1998 Land Rover Discovery

Complaint history

When NHTSA received these reports. Changes in reporting alone do not establish a change in failure rates.

Problems owners report

Listed groups have at least 3 complaints. The page includes the 20 largest groups plus any additional flagged groups; some complaints are not assigned to a group.

AI groups complaints by meaning; the groups are approximate. Share ratio compares the problem’s share of this vehicle’s complaints with its share on other vehicles over the last 24 months (shown from 3 recent complaints). A 2× ratio means twice the complaint share, not twice the failure risk. Flags mark unusual shares or recent surges after an AI review of the complaint content. “First signal” does not mean the pattern has persisted continuously.How recall estimates are calculated.

Recalls

• NHTSA recall #98V040000February 24, 199854,488 vehicles affected

  air bags: frontal; vehicle speed control

  Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. As a result of chaffing of a cruise control wire, the steering wheel rotary coupler Can overheat and inadvertently deploy the driver's air bag.

  Deployment of the air bag restraint system without warning Can cause a driver to lose vehicle control.

  Remedy

  Dealers will install a fusible link which will protect the rotary coupler from overheating.

Other model years

• 1995 49
• 1996 65
• 1997 35
• 1998
• 2000 30
• 2003 48
• 2004 29
• 2017 55
• 2018 37
• 2019 39