2001 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY

1 recalls, 14 complaints - 3 TSBs

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

Defect Description

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 114, "THEFT PROTECTION." WATER CONTAMINATION OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OIL CAN LEAD TO VARIOUS FAILURE MODES OF THE TRANSMISSION. ONE OF THESE FAILURE MODELS RESULTS IN INCORRECT OPERATION OF... Read more

Consequence

UNINTENTIONAL VEHICLE MOVEMENT COULD RESULT IN A CRASH OR PERSONAL INJURY.

Remedy

DEALERS WILL CHECK THE PARK LOCK FUNCTION; REPOSITION THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BREATHER TUBE; AND TEST THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID AND FLUSH IF NECESSARY.

59,445 vehicles affected

Manufacturer: LAND ROVER NORTH AMERICA, INC.

Complaint Statistics

14 total complaints 2 crashes 1 fires 11 injuries

Top Reported Components

Component	Complaints
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM	2
SERVICE BRAKES	2
STRUCTURE	1
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT	1
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT	1
SUSPENSION	1
SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR	1
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC	1
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT	1
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH	1

Incident date: Mar 27, 2016

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THERE WAS SMOKE EMITTING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT COASTED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHICH AN ODOR OF BURNING RUBBER WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNO... Read more

Fire

Incident date: Jan 1, 2014

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO BRAKE PROPERLY WHILE THE TRACTION CONTROL, ABS, AND DOWN HILL SENSOR WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN ... Read more

Incident date: Jan 4, 2013

TRUCK ABS, DOWNHILL DESCENT, TRACTION CONTROL CAME ON WHEN BRAKE APPLIED. ALL THREE LIGHTS ARE ON. IN EVENT I WAS DRIVING DURING SNOW OR SLIPPERY CONDITIONS DOWN HILL VEHICLE WOULD OF BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL RESULTING IN CRASH AND PHYSICAL INJURY. THE CAR WAS DIAGNOSED AS A SHUTTER VALVE FA... Read more

Incident date: Jan 4, 2013

Incident date: Oct 14, 2001

IGNITION SWITCH ASSEMBLY FAILED - COULD NOT UNLOCK STEERING WHEEL . HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED AWAY FROM GAS STATION PUMP ON A SUNDAY ($75) IN ATHENS GA. THEN ON A WEEK DAY HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED FROM ATHENS GA TO AUGUSTA GA ($350)(TO A LANDROVER DEALER) TO FIX IT. IGNITION SWITCH ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE R... Read more

Incident date: Jan 1, 2001

2001 LANDROVER DISCOVERY HEAD GASKET WAS NEVER FIXED STILL HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE CAR. *TR

Incident date: Jan 12, 2008

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 62 MPH, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED EXCESSIVELY, NEARLY CAUSING THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT TH... Read more

Incident date: Mar 7, 2005

DT: CONTACT STATED THE ABS MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE. THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE SERVICE DEALER STATED THERE WAS DOCUMENTATION THAT THE BRAKE PADS WERE PLACED ON CORRODED ROTORS, CAUSING THE MODULE TO BECOME DEFECTIVE. ONE ROTOR WAS REPLACED. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO REPLACE THE ABS MO... Read more

Incident date: Nov 21, 2003

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH AND UPON APPROACHING A TURN IN THE ROAD VEHICLE STARTED SWAYING FROM SIDE TO SIDE. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SWAY, CAUSING IT TO TIP OVER. THEN, VEHICLE FLIPPED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. CONSUMER AND FAMILY SUFFERED MINO... Read more

Crash 4 injured

Incident date: Nov 19, 2003

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH AND WHEN APPROACHING A TURN VEHICLE SWAYED FROM SIDE TO SIDE. AFTER LOSING CONTROL VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SWAY FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THEN, VEHICLE TIPPED OVER AND FLIPPED SEVERAL TIMES INTO A DITCH. FOUR PERSONS WERE SLIGHTLY INJURED IN THE INCIDENT. A LAND ROVER MECHANIC INF... Read more

Crash 4 injured

Incident date: Dec 29, 2003

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY A RED LIGHT NEXT TO THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE CAME ON AND THE TEMPERATURE LEVER WENT TO HIGH. COOLANT PRESSURE CONNECTION WAS DISCONNECTED, AND ALL THE COOLANT LEAKED OUT. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO SEVERAL COMPONENTS. THE OFFICIAL CAUSE HAD NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED ALTHOUGH ... Read more

