2017 Land Rover Range Rover Problems & Issues

On the 2016-2017 Land Rover Range Rover, the driver's seat belt emergency locking retractor fitted to certain 2016-2017 Range Rovers was supplied out of specification and does not lock off at the designed g-force threshold. If the driver brakes hard immediately before an impact, the retractor may not lock off at the designed g-force level, which can reduce occupant protection; the defect concerns the vehicle-sensitive locking mechanism. Jaguar Land Rover first recalled the population under NHTSA 19V350 in 2019, but the dealer service instructions contained an error, so vehicles were inspected and released with faulty retractors still fitted. The corrected campaign, NHTSA 22V219, was launched in April 2022 covering 14,812 Range Rover and Range Rover Sport vehicles combined, including 5,553 Range Rovers.

On the 2016-2017 Land Rover Range Rover, certain 2016–2017 Range Rovers have front seat-belt pretensioner initiators with an incorrect activation-chemical mixture. In a crash requiring pretensioning, an affected unit may fail to operate and increase occupant injury risk. P095 / 16V942 covers 13,500 US vehicles across Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and Discovery Sport; this is not a Range Rover-only count.

On the 2010-2022 Land Rover Range Rover, the Jaguar/Land Rover AJ-V8 5.0L engine suffers from timing chain tensioner failures. The hydraulic tensioners lose oil pressure on cold starts, allowing the timing chains to slap against the guides. Over time the guides wear and the chain stretches, leading to jumped timing and potential catastrophic engine damage. This is the single most expensive common failure on these engines.

On the 2010-2022 Land Rover Range Rover, the Eaton TVS supercharger on the 5.0L V8 develops bearing wear in the nose cone assembly, producing a whining or grinding noise that increases with engine RPM. The supercharger coupler (snout coupler) also wears out, causing a rattling noise and reduced boost. Left unaddressed, the bearings can seize and destroy the supercharger rotors.

On the 2003-2021 Land Rover Range Rover, jLR communications support multiple Range Rover air-suspension compressor conditions: exhaust or delivery-valve faults, drier repair, relay replacement, installation/configuration faults and unnecessary replacement prompted by symptom-free DTCs. The evidence supports the compressor-failure identity, but it does not support one Hitachi-only failure chain, a universal thermal-fuse cause or the claim that leaking springs usually destroy the compressor.

On the 2003-2021 Land Rover Range Rover, the rubber air spring bladders on the Range Rover deteriorate over time from UV exposure, road salt, and ozone. Cracks develop in the rubber, causing slow air leaks that worsen in cold weather. The vehicle will sag overnight on one or more corners and the compressor runs excessively trying to compensate, eventually leading to compressor failure.

On the 2017 Land Rover Range Rover, certain 2017 Range Rovers fitted with the TFT virtual instrument cluster can experience a blank screen and reset. JLR traced this to unstable internal circuit voltage at higher operating temperatures triggering a software reset. Testing recorded blank periods of at least seven seconds, with speed and warning information unavailable; recurrence is possible. The Part 573 report lists 23,554 potentially involved 2017 Range Rover and Range Rover Sport vehicles combined. The recall remedy is a software update, not automatic cluster replacement.

On the 2013-2022 Land Rover Range Rover, jLR communications document repeated flat-battery complaints on 2013-2019 Range Rover vehicles, including cases with no measurable quiescent drain, a 2016-2020 TCU-related quiescent drain and a 2018 audio-system condition associated with startup-battery discharge. These sources support a module-related battery-drain identity, but not the frozen Bluetooth claim, a three-to-five-day interval or the assertion that any of more than 70 modules is equally likely.

On the 2017 Land Rover Range Rover, on certain 2017 L405 Range Rovers with the diesel engine (built October 25, 2016 to January 17, 2017), a misconfigured Body Control Module microcontroller can occasionally send an incorrect low fuel level to the gauge, so the gauge reads lower than the actual tank contents and the low fuel warning lights early. Worse, the engine management strategy counts down from the false reading and shuts the engine off after roughly 17 further miles even though usable fuel remains; after an ignition cycle it may restart but cuts out again after about a minute, until the vehicle is fully powered down and left for several minutes. Engine shutdown removes drive power; brake assistance is lost as the vacuum reserve is depleted, although the foundation brakes continue to work and electrical functions remain available. Jaguar Land Rover recalled diesel 2017 Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and Discovery under NHTSA 18V337 (campaign N206).

On the 2003-2021 Land Rover Range Rover, the panoramic sunroof drain tubes on the Range Rover become blocked with debris, leaves, and dirt, causing water to back up into the headliner and drip into the cabin. Water pools in the footwells, saturates the carpets, and can damage the body control modules located under the front seats. This is one of the most common and frustrating Range Rover issues, often misdiagnosed as a windshield seal leak.