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2016 Land Rover Range Rover Problems and Recalls
Owners filed 76 complaints with NHTSA about the 2016 Land Rover Range Rover, most often about the steering (41% of complaints, typically around 101,500 miles). It is the 2nd most complained-about Range Rover model year since 2000 and has 13 recalls.
Most common 2016 Land Rover Range Rover problems
Steering
31 complaints · 41%Half of these problems showed up before 101,500 miles.
The contact owns a 2016 Land Rover Range Rover. The contact stated that the radio was making a static sound and was intermittently inoperable. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that the sunroof drain hole was rusted and caused water to leak internally through the sides of the vehicle and…
The contact owns a 2016 Land Rover Range Rover. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked and occupied or while driving at undisclosed speeds, the message âsuspension fault - pull over and stop engineâ was displayed. A dealer was contacted. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent…
Suspension
19 complaints · 25%The contact owns a 2016 Land Rover Range Rover. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 25v514000 (steering); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact stated that…
Fuel system
11 complaints · 14%The contact owns a 2016 Land Rover Range Rover. The contact stated that while the vehicle was at an independent mechanic for an unrelated repair, the mechanic discovered that the underbody shield located underneath the vehicle to protect the fuel tank had deteriorated severely, exposing the fuel tank. The shield was…
Other or unspecified
7 complaints · 9%While dad was loading car for vacation, 3 year old grandson sitting on running board when it retracted. Tiny fingers narrowly escaped as retraction of boards have no safety clearance.
Engine
7 complaints · 9%Transmission
5 complaints · 7%After driving all day on sunday september 3 2017. It cut off when I was about to drop my friend daughter at her house. I turn it off the engine then start my truck again but wouldn't come out off park. I called roadside assistance and my truck was towed to the dealer. Two days later the mechanic called me and I was…
There needs to be a firmware update to the transmission shift logic or at the very least if a door is sensed as open automatically place vehicle in park. Backstory....I've owned this vehicle for 2+ years and have mistakenly placed the vehicle in reverse (via the dodge ram style prndl selector). When this happens I…
Electrical
5 complaints · 7%There needs to be a firmware update to the transmission shift logic or at the very least if a door is sensed as open automatically place vehicle in park. Backstory....I've owned this vehicle for 2+ years and have mistakenly placed the vehicle in reverse (via the dodge ram style prndl selector). When this happens I…
Body and structure
5 complaints · 7%Parts named most often: body, frame and members.
While driving door the highway my drivers side passenger door came open with my daughter in law in the rear seat as well as my 6 month old grandaughter. When this happen..the screaming and hollering from the back seat caused my, the driver, to slam on brakes and pull to the shoulder hitting a safety guard rail and…
The contact owns a 2016 Land Rover Range Rover. The contact stated that the radio was making a static sound and was intermittently inoperable. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that the sunroof drain hole was rusted and caused water to leak internally through the sides of the vehicle and…
Complaints are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. One complaint can name several components, so shares add up to more than 100%.
2016 Land Rover Range Rover recalls
Steering: arm
Risk: An incorrect suspension knuckle may not perform as expected, possibly resulting in a loss of vehicle handling and control, increasing the risk of a crash.
Fix: Dealers will replace the front suspension knuckles, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed september 30, 2026. Owners may contact land rover's customer service at 1-800-637-6837. Land rover's number for this recall is d148.
Full defect summary
Jaguar land rover north america, llc (land rover) is recalling certain 2016-2017 range rover vehicles. The front suspension knuckles may have been replaced with incorrect parts during a prior recall remedy repair.
Steering: arm
Risk: Suspension arm detachment can cause a loss of vehicle handling and control, increasing the risk of a crash.
Fix: Dealers will inspect the front suspension knuckles and install a retaining bracket or replace the knuckle, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed may 11, 2026. Owners may contact land rover's customer service at 1-800-637-6837. Land rover's numbers for this recall are d019, n759, d041, and d027. This recall expands and replaces previous NHTSA recall number 24v840.
