2005 Land Rover Range Rover problems
The 2005 Land Rover Range Rover has 43 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (47%) concerns drivetrain & axles. Next are engine (12%) and steering (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 43 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Drivetrain & axles 47% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 62,000 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 | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 8 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 5 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 8 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 35 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 62,000 miles. For drivetrain & axles specifically, the median reported mileage is about 53,000 miles (18 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 2 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2005 ranks 11th most-complained-about out of 21 model years of the Land Rover Range Rover with enough data (22 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
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.
As I started up from a stop at a light I felt a clunking in the front end. I started to increase speed and attempted to make a sudden turn to avoid an obstacle in the road. The front end froze up.
Complaint: fire erupting from 2005 range rover hse 2005 range rover hse, purchased in 2004-5 from scottsdale, az land rover. On june 1, 2010, while vehicle occupant driving to work in phoenix, az, following dashboard message appeared with the abbreviation, "trans failsafe prog." the range rover owners handbook, pg.
My 2005 land rover lr3 has stalled 9 times since I first got it on 1/2/05. There have been at least 8 vehicles that have reported this stalling problem, including warren brown of the washington post during his test drive. There are numerous posts on edmunds.com forum that describe this failure (under the lr3 review page). My dealer has been unable to correct this failure after two visits to the shop and numerous components replaced. The vehicle is currently back in the shop.
Oct. 5, 2007 at 8am- my family and I were riding on I-94w, 100 miles from home, at approx. 65MPH, and there was a grinding noise. Then suddenly the vehicle lost power. Luckily we made it partially to the side of the road. Vehicle was immediately towed by state tow, because location of vehicle was unsafe, to the nearest dealer 20 min away. Because I was at 56k miles dealer required me to pay for rental. Two days later on monday, diagnosis was front differential failure.
Front differential failure on a 2005 land rover, range rover hse. There was a loud noise from the right side of the car, and forward movement of the vehicle was hampered as well as my steering. I was fortunate that I wasn't near another vehicle and I was able to force the car to the side of the road. This is very dangerous and apparently a common failure with this vehicle. The mechanic says the cv joint must be replaced but that a flaw in the design causes this frequently with this vehicle.