land Rover actually does quite a good job of keeping owners happy – if it sorted those horrendous reliability issues, Land Rover could be as unstoppable as its cars are at scaling mountains.
Safety
The Discovery secured the maximum five-star rating in Euro NCAP crash-testing. All cars come with driver and passenger airbags, naturally, as well as curtain airbags that run the entire length of the interior. Land Rover also fits lane-departure warning and autonomous emergency braking as standard, and this last item is a real lifesaver – it’s estimated to reduce rear-end collisions by 38%.
The optional technology pack includes a driver tiredness detection system, as well as adaptive cruise control. This matches the speed of the vehicle in front and can even follow the car ahead in heavy traffic, braking automatically and moving off once you tap the accelerator.