Full defect summary
Jaguar land rover north america, llc (land rover) is recalling certain 2014-2017 range rover and range rover sport vehicles. The front suspension upper knuckle joint may crack, which can result in suspension arm detachment.
Steering: arm
Risk: Suspension arm detachment can cause a loss of vehicle handling and control, increasing the risk of a crash.
Fix: Dealers will inspect the front suspension knuckles and install a retaining bracket or replace the knuckle, as necessary, free of charge. Interim owner notification letters, informing owners of the safety risks were mailed december 18, 2024. Owners may contact land rover customer service at 1-800-637-6837. Land rover's numbers for this recall are n759 and d025. This recall has been superseded by NHTSA recall number 25v514.
Full defect summary
Jaguar land rover north america, llc (land rover) is recalling certain 2014-2016 range rover vehicles. The front suspension upper knuckle joint may crack, which can result in suspension arm detachment.
Seat belts: retractor
Risk: During hard braking before a crash, the seat belt emergency locking retractor may not lock as intended, increasing the risk of injury.
Fix: Dealers will inspect and replace the seat belt assembly, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed july 29, 2022. Owners may contact land rover customer service at 1-800-637-6837. Land rover's number for this recall is n678. This recall replaces NHTSA recall number 19v-350. Vehicles previously inspected under recall 19v-350 that did not receive a replacement seat belt assembly will need to have this new recall remedy performed.
Full defect summary
Jaguar land rover north america, llc (land rover) is recalling certain 2016-2017 range rover and range rover sport vehicles. The driver's seat belt emergency locking retractor may not lock as intended. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of the federal motor vehicle safety standard (fmvss) numbers 209, "seat belt assemblies" and 208, "occupant crash protection."
Doors and locks: latch
Risk: Unlatched doors may open while the vehicle is in motion, increasing the risk of a crash.
Fix: Land rover will notify owners, and dealers will inspect for any issues with the kv system, disabling the kv mechanisms if necessary, and update the kv latch software, free of charge. The recall began november 30, 2020. Owners may contact land rover customer service at 1-800-452-4827. Land rover's number for this recall is n476.
Full defect summary
Jaguar land rover north america, llc (land rover) is recalling certain 2013-2016 range rover and 2014-2016 range rover sport vehicles. These vehicles were previously recalled and repaired under recall 19v-392, however the repair may not have been completed properly. Due to a problem with the keyless vehicle latching system (kv latch), the doors may appear to be closed but may be unlatched.
Doors and locks: latch
Risk: An unlatched door may open while the vehicle is in motion, increasing the risk of injury or a crash.
Fix: Land rover will notify owners, and dealers will update the software, and inspect the kv latches, replacing them if necessary, free of charge. This recall is expected to begin july 24, 2020. Owners may contact land rover customer service at 1-800-637-6837. Land rover's number for this recall is n459.
Full defect summary
Jaguar land rover north america, llc (land rover) is recalling certain 2016 land rover range rover and range rover sport vehicles. These vehicles were previously recalled and repaired under recall 19v-390, however the repair may not have been completed properly. A spring in the keyless vehicle latching system (kv latch) may get stuck, causing the left hand door to remain unlatched when the door is closed.
Doors and locks: latch
Risk: The unlatched door may open while the vehicle is in motion, increasing the risk of a crash.
Fix: Land rover will notify owners, and dealers will inspect for any issues with the kv system, disabling the kv mechanisms if necessary, and update the kv latch software, free of charge. The recall began july 18, 2019. Owners may contact land rover customer service at 1-800-637-6837. Land rover's number for this recall is n335. Note: vehicles in this recall were previously recalled under recall number 15v-385 and need to be remedied again.
Full defect summary
Jaguar land rover north america, llc (land rover) is recalling certain 2013-2016 ranger rover and 2014-2016 range rover sport vehicles. Due to a problem with the keyless vehicle latching system (kv latch), the doors may appear to be closed but may be unlatched.
