Model-year matrix
Compare every Land Rover Range Rover model year the EPA recorded, 1987 to 2027. See complaint patterns, fuel economy and configurations side by side, then open any year for recall campaigns and the full dossier. Confirm against the official NHTSA recall search.
Evidence-led answer
The official records cannot honestly name a best, worst or most reliable year. Complaint totals have no sales, mileage or age denominator. They can show where more reports were filed and which components were named, giving you years to investigate more closely before checking the exact car and its VIN.
No official dataset can support one universal best year. Use the table to compare complaint patterns and EPA figures, then open the shortlisted years for recall campaigns and exact specifications.
The records cannot justify a blanket avoid label. Years with more reports are surfaced below as research priorities, not predictions about every car from that year.
97 indexed complaint reports; power train is the most-reported component label.
Open the 2003 dossier →02 · More reports to inspect201673 indexed complaint reports; steering is the most-reported component label.
Open the 2016 dossier →03 · More reports to inspect201571 indexed complaint reports; steering is the most-reported component label.
Open the 2015 dossier →Do not read this as an avoid list. Older and higher-selling model years usually accumulate more reports. A low count can also mean a newer, rarer or poorly matched vehicle—not a safer one.
Complaint totals are counts of owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects, and they carry no denominator: they are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received. A high-volume or older year will usually show more reports than a rare or recent one. The site does not convert these into a reliability score, because the data needed to do that honestly is not in the public record.
Direct comparison
Choose any two years. The URL keeps the pair so you can return to the same comparison. Every figure below is an observed official record or EPA estimate—not a reliability score.
The two years have the same number of indexed NHTSA complaint allegations.
This is not a rate or reliability finding. The counts have no sales, mileage, age or exposure denominator, and newer years have had less time to accumulate reports.Side by side
Complaint bars are scaled against this model’s own highest year, so they compare years with each other and with nothing else.
| Year | Complaints | Most-reported components | Combined MPG | EPA configs | Annual fuel cost | Dossier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 0 | — | 18–22 | 9 | $3,450–4,200 | Dossier → |
| 2026 | 0 | — | 18–23 | 14 | $3,300–4,200 | Dossier → |
| 2025 | 8 | electrical system 5seats 2service brakes 2 | 18–23 | 16 | $3,300–4,200 | Dossier → |
| 2024 | 10 | engine 3power train 3service brakes 3 | 18–23 | 16 | $3,300–4,200 | Dossier → |
| 2023 | 21 | service brakes 8electrical system 4engine 3 | 21–23 | 5 | $3,300–3,600 | Dossier → |
| 2022 | 3 | electrical system 1engine 1unknown or other 1 | 15–23 | 16 | $3,300–5,050 | Dossier → |
| 2021 | 12 | electrical system 5suspension 4forward collision avoidance 2 | 15–24 | 16 | $3,300–5,050 | Dossier → |
| 2020 | 22 | electrical system 7power train 7service brakes 3 | 15–24 | 17 | $3,300–5,050 | Dossier → |
| 2019 | 15 | fuel/propulsion system 5unknown or other 5power train 4 | 15–28 | 20 | $2,850–5,050 | Dossier → |
