Safety Score
88
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2003 Land Rover Discovery Ii.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-17 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING AFTER I PURCHASED IT AND I HAD JUST GOT THE BEST RECOMMENDED OIL AN SPARK PLUGS / WIRES NO MONE… |
| 2016-06-12 | AIR BAGS | No | 2 | WE WERE DRIVING STRAIGHT ON I 5. IN RED BLUFF CALIFORNIA HEADED TO LODI CA.THE CAR JUST STARTED MAKING A NOISE AND THEN… |
| 2015-12-23 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE STEERING AIR BAG BLOWOUT FOR NOTHING, THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY THE MOTOR WAS WORKING I'M WHASING THE LAND ROVER A… |
| 2013-04-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY ENGINE STARTED MAKING A KNOCKING SOUND AND THEN A SOUND SIMILAR TO METAL SCRATCHING METAL. I HAD A MASTER MECHANIC … |
| 2012-12-24 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY II. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE OIL PUMP FAILED, CAUSING THE ENGINE T… |
| 2011-06-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I OWN A 2003 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY SE. THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 57,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN VERY WELL MAINTAINED. RECENTLY … |
| 2011-02-08 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING LOW MILEAGE 2003 DISCOVERY II SE7, ENGINE BEGAN TO KNOCK IN UPPER ENGINE AREA ON DRIVER SIDE. PULLED INT… |
| 2010-11-23 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING OUR 2003 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY II HSE TODAY, THE THROTTLE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY STUCK IN THE FULL POSI… |
| 2010-11-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ONLINE ISSUE WITH MY LAND ROVER DISCOVERY II, MY VIN IS NOT THE SAME HOWEVER THE SAME EXACT… |
| 2010-07-11 | CHILD SEAT | No | 0 | I JUST BOUGHT A LAND ROVER DISCOVERY 2 SERIES HSE WITH 50,000 PLUS MILES 2 WEEKS AGO AND JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE OIL P… |
| 2010-06-11 | SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC | No | 0 | 2003 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY II -ABS STOPS WORKING, IMPAIRED BRAKING, TRACTION CONTROL STOPS WORKING, BAD ABS MODULATOR CO… |
| 2010-06-08 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | 2003 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY II "SLABS CONTROL UNIT" OTHERWISE KNOWN BY THE OWNER & MECHANICS AS THE "3 AMIGOS (ABS,HDC,T… |
| 2010-03-26 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I PURCHASED A 2003 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY SERIES II HSE WITH 44K MILES. IN FEBRUARY 2008, I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO LAN… |
| 2009-12-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | 2003 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY OIL PUMP FAILURE. LAND ROVER IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND DOES NOT WANT TO DO A RECALL. *TR |
| 2009-11-10 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 0 | 1. APPLIED THE BRAKES. 2. EVERY TIME I APPLY BRAKES AFTER VEHICLE HAS BEEN STARTED 3. DEALER CLAIMS THERE IS NOTHING … |
| 2009-05-10 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | MY 2003 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY SUFFERS FROM A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WHICH CAUSES THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL TO FAIL. HUND… |
| 2009-04-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2003 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY. I JUST PAID TO REPLACE THE OIL PUMP ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT LAND ROVER PUBLISHED A TE… |
| 2009-03-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2003 LANDROVER DISCOVERY 85,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE WHEN THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON. THE REPAIR SHOP STATES I NEED… |
| 2009-03-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I HAVE EXPERIENCED WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE SAME OIL PUMP SYMPTOMS OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED OF. DESPITE READING "FULL", MY… |
| 2009-02-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2003 LAND ROVER THAT JUST PASSED 50 K AND STARTED TICKING FROM THE ENGINE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY TO… |
| 2008-12-07 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | THE PROBLEM IS WITH OUR 2003 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY. THE PROBLEM OCCURS ALMOST DAILY. THE TRACTION CONTROL, ABS, AND HI… |
| 2008-11-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | BOLT ON OIL PUMP LOST TORQUE THAT CAUSED OIL LOSS AND ENGINE OVERHEATING AND HEAD GASKET FAILURE. OCCURRED ONE TIME AN… |
| 2008-10-22 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING MY '03 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY II HOME FROM WORK AND IT SUDDENLY DIED. IT RESTARTED ABOUT AN HOUR LATER SO … |
| 2008-10-16 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | 2003 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY II EXPERIENCED SUDDEN OIL PUMP FAILURE WHICH WILL REQUIRE AN ENTIRE ENGINE REPLACEMENT. THIS … |