Doors and locks: latch
Risk: The unlatched door may open while the vehicle is in motion, increasing the risk of injury or a crash.
Fix: Land rover will notify owners, and dealers will update the software, and inspect the kv latches, replacing them if necessary, free of charge. The recall began december 6, 2019. Owners may contact land rover customer service at 1-800-637-6837. Land rover's number for this recall is n336.
Full defect summary
Jaguar land rover north america, llc (land rover) is recalling certain 2016 range rover and range rover sport vehicles. A spring in the keyless vehicle latching system (kv latch) may get stuck, causing the left hand door to remain unlatched when the door is closed.
Seat belts
Risk: If the driver brakes prior to a crash, the elr will not lock at the correct g-force level, increasing the risk of injury.
Fix: Land rover will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the seat belt assembly, replacing it if necessary, free of charge. The recall began september 10, 2019. Owners may contact land rover customer service at 1-800-637-6837. Land rover's number for this recall is n333.
Full defect summary
Jaguar land rover north america, llc (land rover) is recalling certain 2016-2017 range rover and range rover sport vehicles. The driver's seat belt emergency locking retractor (elr) may not lock as designed. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of the federal motor vehicle safety standard (fmvss) number 209, "seat belt assemblies."
Air bags: inflator module
Risk: If the air bag inflator initiator fails to ignite, the passenger frontal air bag will not deploy, increasing the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
Fix: Land rover will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag, free of charge. The recall began may 1, 2017. Owners may contact land rover customer service at 1-800-637-6837. Land rover's number for this recall is n026.
Full defect summary
Jaguar land rover north america, llc (land rover) is recalling certain 2016 land rover range rover and range rover sport vehicles. The passenger frontal air bag inflator initiator may fail to ignite during a crash.
Air bags: inflator module
Risk: In the event of a crash of sufficient severity, the front passenger air bag may not deploy as required, increasing the risk of injury.
Fix: Land rover will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger air bag, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin february 20, 2017. Owners may contact land rover customer service at 1-800-637-6837. Land rover's number for this recall is p094.
Full defect summary
Jaguar land rover north america, llc (land rover) is recalling certain 2016 land rover range rover and range rover sport vehicles and 2017 range rover evoque vehicles. The affected vehicles have a front passenger air bag inflator initiator that may fail to ignite during a crash, preventing the air bag from deploying.
Seat belts: pretensioner
Risk: If the front seat seatbelt pretensioners do not function properly, the seat occupants may not be adequately restrained in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
Fix: Land rover will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the front seat belt assemblies, replacing them as necessary, free of charge. The recall began february 20, 2017. Owners may contact land rover customer service at 1-800-637-6837. Land rover's number for this recall is p095.
Full defect summary
Jaguar land rover north america, llc (land rover) is recalling certain model year 2017 land rover discovery sport vehicles and 2016-2017 land rover range rover and range rover sport vehicles. The affected vehicles have seatbelt pretensioners that may not function properly in the event of a crash.
Doors and locks: latch
Risk: If a vehicle door unlatches, the distraction may increase the risk of a crash and/or a vehicle occupant may fall out of the vehicle if they are not wearing a seatbelt, increasing their risk of injury.
Fix: Land rover will notify owners, and dealers will update the keyless entry software, free of charge. The recall began august 6, 2015. Owners may contact land rover customer service at 1-800-637-6837. Land rover's number for this recall is p068.
Full defect summary
Jaguar land rover north america, llc (land rover) is recalling certain model year 2013-2016 range rover vehicles manufactured july 26, 2012, to march 9, 2015, and 2014-2016 range rover sport vehicles manufactured february 18, 2013, to march 5, 2015. In the affected vehicles, the doors may unlatch unexpectedly when closed.
Recall repairs are free at any franchised dealer. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see which recalls are still open on your car.
