FaultScore

Worst years for a Land Rover Range Rover

Owners have filed 1,307 complaints about the Land Rover Range Rover with NHTSA across model years 1987 to 2025. More of them are about the transmission & drivetrain than anything else.

Avoid

2015 Land Rover Range Rover

102 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly steering.

Cleanest on record

1994 Land Rover Range Rover

13 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Land Rover Range Rover year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2025 A 13 0 0 Electrical System
2024 C 16 7 0 Engine & Cooling
2023 D 33 4 3 15,000 Brakes
2022 3 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2021 B 16 2 0 Electrical System
2020 D 28 5 2 900 Transmission & Drivetrain
2019 C 27 4 0 Fuel & Propulsion
2018 D 38 4 3 4,499 Electrical System
2017 D 84 1 2 49,500 Steering
2016 D 95 5 0 72,000 Steering
2015 F 102 8 0 65,000 Steering
2014 D 67 4 0 26,000 Electrical System
2013 D 37 8 0 59,000 Airbags
2012 C 23 2 1 54,812 Engine & Cooling
2011 B 20 0 0 88,936 Airbags
2010 B 17 0 1 74,164 Engine & Cooling
2009 5 0 0 111,303 Transmission & Drivetrain
2008 C 36 2 0 97,000 Airbags
2007 C 22 2 0 84,953 Airbags
2006 D 80 1 3 89,000 Electrical System
2005 C 43 1 1 62,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2004 C 61 0 2 73,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2003 C 133 1 1 68,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2002 A 25 0 0 54,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2001 7 1 0 80,000 Engine & Cooling
2000 C 34 2 4 79,500 Transmission & Drivetrain
1999 B 38 0 3 84,000 Engine & Cooling
1998 C 28 4 3 62,916 Fuel & Propulsion
1997 C 27 3 7 55,493 Engine & Cooling
1996 C 50 0 8 152,000 Engine & Cooling
1995 D 46 3 2 Steering
1994 A 13 0 0 Suspension
1993 9 2 0 Steering
1992 6 1 1 Fuel & Propulsion
1990 14 3 3 Engine & Cooling
1989 6 1 0 Fuel & Propulsion
1988 2 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
1987 3 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain

What breaks on a Land Rover Range Rover

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Worst in 2003

Engine & Cooling 158 12.1%

Worst in 1996

Steering 151 11.6%

Worst in 2015

Suspension 125 9.6%

Worst in 2015

Worst in 2006

Brakes 76 5.8%

Worst in 2023

Airbags 71 5.4%

Worst in 2008

Worst in 2016

Worst in 2014

Worst in 2014

Worst in 1996

Worst in 1996

Acceleration & Cruise Control 23 1.8%

Worst in 2013

Seats 16 1.2%

Worst in 1995

Exactly what failed on a Land Rover Range Rover

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Differential Unit 73 31.9%
Body 27 11.8%
Automatic Transmission 27 11.8%
Driveline 18 7.9%
Driveshaft 18 7.9%
Engine 15 6.6%
Cooling System 14 6.1%
Latch 13 5.7%
Tank Assembly 13 5.7%
Gasoline 11 4.8%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Land Rover Range Rover, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Feb 1995 peak 35 Aug 2026

Land Rover Range Rover problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Land Rover Range Rover

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.