[Checkmate]

Reliability was always a thorn on the side of LR's. With all the noise about how JLR was working on improving reliability...do you see signs that they are getting there?

Just curious if we are all to still drive these with a dark cloud over us...

 

[borissov]

I've had 3 range rovers and have done close to 100k miles in them with close to 0 issues.

People who are bitching about reliability are buying used vehicles and expecting them to be like a toyota. The reliability is no worse than BMW and Mercedes for a long time already.

I had a stripper the other day tell me that her mechanic told her to never buy a land rover. It's like an old wife's tale at this point.

 

[nsk]

I definitely drive with a dark cloud over this car. In just my personal experience, I had a couple different P38 hand-me-downs in undergrad that were resolutely, comically terrible cars. One decided to roll backward down an incline despite being parked with the handbrake fully engaged, and was diagnosed with a bad CV joint at 25k miles. Another had door locks that refused to stay locked. My dad had a series of RRs since 1987 that regularly left the family stranded on sides of interesting Florida back roads.

In January I decided to give the new and improved JLR a chance by buying this 2023 RRS. With just 23 miles on the odo, the screen decided to stop responding to touches. Now it has about 700 miles and everything seems to be fine, but it's really, really hard to feel good about relying on this car.

I'd also comment that the dealer experience was not great. I had a couple post-purchase issues with this car that would make me think three times before calling the dealer for anything.

The contrast is Porsche, where the cars have been totally reliable, and nearly every dealer has been a pleasure to work with. It's a bonus that I prefer driving Porsches.

I'm glad that some guys have had good experiences with these cars and I appreciate that the 12-month residual values seem strong, since I'll almost certainly trade this car in for a facelift MY24 Cayenne once those are available to order.

 

[Checkmate]

Just found this video from Russia...nervewrecking to say the least for those of us with the new RRS/RS. The battery placement is underneath the car and the tow hook is a pain to get to.

Note: To watch the video in English on your computer - Hit Closed Captioning and then Autotranslate to English.

 

[dwboston]

The biggest issue with Range Rovers is the initial quality - problems right out of the factory on a new vehicle. I experienced it with my 2019 RRS ATB. It had four problems at delivery that took a month and half to get sorted, including a return visit to fix interior trim damage that the dealer caused to the car when fixing the other issues. The biggest joke was that they put the wrong steering wheel on the car - they put an L405 wheel on, not the sport steering wheel for the L494. The dealer thought I was crazy, but I insisted it be corrected.

Once you get past the initial quality issues, these cars are as reliable as any other luxury brand. They all have their own issues. I will say that the Range Rover dealers are notably worse than other luxury brands from a service perspective.

 

[uniqueMR]

The biggest issue with Range Rovers is the initial quality - problems right out of the factory on a new vehicle.
Once you get past the initial quality issues, these cars are as reliable as any other luxury brand.

100% correct. Spot on!!

 

[jjvd21]

The biggest issue with Range Rovers is the initial quality - problems right out of the factory on a new vehicle. I experienced it with my 2019 RRS ATB. It had four problems at delivery that took a month and half to get sorted, including a return visit to fix interior trim damage that the dealer caused to the car when fixing the other issues. The biggest joke was that they put the wrong steering wheel on the car - they put an L405 wheel on, not the sport steering wheel for the L494. The dealer thought I was crazy, but I insisted it be corrected.

Once you get past the initial quality issues, these cars are as reliable as any other luxury brand. They all have their own issues. I will say that the Range Rover dealers are notably worse than other luxury brands from a service perspective.

In my personal experience it takes LR about 3 years to sort out all the issues with a new model.