2024 Land Rover Range Rover Sport Reliability Report

These problems range from serious to annoying. One filing reports smoke and flames under the driver's seat within days of purchase, with no warning. Another describes the engine revving while parking and the car crashing into a wall. A windshield leak into the electrical compartment is blamed for a stall and expensive damage. Other reports cover a main screen that randomly stays dark at startup, which also disables the backup camera and parking aids. Owners also report window seal leaks that survive repeat repairs and rear brake pads worn out before 13K miles.

Windshields crack again and again. One owner reports a sixth windshield in just over a year. One moonroof is reported to have shattered without any impact. Wipers are the other repeat complaint. Blades and arms get replaced several times without fixing streaking in the rain, and washer fluid gets left in the driver's line of sight on salty winter roads. In these reports, dealers call the wiper behavior a design issue and have not fixed it.

Two crash reports with injuries describe the car losing all power at highway speed and stopping in live traffic. They blame resets of the powertrain and fuel pump control modules. Both read as broad petitions covering many Jaguar Land Rover models, not just this one. The reports specific to this model involve early failures. One describes a two-wheel-drive-only message and traction warning light at about 1,500 miles. Another describes a loose transfer case connection causing shudder and grinding at 5,700 miles. Back-ordered parts leave cars undrivable while they wait.

Windshield bonding is the main structural concern. In one filing, the manufacturer flagged a car as unsafe to drive. The windshield bond had come apart and let water in, and the glass could loosen or come off in a crash. Replacement windshields were backordered with no date. The other filing describes a driver's door that shifts in its opening over bumps and lets in wind noise. That problem remained after 4 service visits.

One rear seat belt is reported as unstitched and not attached to the frame, so it would not hold anyone in a crash. The other filing is about the power-folding second-row seat. It trapped a person's arm and would not retract, and police and EMS had to lift the seat to free them. The injury was bruising, and the car had about 9,600 miles on it.

Sudden power loss and fire are the two failures reported here, both with little warning. One filing describes an overheating warning followed by a fire while driving that totaled the car. Another describes a total loss of power at 65 mph on the highway, with the accelerator no longer responding, at about 10,196 miles. Both cars were left disabled. Each failure carries a serious crash or fire risk.

Rear brake pads wear out early. Owners report needing new pads at roughly 10-15k miles, even with gentle driving, and some have been told the work isn't covered under warranty. A crash report with one injury describes the brake pedal sinking to the floor and not responding during slow turns into a parking space. That filing names a long-wheelbase Range Rover, not the Sport.