Land Rover steering problems
Across all Land Rover models in NHTSA's complaint database, 385 complaints involve steering. The Range Rover accounts for the largest share (40%). The single worst model year is the 2015 Range Rover with 39 steering complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 385 about steering, all Land Rover models
- Most affected
- Range Rover 40% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 70,000 miles 159 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 22 and 6
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Land Rover models
| Model | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Range Rover | 155 | 40% |
| Range Rover Sport | 93 | 24% |
| Discovery | 30 | 8% |
| Defender | 26 | 7% |
| Range Rover Evoque | 19 | 5% |
| Discovery Sport | 15 | 4% |
| Freelander | 12 | 3% |
| Discovery II | 9 | 2% |
| LR3 | 7 | 2% |
| LR2 | 5 | 1% |
Worst model years for steering
- 2015 Land Rover Range Rover39 complaints
- 2016 Land Rover Range Rover32 complaints
- 2016 Land Rover Range Rover Sport24 complaints
- 2017 Land Rover Range Rover Sport22 complaints
- 2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport17 complaints
Steering complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 1 |
| 1992 | 1 |
| 1993 | 3 |
| 1994 | 2 |
| 1995 | 13 |
| 1996 | 5 |
| 1998 | 8 |
| 1999 | 9 |
| 2000 | 4 |
| 2001 | 2 |
| 2002 | 15 |
| 2003 | 11 |
| 2004 | 16 |
| 2005 | 9 |
| 2006 | 13 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 7 |
| 2014 | 8 |
| 2015 | 60 |
| 2016 | 67 |
| 2017 | 47 |
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2020 | 18 |
| 2021 | 7 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 14 |
| 2024 | 8 |
| 2025 | 4 |
Among the 159 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 70,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.