Incident date: Jan 31, 2003

WHILE PARKING FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL GAVE WAY AND FOLDED UNDER VEHICLE. *MR THE CONSUMERS SON RECEIVED A BRUISE FROM THE SEAT BELT. THE CONSUMERS MECHANIC STATED THAT THE BALL JOINT HAD GIVEN AWAY. THE CONSUMER FELT THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD COVER THE REPAIRS. SCC

1 injured

Incident date: Jan 31, 2003

THE CONSUMER WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL HAD GIVEN AWAY AND FOLDED UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THE UPPER BALL JOINT HAD FAILED AND THE CONSUMER MUST HAVE HIT AN OBJECT. MR SCC *JB

1 injured

Incident date: Mar 6, 2003

WHEN THE CONSUMER TRIED TO BY PASS AND OBJECT IN THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER, THE DRIVER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.*JB

1 injured

Technical Service Bulletins, 2001 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY

3 manufacturer communications from 3 unique bulletins. TSBs describe known problems and recommended fixes from the manufacturer.

Most Affected Components

Component	Bulletins
355200 EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL	1
110000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	1
350000 EQUIPMENT	1

110000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

The 'Service Required' warning text will not appear on the Instrument Cluster (IC) if a vehicle has reached its service point.

355200 EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL

Presentation from Dealer Shop Foreman Conference Call

350000 EQUIPMENT

Technical Bulletin: Squeaks & Rattles Kit Availability

NHTSA Safety Investigations, LAND ROVER DISCOVERY

Investigations opened by NHTSA into potential safety defects. These are separate from recalls and may or may not result in a recall.

EA, Closed , Model Year: 2004

BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH FAILURE

ON JUNE 16, 2005, THE OFFICE OF DEFECTS INVESTIGATION (ODI) OPENED A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION (PE05-034) TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGED STOP LAMP (BRAKE) SWITCH FAILURES IN CERTAIN MODEL YEAR (MY) 2004 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY SERIES II VEHICLES.ON OCTOBER 14, 2005, THE INVESTIGATION WAS UPGRADED TO AN ENGINEERIN... G ANALYSIS AND THE SCOPE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE CERTAIN MY 2002 THROUGH 2005 FREELANDER VEHICLES THAT USE A SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR SELF-ADJUSTING STOP LAMP SWITCH FURNISHED BY THE SAME SUPPLIER, METHODE ELECTRONICS MALTA, LTD. (METHODE).IN SEPTEMBER 2003, METHODE MOVED THE PRODUCTION OF AN INTERNAL SWITCH COMPONENT, KNOWN AS THE SLIDER MECHANISM, FROM A VALIDATED PLASTIC INJECTION-MOLDING TOOL (?CAVITY 1?) TO ANOTHER TOOL (?CAVITY 2?) THAT HAD NOT BEEN USED BEFORE TO PRODUCE PARTS FOR LAND ROVER.SLIDERS FROM CAVITY 2 MAY BE CHARACTERIZED BY POOR FILL, LACK OF DEFINITION IN THE SLIDER TEETH AND DIMENSIONAL INSTABILITY.CONSEQUENTLY, THE SLIDER MAY BE UNABLE TO RESTRAIN IMPROPER MOVEMENT OF THE PLUNGER DURING NORMAL BRAKE PEDAL OPERATION.THIS MAY CAUSE THE SWITCH TO FALL OUT OF ADJUSTMENT, THUS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING THE EFFORT REQUIRED TO ENERGIZE THE SWITCH AND ILLUMINATE THE STOP LAMPS.?CAVITY 2? SWITCHES WERE INSTALLED IN APPROXIMATELY 8,763 DISCOVERY SUBJECT VEHICLES BUILT FROM DECEMBER 2003 THROUGH MAY 2004 AND APPROXIMATELY 3,915 FREELANDER SUBJECT VEHICLES BUILT FROM OCTOBER 2003 THROUGH MAY 2004.ADDITIONALLY, STOP LAMP SWITCHES IN CERTAIN MY 2002 THROUGH 2005 FREELANDER SUBJECT VEHICLES MAY SLIP OUT OF ADJUSTMENT AS A RESULT OF SWITCH DAMAGE DUE TO AN INCORRECT SETTING PROCEDURE DURING VEHICLE MANUFACTURE OR AS A RESULT OF SWITCH MOUNTING BRACKET FLEX.ANALYSIS OF ALL AVAILABLE DATA INDICATES THE PREDOMINANT FAILURE MODE IS CONSTANT STOP LAMP ILLUMINATION.OTHER REPORTED CONSEQUENCES OF STOP LAMP SWITCH MALADJUSTMENT INCLUDE INOPERATIVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEAR SELECTOR/BRAKE PEDAL SHIFT INTERLOCK, INOPERATIVE SPEED (CRUISE) CONTROL, AND TELLTALE ILLUMINATION AS DESCRIBED IN TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB) NO. LT206-001 DATED OCTOBER 28, 2004 ISSUED BY THE MANUFACTURER TO LAND ROVER DEALERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (UK).TO DATE, ODI IS AWARE OF 77 NON-DUPLICATIVE COMPLAINTS THAT ALLEGE STOP LAMP SWITCH FAILURE ON THE SUBJECT VEHICLES (10 COMPLAINTS ON MY 2004 DISCOVERY, 45 ON MY 2002 FREELANDER, 19 ON MY 2003 FREELANDER, AND 3 ON MY 2004 FREELANDER VEHICLES).ADDITIONALLY, 4,595 DISCOVERY AND 13,370 FREELANDER SUBJECT VEHICLES HAVE EXPERIENCED ONE OR MORE WARRANTY CLAIMS TO REPLACE THE STOP LAMP SWITCH.OF THE 5,170 WARRANTY CLAIMS PAID TO REPLACE STOP LAMP SWITCHES ON DISCOVERY SUBJECT VEHICLES, APPROXIMATELY 31% OCCURRED BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS SOLD NEW AND APPROXIMATELY 88% OCCURRED WITHIN THE FIRST 12 MONTHS OF VEHICLE SERVICE.THE WARRANTY TREND ON DISCOVERY SUBJECT VEHICLES IS IN DECLINE WITH 3,545 CLAIMS PAID IN CALENDAR YEAR (CY) 2004, 1,303 CLAIMS PAID IN CY 2005, AND 322 CLAIMS PAID IN CY 2006 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 28, 2006 (WHICH IS WHEN ODI LAST RECEIVED UPDATED WARRANTY CLAIMS DATA FROM LAND ROVER), AND IT APPEARS THAT THE ALLEGED DEFECT ON DISCOVER SUBJECT VEHICLES HAS BEEN REMEDIED THROUGH WARRANTY REPAIRS.HOWEVER, ODI ANALYSIS OF THE MANUFACTURER?S WARRANTY AND COMPLAINT RECORDS INDICATES THE FAILURE TREND ON CERTAIN FREELANDER SUBJECT VEHICLES IS ONGOING.BY LETTER DATED FEBRUARY 2, 2007, LAND ROVER HAS NOTIFIED ODI THAT IT WILL CONDUCT A SAFETY RECALL (NHTSA RECALL NO. 07V-041) TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE STOP LAMP SWITCHES IN APPROXIMATELY 33,247 MY 2002 THROUGH 2005 FREELANDER VEHICLES BUILT AT THE SOLIHULL, UK ASSEMBLY PLANT FROM SEPTEMBER 5, 2001 THROUGH MAY 19, 2005. ALTHOUGH ODI HAS CONCERNRead more

