2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport problems
The 2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport has 79 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (22%) concerns steering. Next are engine (14%) and suspension (14%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 79 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Steering 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 5
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 63,000 miles 35 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 12 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 8 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 35 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 63,000 miles. For steering specifically, the median reported mileage is about 91,000 miles (11 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 5 complaints mention a fire; 1 injury reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2015 ranks 9th most-complained-about out of 14 model years of the Land Rover Range Rover Sport with enough data (19 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 9 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
I was driving my 2015 Range Rover Sport, when a low battery symbol displayed on the dashboard. I drove 3 miles away to go to AutoZone to buy a new battery and as I parked the vehicle, I noticed smoke coming from the hood of the vehicle. My brother and I ran inside of AutoZone and asked them if they had a fire extinguisher because my car had a little fire on the driver’s side of the engine. I got AAA to tow my vehicle into the Land Rover dealership/Maintenance repair shop.
The fuel system of the 2015 range rover sport does not allow the user to appropriately fill the gas tank with fuel without the pump shutting off after just every couple of gallons. There is no way to know that the tank is full without filling the tank to the point that gas spills out neck of the gas tank. The vehicle has been taken to the dealer twice for the problem. Land rover acknowledged that there is a design flaw in the fuel tank and they have reproduced the problem ever time they have tested it.
The contact owns a 2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V514000 (Steering); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that upon inspecting the vehicle, there was a crack on the suspension upper joint. The dealer was notified and was shown pictures of the failure, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair.
The contact owns a 2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport. The contact received notice of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V514000 (Steering). The contact stated that while driving on several occasions at various speeds, the airbag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for inspection, where it was diagnosed that there were cracked suspension knuckles and a poor connection for the driver's side airbag that needed to be repaired. The vehicle was repaired, but the airbag failure reoccurred.