Are Range Rover Sports really that unreliable?
Discussion
jonttt said:
Tyre Smoke said:
............ And I suspect most unreliable issues are due to reactive rather then preventative maintenance.
Yep your suspicions are wrong, I paid c£100k for a car which I neglected by only taking it for a major service when it was due on 15k miles and 2 weeks later the engine seized solid on me whilst I was in the outside lane of the M6........completely my fault........notTyre Smoke said:
jonttt said:
Tyre Smoke said:
............ And I suspect most unreliable issues are due to reactive rather then preventative maintenance.
Yep your suspicions are wrong, I paid c£100k for a car which I neglected by only taking it for a major service when it was due on 15k miles and 2 weeks later the engine seized solid on me whilst I was in the outside lane of the M6........completely my fault........notAs I’ve said before, I love them, I would just never ever ever ever buy one out of warranty
SL55 said:
Got to say my 2018(68) RR Sport SVR has been impeccably reliable, with zero faults and it's a joy to own and drive.
How many miles have you done in it?I love the new range rovers and they're hard to beat as an all rounder but I will not keep a single one that goes out of the 3 year warranty. EVER!
2014 3.0 HSE Diesel
Apart from the "Blank Display" issue that the dealer sorted very quickly, been spot on for the 70K I have put on her along with no issues at any MOT to date and averaging 34mpg, although not 100% sure how accurate that is. But all in all been a pleasure to own, probably helps that she has also been serviced as per schedule either by main dealer and now by the local indie.
Apart from the "Blank Display" issue that the dealer sorted very quickly, been spot on for the 70K I have put on her along with no issues at any MOT to date and averaging 34mpg, although not 100% sure how accurate that is. But all in all been a pleasure to own, probably helps that she has also been serviced as per schedule either by main dealer and now by the local indie.
2018 RRS owner here.
Owned since new. 22000 miles now. serviced at 15k
Absolutely no faults or anything whatsoever so far. Usually a serial car swapper - this is the first car i could consider keeping long term.
Just adding this for balance. More likely to hear the bad stuff than the good. Because a car just working as normal is not really that exciting a story to write about...
A few of the owners on here with RRs 10+ year ownerships from new - i find that a really exciting proposition. Id love to keep this car that long...
Oh and also, i live near cheshire, and around wilmslow/hale - i must see literally 100 range rovers/sports a day sometimes. No exaggeration - they can't be that bad...
Owned since new. 22000 miles now. serviced at 15k
Absolutely no faults or anything whatsoever so far. Usually a serial car swapper - this is the first car i could consider keeping long term.
Just adding this for balance. More likely to hear the bad stuff than the good. Because a car just working as normal is not really that exciting a story to write about...
A few of the owners on here with RRs 10+ year ownerships from new - i find that a really exciting proposition. Id love to keep this car that long...
Oh and also, i live near cheshire, and around wilmslow/hale - i must see literally 100 range rovers/sports a day sometimes. No exaggeration - they can't be that bad...
trowelhead said:
2018 RRS owner here.
Owned since new. 22000 miles now. serviced at 15k
Absolutely no faults or anything whatsoever so far. Usually a serial car swapper - this is the first car i could consider keeping long term.
Just adding this for balance. More likely to hear the bad stuff than the good. Because a car just working as normal is not really that exciting a story to write about...
A few of the owners on here with RRs 10+ year ownerships from new - i find that a really exciting proposition. Id love to keep this car that long...
Oh and also, i live near cheshire, and around wilmslow/hale - i must see literally 100 range rovers/sports a day sometimes. No exaggeration - they can't be that bad...
I sold my L322 earlier this year after 8 years (from new). Over its lifetime it had quite a lot go wrong with it, but in towards the end it was just corrosion. The problems on my previous Range Rovers seemed to be front loaded.Owned since new. 22000 miles now. serviced at 15k
Absolutely no faults or anything whatsoever so far. Usually a serial car swapper - this is the first car i could consider keeping long term.
Just adding this for balance. More likely to hear the bad stuff than the good. Because a car just working as normal is not really that exciting a story to write about...
A few of the owners on here with RRs 10+ year ownerships from new - i find that a really exciting proposition. Id love to keep this car that long...
Oh and also, i live near cheshire, and around wilmslow/hale - i must see literally 100 range rovers/sports a day sometimes. No exaggeration - they can't be that bad...
