2019 Land Rover Range Rover Problems: 8 Known Issues

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 2019 Land Rover Range Rover, recall 19V040 (Land Rover N276) concerns selected 2019 Range Rovers with supercharged 3.0-litre V6 or 5.0-litre V8 petrol engines. Out-of-specification crankshaft-pulley center bolts can fracture through hydrogen embrittlement. Loss of pulley retention may lead to crankshaft damage and engine failure; a loose pulley can also damage nearby components or become a road hazard.

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 2019-2021 Land Rover Range Rover 2.0L Ingenium I4 turbo petrol PHEV (PT204), on 2019-2021 L405 Range Rover P400e plug-in hybrids (2.0L Ingenium I4 turbo petrol), the belt driving the water pump pulley can be damaged or come off. The engine then overheats, which can rupture the engine coolant elbow pipe and spray coolant onto the turbocharger heat shield. That is a fire risk. NHTSA campaign 23V221 (Land Rover N785) also covers the 2019-2022 Range Rover Sport PHEV.

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.

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.