| 2018 | 24 | electrical system 10engine 9unknown or other 4 | 15–28 | 16 | $2,850–5,050 | Dossier → |
| 2017 | 61 | steering 16suspension 11electrical system 8 | 16–24 | 9 | $3,150–4,750 | Dossier → |
| 2016 | 73 | steering 29suspension 18fuel/propulsion system 9 | 16–24 | 10 | $3,150–4,750 | Dossier → |
| 2015 | 71 | steering 39suspension 23engine 7 | 16–24 | 8 | $3,150–4,750 | Dossier → |
| 2014 | 41 | electrical system 11engine 9structure 7 | 15–24 | 11 | $3,150–5,050 | Dossier → |
| 2013 | 26 | air bags 6electrical system 5engine 3 | 14–22 | 5 | $3,450–5,450 | Dossier → |
| 2012 | 20 | power train 5engine 4air bags 2 | 14–22 | 5 | $3,450–5,450 | Dossier → |
| 2011 | 15 | air bags 6engine 4fuel/propulsion system 4 | 14–15 | 4 | $5,050–5,450 | Dossier → |
| 2010 | 18 | engine 6equipment 6air bags 2 | 14–15 | 4 | $5,050–5,450 | Dossier → |
| 2009 | 5 | power train 3air bags 1steering 1 | 14–15 | 4 | $5,050–5,450 | Dossier → |
| 2008 | 30 | air bags 13service brakes 5power train 4 | 14–15 | 4 | $4,100–4,400 | Dossier → |
| 2007 | 14 | air bags 7electrical system 2engine and engine cooling 2 | 14–15 | 4 | $4,100–4,400 | Dossier → |
| 2006 | 55 | electrical system 15power train 9air bags 7 | 14 | 4 | $4,400 | Dossier → |
| 2005 | 36 | power train 21steering 4electrical system 3 | 12 | 1 | $6,350 | Dossier → |
| 2004 | 67 | power train 25equipment 17steering 8 | 12 | 1 | $6,350 | Dossier → |
| 2003 | 97 | power train 95steering 8electrical system 6 | 13 | 1 | $5,850 | Dossier → |
| 2002 | 14 | power train 9engine and engine cooling 4suspension 4 | 12 | 1 | $6,350 | Dossier → |
| 2001 | 7 | air bags 1electrical system 1engine and engine cooling 1 | 12–13 | 2 | $5,850–6,350 | Dossier → |
| 2000 | 26 | power train 8engine and engine cooling 5suspension 4 | 12–13 | 2 | $5,850–6,350 | Dossier → |
| 1999 | 29 | engine and engine cooling 7steering 6power train 5 | 13 | 2 | $5,850 | Dossier → |
| 1998 | 24 | engine and engine cooling 4suspension 4fuel system, gasoline 3 | 13 | 2 | $5,850 | Dossier → |
| 1997 | 21 | engine and engine cooling 5electrical system 2engine 2 | 12–13 | 2 | $5,850–6,350 | Dossier → |
| 1996 | 35 | engine and engine cooling 13suspension 6latches/locks/linkages 5 | 12–13 | 2 | $5,850–6,350 | Dossier → |
| 1995 | 25 | steering 8engine and engine cooling 5power train 5 | 12–13 | 3 | $5,850–6,350 | Dossier → |
| 1994 | 10 | suspension 4engine and engine cooling 2visibility 2 | 12–13 | 2 | $5,850–6,350 | Dossier → |
| 1993 | 20 | equipment 16steering 3engine and engine cooling 2 | 12 | 2 | $6,350 | Dossier → |
| 1992 | 6 | fuel system, gasoline 2electrical system 1fuel/propulsion system 1 | 13 | 1 | $5,850 | Dossier → |
| 1991 | 6 | service brakes, hydraulic 3exterior lighting 1fuel system, gasoline 1 | 13 | 1 | $5,850 | Dossier → |
| 1990 | 13 | engine and engine cooling 4fuel system, gasoline 3suspension 2 | 13 | 1 | $5,850 | Dossier → |
| 1989 | 5 | fuel system, gasoline 2electrical system 1engine and engine cooling 1 | 12 | 1 | $6,350 | Dossier → |
| 1988 | 2 | fuel system, gasoline 2 | 13 | 1 | $5,850 | Dossier → |
| 1987 | 3 | fuel system, gasoline 1power train 1vehicle speed control 1 | 13 | 1 | $4,750 | Dossier → |
Evidence snapshot generated . “Not indexed” means NHTSA holds no complaint record matching this exact year, make and model — not that no fault occurred. Recall campaigns are not summarised here: NHTSA publishes no bulk recall dataset, and fetching them per year would take longer than the page should. Each year’s dossier shows its recalls in full, live from NHTSA.