I was on a Land Rover Experience day yesterday. We had to swap into a second Vogue because the first was broken.
Reliable vehicles they are not. But they are beguiling.
So said:
trowelhead said:
2018 RRS owner here.
Owned since new. 22000 miles now. serviced at 15k
Absolutely no faults or anything whatsoever so far. Usually a serial car swapper - this is the first car i could consider keeping long term.
Just adding this for balance. More likely to hear the bad stuff than the good. Because a car just working as normal is not really that exciting a story to write about...
A few of the owners on here with RRs 10+ year ownerships from new - i find that a really exciting proposition. Id love to keep this car that long...
Oh and also, i live near cheshire, and around wilmslow/hale - i must see literally 100 range rovers/sports a day sometimes. No exaggeration - they can't be that bad...
I sold my L322 earlier this year after 8 years (from new). Over its lifetime it had quite a lot go wrong with it, but in towards the end it was just corrosion. The problems on my previous Range Rovers seemed to be front loaded.Owned since new. 22000 miles now. serviced at 15k
Absolutely no faults or anything whatsoever so far. Usually a serial car swapper - this is the first car i could consider keeping long term.
Just adding this for balance. More likely to hear the bad stuff than the good. Because a car just working as normal is not really that exciting a story to write about...
A few of the owners on here with RRs 10+ year ownerships from new - i find that a really exciting proposition. Id love to keep this car that long...
Oh and also, i live near cheshire, and around wilmslow/hale - i must see literally 100 range rovers/sports a day sometimes. No exaggeration - they can't be that bad...
I was on a Land Rover Experience day yesterday. We had to swap into a second Vogue because the first was broken.
Reliable vehicles they are not. But they are beguiling.
trowelhead said:
Might be wishful thinking, but i assume that the newer gen 2014 onward products as a whole have been more reliable?
I very much doubt it. My 66 plate Vogue isn't, the RRs I've had on loan haven't been and the Vogue we ended up in yesterday smelled of gear oil after it had been in water. As I mentioned, the first one had to be abandoned because we were five in number and the rear centre console was jammed down.So said:
trowelhead said:
Might be wishful thinking, but i assume that the newer gen 2014 onward products as a whole have been more reliable?
I very much doubt it. My 66 plate Vogue isn't, the RRs I've had on loan haven't been and the Vogue we ended up in yesterday smelled of gear oil after it had been in water. As I mentioned, the first one had to be abandoned because we were five in number and the rear centre console was jammed down on the first.
A reliability survey shows that the Range Rover Sport has some significant teething problems before settling into mediocre dependability.
42% of owners with a car aged less than three years had to call into a garage in the past year, which is significantly higher than the average for this age of car (25%). But it gets worse – owners of faulty cars had close to four issues each, rather than just the usual one.
As you’d expect, the list of common issues is depressingly long. One in ten owners we heard from had issues with the built-in sat nav, connectivity (such as Bluetooth), dashboard displays and the on-board computer software. Slightly less frequent, but still common, was problematic media systems, suspension and issues with either the parking sensors or camera.
More serious issues were less common, but there was still enough of them to cause 11% of owners with a young car to break down in the past year. That’s four times the normal rate for cars less than three years old.
With phenomenally widespread faults, breakdowns and owners of faulty cars typically spending more than two and a half days without the use of their vehicle in the past year, the Range Rover Sport gets a dire one star out of five for 0-3-year reliability.
The good news, comparatively, is that a number of the problems don’t persist.
Feedback from Range Rover Sport owners who have a car that made it past three years reveal that 35% had something go wrong in the past twelve months.
That’s less than younger versions of the same car (though not dramatically so), but also less than the average fault rate among older cars, which is 38%.
A low fault rate often paves the way for a decent reliability rating, but with close to one in ten cars breaking down in the past year, and potentially serious issues with the car’s fuel system topping the list of frequent complaints, the rating is duly affected.
The Range Rover Sport scores three out of five stars for 3-8-year reliability. This is an improvement after such a disappointing start, but still no better than average.
42% of owners with a car aged less than three years had to call into a garage in the past year, which is significantly higher than the average for this age of car (25%). But it gets worse – owners of faulty cars had close to four issues each, rather than just the usual one.