PE, Closed , Model Year: 1996

DOOR OPEN WHILE DRIVING

IT IS ALLEDGED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT DOOR OPENS WHILE DRIVING

LAND ROVER DISCOVERY - All Years Overview

Complete safety history for the LAND ROVER DISCOVERY across all model years (1994, 2026).

58 Total Recalls

788 Total Complaints

2 Investigations

91 Reported Crashes

31 Reported Fires

3 Reported Deaths

LAND ROVER DISCOVERY - Year by Year

Compare recalls and complaints across model years. Click any year to see full details.

Year	Recalls	Complaints
2026	1	3	View
2025	2	0	View
2024	4	11	View
2023	5	8	View
2022	5	15	View
2021	5	20	View
2020	6	32	View
2019	4	64	View
2018	4	56	View
2017	3	91	View
2016	0	8	View
2006	0	3	View
2004	0	32	View
2003	1	69	View
2002	0	21	View
2001 (current)	1	14
2000	1	36	View
1999	3	24	View
1998	2	44	View
1997	2	41	View
1996	3	111	View
1995	4	68	View
1994	2	16	View

Other LAND ROVER Models

Model	Recalls	Complaints
RANGE ROVER SPORT	517	781	View
RANGE ROVER VELAR	479	148	View
RANGE ROVER	439	1,322	View
DISCOVERY SPORT	276	250	View
DEFENDER	257	318	View
RANGE ROVER EVOQUE	48	548	View
RANGE ROVER SPORT PHEV	40	0	View
DISCOVERY II	32	281	View

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2001 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY

Complaint Statistics

Top Reported Components

Technical Service Bulletins, 2001 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY

Most Affected Components

NHTSA Safety Investigations, LAND ROVER DISCOVERY

LAND ROVER DISCOVERY - All Years Overview

LAND ROVER DISCOVERY - Year by Year

Other LAND ROVER Models