2001 Land Rover Discovery II Brakes Problems
- Complaints
- 8about this part
- Share
- 26%of 31 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 79,044miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 8 complaints about the brakes of the 2001 Land Rover Discovery II, 26% of the 31 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 79,044 miles. 3 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers. 2 recall campaigns on record are filed under a similar system.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“While attempting to park in a parking lot, my wife applied the brakes, which caused our 2001 Land Rover Discovery Ii to suddenly accelerate. The harder she pushed, the more it accelerated. Fortunately, she hit a concrete encased light standard before hitting anyone or another vehicle. She was not hurt, although very traumatized, but the vehicle hit so hard, it crumpled the whole front end, effectively totaling the vehicle. I was dismayed to see the number of Land Rover sudden acceleration incidents when I googled it. …”
NHTSA complaint #10445586, filed 2012-01, 76,089 miles“I was driving my Land Rover Discovery Ii on a parking lot and was about to park, as I turned the wheel to get to the parking space I applied the brake, which became hard as a rock and the vehicle didn't slow down, I crashed into the vehicle that was parked on the other side of the parking space. Prior to the accident I had , what is know in Land Rover forum as the 3 amigo lights, which are the t/c, h/d and ABS light that are on at the same time. The brakes completely failed, again the pedal was hard as a rock and couldn't be pushed down.”
NHTSA complaint #10212102, filed 2007-12, 85,000 miles“Abs/ tc/ hill descent light elumination, (3 amigo lights), would indicate there is an ABS failure, when taking vehicle to dealer seems to be common occurance with vehilce and can range from ABS modulator failure to a sensor. However in my case it was a sensor, or a part (harness overlay) that needs to be installed. While the lights are elluminated, the traction control and the hill decent features of the vehicle do not function, which when in my opinion the traction control could have an adverse effect on the way the ABS could funciton or traction on slick surfaces. …”
NHTSA complaint #10212112, filed 2007-12, 59,525 miles“- the contact stated that while driving his 2002 Land Rover discovery into his driveway the hill descent control, ABS, traction control warning lights turned on. He took it into the dealer on 01/16/07 and they stated the ABS modulator needed to be replaced. The vehicle had an odometer reading of 140000 miles at the time of the failure.”
NHTSA complaint #10178969, filed 2007-01, 140,000 miles“The contact owns a 2001 Land Rover Discovery Ii. The ABS lights illuminated, which indicated that they were not engaged. The dealer stated that the hill descent pcs lights were illuminated, making the ABS in the vehicle useless. The failure mileage was 57,000 and current mileage is 58,000. Updated 06/23/08”
NHTSA complaint #10210300, filed 2007-11, 57,000 milesRelated recalls
- 04V005000Jan 6, 2004Certain sport utility vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standards no. 105, "hydraulic and electric brake systems,"…Covers: Land Rover Discovery II 1999–2004
- 02V022000Jan 22, 2002On certain sport utility vehicles, contamination of an anti-lock braking system (abs) sensor can cause the abs electronic control unit (ecu) to incorrectly…Covers: Land Rover Discovery II 1999–2001
Related service bulletins
- 10016118Mar 17, 2006Shuttle valve switch related anti-lock braking system /traction control /hill descent control warning lamp illumination troubleshooting. All land rover discovery series ii.
- 10011531Oct 28, 2004Handbrake vibration noise.
Brakes: other model years
Other parts of the 2001 Land Rover Discovery II
6 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
5 complaintsElectrical system
4 complaintsEngine cooling
4 complaintsSteering
2 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
2 complaintsAir bags
1 complaintsEngine
1 complaintsLatches, locks and linkages
1 complaintsSuspension
1 complaintsTires
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2001 Land Rover Discovery II
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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