As you’d expect, the list of common issues is depressingly long. One in ten owners we heard from had issues with the built-in sat nav, connectivity (such as Bluetooth), dashboard displays and the on-board computer software. Slightly less frequent, but still common, was problematic media systems, suspension and issues with either the parking sensors or camera.
More serious issues were less common, but there was still enough of them to cause 11% of owners with a young car to break down in the past year. That’s four times the normal rate for cars less than three years old.
With phenomenally widespread faults, breakdowns and owners of faulty cars typically spending more than two and a half days without the use of their vehicle in the past year, the Range Rover Sport gets a dire one star out of five for 0-3-year reliability.
The good news, comparatively, is that a number of the problems don’t persist.
Feedback from Range Rover Sport owners who have a car that made it past three years reveal that 35% had something go wrong in the past twelve months.
That’s less than younger versions of the same car (though not dramatically so), but also less than the average fault rate among older cars, which is 38%.
A low fault rate often paves the way for a decent reliability rating, but with close to one in ten cars breaking down in the past year, and potentially serious issues with the car’s fuel system topping the list of frequent complaints, the rating is duly affected.
The Range Rover Sport scores three out of five stars for 3-8-year reliability. This is an improvement after such a disappointing start, but still no better than average.
The Mad Monk said:
A reliability survey shows that the Range Rover Sport has some significant teething problems before settling into mediocre dependability.
42% of owners with a car aged less than three years had to call into a garage in the past year, which is significantly higher than the average for this age of car (25%). But it gets worse – owners of faulty cars had close to four issues each, rather than just the usual one.
As you’d expect, the list of common issues is depressingly long. One in ten owners we heard from had issues with the built-in sat nav, connectivity (such as Bluetooth), dashboard displays and the on-board computer software. Slightly less frequent, but still common, was problematic media systems, suspension and issues with either the parking sensors or camera.
More serious issues were less common, but there was still enough of them to cause 11% of owners with a young car to break down in the past year. That’s four times the normal rate for cars less than three years old.
With phenomenally widespread faults, breakdowns and owners of faulty cars typically spending more than two and a half days without the use of their vehicle in the past year, the Range Rover Sport gets a dire one star out of five for 0-3-year reliability.
The good news, comparatively, is that a number of the problems don’t persist.
Feedback from Range Rover Sport owners who have a car that made it past three years reveal that 35% had something go wrong in the past twelve months.
That’s less than younger versions of the same car (though not dramatically so), but also less than the average fault rate among older cars, which is 38%.
A low fault rate often paves the way for a decent reliability rating, but with close to one in ten cars breaking down in the past year, and potentially serious issues with the car’s fuel system topping the list of frequent complaints, the rating is duly affected.
The Range Rover Sport scores three out of five stars for 3-8-year reliability. This is an improvement after such a disappointing start, but still no better than average.
That reflects my experience. Where is that from?42% of owners with a car aged less than three years had to call into a garage in the past year, which is significantly higher than the average for this age of car (25%). But it gets worse – owners of faulty cars had close to four issues each, rather than just the usual one.
As you’d expect, the list of common issues is depressingly long. One in ten owners we heard from had issues with the built-in sat nav, connectivity (such as Bluetooth), dashboard displays and the on-board computer software. Slightly less frequent, but still common, was problematic media systems, suspension and issues with either the parking sensors or camera.
More serious issues were less common, but there was still enough of them to cause 11% of owners with a young car to break down in the past year. That’s four times the normal rate for cars less than three years old.
With phenomenally widespread faults, breakdowns and owners of faulty cars typically spending more than two and a half days without the use of their vehicle in the past year, the Range Rover Sport gets a dire one star out of five for 0-3-year reliability.
The good news, comparatively, is that a number of the problems don’t persist.
Feedback from Range Rover Sport owners who have a car that made it past three years reveal that 35% had something go wrong in the past twelve months.
That’s less than younger versions of the same car (though not dramatically so), but also less than the average fault rate among older cars, which is 38%.
A low fault rate often paves the way for a decent reliability rating, but with close to one in ten cars breaking down in the past year, and potentially serious issues with the car’s fuel system topping the list of frequent complaints, the rating is duly affected.
The Range Rover Sport scores three out of five stars for 3-8-year reliability. This is an improvement after such a disappointing start, but still no better than average.
Ah, I've Googled some of the text and it's Which isn't it.
Edited by So on Friday 9th August 08:10
So said:
The Mad Monk said:
A reliability survey shows that the Range Rover Sport has some significant teething problems before settling into mediocre dependability.