| 2008-10-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | LAND ROVER TECHNICAL ALERT TA03-1201 OIL PUMP FAILURES ON 2003 DISCOVERY II VEHICLES MAY BE THE RESULT OF A MANUFACT… |
| 2008-09-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY STALL. TH… |
| 2008-08-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | WE HAVE A 2003 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY W/ 47K MILES ON IT. ON FRIDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 15TH 2008, WE STARTED TO DRIVE DOWN OU… |
| 2008-05-27 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | OIL PUMP FAILURE RESULTING IN COMPLETE ENGINE REPLACEMENT....NOTICED CAR OIL LEAK COMING FROM CAR AND ABOUT 2 DAYS LATE… |
| 2008-03-11 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | UPON SEEING THE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ILLUMINATE, I RESEARCHED ONLINE TO SEE WHAT MAY BE THE CAUSE. I THEN DISCOVERED… |
| 2008-01-01 | TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE DEFECT IS ALREADY RECORDED AS SERVICE BULLETIN NHTSA ITEM NO. 10016118. IN SHORT, THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE SHUTTL… |
| 2007-10-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE | No | 0 | ANTI LOCK BRAKE FAILURE; MULTIPLE LIGHTS ILLUMINTE WHE HEAVY BRAKING DOWN HILLS. ALL BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS ARE NEW. … |
| 2007-09-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | IN THE FALL OF 2007, AT APPROX. 75,000 MILES I BEGAN TO NOTICE A PERIODIC RHYTHMIC TAPPING FROM THE ENGINE OF MY 2003 L… |
| 2007-09-01 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH | No | 0 | REAR LATCH MECHANISM FAILURE: REAR LATCH FAILURE DUE TO POOR MATERIAL SELECTION CAUSING CORROSION AND STICKING OF LATC… |
| 2007-08-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC | No | 0 | LAND ROVER DISCOVERY II ABS FAULT. I CANNOT DRIVE MORE THAN 5 MILES WITHOUT THE ABS, HILL DESCENT CONTROL, AND TRANSFER… |
| 2007-08-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | LAND ROVER NEEDS TO RECALL ALL AFFECTED DISCOVERY VEHICLES WITH OIL PUMP PROBLEMS. I HAVE HAD A TICKING NOISE COMING FR… |
| 2007-07-20 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT | No | 0 | A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE INCIDENT ON JULY 20TH, MY WIFE AND I HEARD A VERY SLIGHT NOISE. AT FIRST IT WAS ONLY OCCASIONAL … |
| 2007-04-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I ENCOUNTERED A FAIRLY WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITH 2003 LAND ROVER DISCOVERIES. THERE WAS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT IN T… |
| 2007-01-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WE BOUGHT A NEW 2003 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY II FROM LAND ROVER OF MILFORD, CT IN 12/03. WE HAVE CHANGED THE OIL FAITHFULL… |
| 2007-01-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | MY HUSBAND BOUGHT ME THE 2003 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY AS A 2006 CHRISTMAS GIFT. THE CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 46,000 MILES ON… |
| 2007-01-26 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | MY 2003 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY RECEIVED ITS SCHEDULED 60K SERVICE THEN AT 65K THE OIL PUMP FAILED AND CAUSED A CATASTROPH… |
| 2006-12-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO MAKE LOUD CLANGING NOISE. AS I BEGAN TO … |
| 2006-10-22 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | OIL PUMP FAILURE AT 60K MILES. *NM |
| 2006-09-12 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | HILL DESCENT CONTROL TRACTION CONTROL AND THE ABS LIGHT CONSTANTLY LIGHT UP, I JUST BOUGHT MY CAR,(LESS THAN 2 MONTHS A… |
| 2006-08-28 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | 2003 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY S. TODAY VEHICLE SURGED AFTER APPLYING PEDAL AND WOULD NOT STOP...OR SHOULD SAY WAS VERY DIF… |
| 2006-07-15 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH | No | 0 | REAR DOOR LATCHING MECHANISM FAILURE. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR DOOR LATCH STICKING AND NOT OPENING TO CATCH T… |
| 2006-04-20 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST | No | 0 | LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE BRAKING HARD DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE POWER SEAT CONTROLS. DRIVERS HIP PUSHES THE SEAT BELT BUC… |
| 2006-03-25 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 3 | ON MARCH 25, 2006 MY FAMILY WAS ON I-75 IN OUR 2003 DISCOVERY SE. WE WERE IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE AND A PERSON SEVERAL C… |
| 2006-02-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I HAD AN OIL PUMP FAILURE ON MY 03 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY. IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY, SO IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. HO… |
| 2006-02-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I ACCELERATED TO PASS AND HEARD A MUFFLED POP BUT INITIALLY HAD NO OTHER INDICATION OF A PROBLEM. AFTER DRIVING CAUTIO… |
| 2005-11-30 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | DISCOVERY 2 ABS ISSUES, MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH ABS SYSTEM. UPON APPLICATION ADDS A BIT OF TIME TO YOUR ANTICIPATED STOPP… |