NHTSA defect investigations
Front steering knuckle fractures
Summary
The office of defects investigation (odi) is upgrading its preliminary evaluation (pe25006) of front steering knuckle fractures on model year (my) 2014 through 2017 range rover sport vehicles to an engineering analysis.â odi opened pe25006 on june 27, 2025, after receiving 12 vehicle owner's questionnaire (voq) reports of the front aluminum steering knuckles fracturing in these vehicles. The reports describe the fractures occurring at the joint where the steering knuckle attaches to the upper control arm ball joint in one or both steering knuckles.â fracture of the front suspension knuckle can lead to detachment of the upper suspension arm. Detachment of the upper suspension arm results in t
Front steering knuckle fractures
Summary
The office of defects investigation (odi) is upgrading its preliminary evaluation (pe25006) of front steering knuckle fractures on model year (my) 2014 through 2017 range rover sport vehicles to an engineering analysis.â odi opened pe25006 on june 27, 2025, after receiving 12 vehicle owner's questionnaire (voq) reports of the front aluminum steering knuckles fracturing in these vehicles. The reports describe the fractures occurring at the joint where the steering knuckle attaches to the upper control arm ball joint in one or both steering knuckles.â fracture of the front suspension knuckle can lead to detachment of the upper suspension arm. Detachment of the upper suspension arm results in t
Desiccated air bag inflator rupture
Summary
From 2000 through 2017, takata produced millions of air bag inflators using two types of phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate ("psan") propellant -- propellant 2004 and propellant 2004l. After prolonged exposure to high temperature cycles and humidity, inflators using propellant 2004 can degrade, causing the propellant to burn too quickly when ignited. The rapid burning can cause the inflator to rupture during deployment, potentially causing serious or even fatal injury to vehicle occupants. See 2016 blomquist report at www.NHTSA.gov/sites/NHTSA.gov/files/documents/expert_report-hrblomquist.pdf.consequently, all frontal inflators using propellant 2004 that do not contain a "desiccant" (a substa
Door latch failure
Summary
On may 24, 2019, jaguar land rover north america, llc (jlr) submitted two part 573 letters to NHTSA describing door latch defects that could result in doors opening while driving in certain model year (my) 2013-2016 range rover and range rover sport vehicles equipped with jlr?s unilatch keyless vehicle (kv) entry system.recall 19v-392 (jlr recall n335) describes a kv lever binding defect in approximately 65,385 my 2013-2016 range rover and my 2014-2016 range rover sport vehicles built between may 9, 2012 and march 5, 2015. Moisture intrusion may result in kv motor bearing corrosion, which may prevent the kv lever from returning to the home position and prevent the latch pawl from properly en
Door latch open while driving
Summary
On june 11, 2015, jaguar-land rover (jlr) submitted a defect information report (dir) to NHTSA describing a defect condition in the electronically controlled door latch systems of approximately 65,372 model year (my) 2013-2016 range rover and my 2014-2016 range rover sport that may result in incidents of door opening while driving (NHTSA recall no. 15v-385, jlr recall p068).on august 4, 2017, the office of defects investigation (odi) opened recall query rq17-005 to investigate claims of doors failing to latch and/or inadvertently opening while driving (latch malfunctions) on my 2013-2016 range rover and my 2014-2016 range rover sport vehicles that had received the remedy for 15v-385 or were
Questions about the 2016 Land Rover Range Rover
- What are the most common problems with the 2016 Land Rover Range Rover?
- By NHTSA owner complaints: steering (31 complaints, typically around 101,500 miles); suspension (19 complaints); fuel system (11 complaints).
- How many recalls does the 2016 Land Rover Range Rover have?
- 13 recalls listed by NHTSA, the latest from August 13, 2026 (steering). Check your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see which ones are still open on your car.
- Is the 2016 a bad year for the Land Rover Range Rover?
- It is the 2nd most complained-about Range Rover model year since 2000, with 76 complaints. Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, so popular years collect more of them, and the newest years have had less time to.