42% of owners with a car aged less than three years had to call into a garage in the past year, which is significantly higher than the average for this age of car (25%). But it gets worse – owners of faulty cars had close to four issues each, rather than just the usual one.
As you’d expect, the list of common issues is depressingly long. One in ten owners we heard from had issues with the built-in sat nav, connectivity (such as Bluetooth), dashboard displays and the on-board computer software. Slightly less frequent, but still common, was problematic media systems, suspension and issues with either the parking sensors or camera.
More serious issues were less common, but there was still enough of them to cause 11% of owners with a young car to break down in the past year. That’s four times the normal rate for cars less than three years old.
With phenomenally widespread faults, breakdowns and owners of faulty cars typically spending more than two and a half days without the use of their vehicle in the past year, the Range Rover Sport gets a dire one star out of five for 0-3-year reliability.
The good news, comparatively, is that a number of the problems don’t persist.
Feedback from Range Rover Sport owners who have a car that made it past three years reveal that 35% had something go wrong in the past twelve months.
That’s less than younger versions of the same car (though not dramatically so), but also less than the average fault rate among older cars, which is 38%.
A low fault rate often paves the way for a decent reliability rating, but with close to one in ten cars breaking down in the past year, and potentially serious issues with the car’s fuel system topping the list of frequent complaints, the rating is duly affected.
The Range Rover Sport scores three out of five stars for 3-8-year reliability. This is an improvement after such a disappointing start, but still no better than average.
That reflects my experience. Where is that from?42% of owners with a car aged less than three years had to call into a garage in the past year, which is significantly higher than the average for this age of car (25%). But it gets worse – owners of faulty cars had close to four issues each, rather than just the usual one.
As you’d expect, the list of common issues is depressingly long. One in ten owners we heard from had issues with the built-in sat nav, connectivity (such as Bluetooth), dashboard displays and the on-board computer software. Slightly less frequent, but still common, was problematic media systems, suspension and issues with either the parking sensors or camera.
More serious issues were less common, but there was still enough of them to cause 11% of owners with a young car to break down in the past year. That’s four times the normal rate for cars less than three years old.
With phenomenally widespread faults, breakdowns and owners of faulty cars typically spending more than two and a half days without the use of their vehicle in the past year, the Range Rover Sport gets a dire one star out of five for 0-3-year reliability.
The good news, comparatively, is that a number of the problems don’t persist.
Feedback from Range Rover Sport owners who have a car that made it past three years reveal that 35% had something go wrong in the past twelve months.
That’s less than younger versions of the same car (though not dramatically so), but also less than the average fault rate among older cars, which is 38%.
A low fault rate often paves the way for a decent reliability rating, but with close to one in ten cars breaking down in the past year, and potentially serious issues with the car’s fuel system topping the list of frequent complaints, the rating is duly affected.
The Range Rover Sport scores three out of five stars for 3-8-year reliability. This is an improvement after such a disappointing start, but still no better than average.
Ah, I've Googled some of the text and it's Which isn't it.
Edited by So on Friday 9th August 08:10
Also, it's only fair to compare these to other big complex machines like X5s etc in terms of reliability.
2014 RRS owner from new
Main point is that the Land Rover extended (not select) warranty is not the same as the 3 year manufacturers warranty. For example, my 42k mile RRS has just leaked her dynamic anti roll bar fluid. Diagnosis - corrosion of the Pope’s supplying the fluid. Warranty knock back as corrosion cited. Despite corrosion. It being an exemption in the policy. Indeed; corrosion is included for MOT failures. £2.5k
In 5 years.
- we’ve had a rear diff leak. The replaced.
- brake pads.
- parking brake thing (£150 at an indie).
My problem now is the questionable Land Rover warranty.
Main point is that the Land Rover extended (not select) warranty is not the same as the 3 year manufacturers warranty. For example, my 42k mile RRS has just leaked her dynamic anti roll bar fluid. Diagnosis - corrosion of the Pope’s supplying the fluid. Warranty knock back as corrosion cited. Despite corrosion. It being an exemption in the policy. Indeed; corrosion is included for MOT failures. £2.5k
In 5 years.
- we’ve had a rear diff leak. The replaced.
- brake pads.
- parking brake thing (£150 at an indie).
My problem now is the questionable Land Rover warranty.
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