I have a 2016 evoque the engine light come on… Range Rover said $4k to fix it… I never fixed it…light been on for 3 years now and it’s still running 😂

Lexus and Toyota all the way. Currently have a 2013 Lexus GS with 250k miles. Only replaced fluids, tires and brakes since new. Driving this car until it won’t go anymore.

Having previously done customer service for them, I was always shocked at how people will pay so much money for such old vehicles, with high mileage. The vehicle has a 4 year/50,000 mile warranty, which had already expired via years seeing as it was a 2016. So called luxury vehicles come with really high maintenance costs, that only increase after the manufacturer's warranty has expired. I took so many calls from people like you, who are unaware corporate cannot help. The manufacturer of your vehicle can only essentially help while the vehicle is under their warranty. After that, you are indeed on your own. I am so happy you got a brand new car. God is good and you are so blessed compared to many of the other horror stories I heard about. FYI, dealerships will still buy that faulty car from you with no problem and sell it to someone else. Also, if you can buy a $50,000 used car, you can buy a $50,000 new car. Few luxury vehicles are actually luxury. People need to pay less attention to hype and do their research. Honda and Toyota are still the King because their cars last. They are quality over hype.

Range Rovers are like a lot of modern women: aesthetically pleasing but emotionally and financially draining with very limited future upside or advantage over a Mazda

Comedy of errors. I’ve owned Land Rovers for 25 years. I currently have a 2017 D5 with the TD6. DEF is common to all modern diesels. If the vehicle hasn’t been driven for awhile the DEF can crystallize in the tank or clog the injector. Both are an easy fix. You clean them off. The dealer and service tech didn’t know what they were doing. All they had to do was follow a simple diagnostic procedure on topix to identify the sensor or wire fault. Not sure what was changed for $1300. Any sensor can be purchased from LR Direct and they come straight from the UK by DHL in a couple days. $450 for an oil change is a crime. You can get factory recommended oil and filter from Atlantic British for around $100. If you don’t do the service yourself, you should be able to have any shop change the oil with your oil for $50 or less. For any luxury brand there are indy or independent repair shops that are usually run by factory trained techs. Indy shops are often cheaper and offer higher level diagnostic services than dealerships. Dealerships tend to just change expensive parts without doing true diagnostic work. I’ve been in the Army for 30 years. I can’t recall using DEF in our vehicles. LR vehicles are used here in Colorado because they are unstoppable on mountain passes and snow.

I had a 2017 HSE supercharged one and another 2018 regular HSE - no warranty. My average monthly repair was $3,000. After 2 years I had enough and bought a Escalade esv and a corvette. Only American made where I can find parts locally from now on for me

Wow! I too love Range Rovers, but their reliability concerns have always kept me away from them. I've heard many similar stories just like yours. I would love to see your story go viral; I think Land Rover/Range Rovers lack of commitment to their customers should encourage even the rich to stop buying them.

My Lexus GX is near 200,000 miles, no major issues.

Incredible story. I've owned a Range Rover for the last 8 years. Excellent vehicles until you have to get repairs. They never really can pinpoint what's wrong. I'm dealing with a faulty transmission code now. Beautiful cars but not reliable.

So sorry for everything you went through. 😞 A small yet significant blip in the annals of history. Thanks for sharing.

This issue is not a Land Rover issue. The emissions control systems for all diesel engines are extremely, and I mean EXTREMELY unreliable. Speak to anyone who owns a diesel pick up truck or semi truck and you will hear the same stories, or worse. Some semi truck owners have had their small businesses fail due to the extremely high repair costs and unreliability of these systems. And yes, even professional technicians at the dealerships are unable to properly diagnose the faults. They simply follow a checklist that the computer system tells them to and start replacing parts in the hopes that one of said replacements will fix the issue. Among semi truck operators it is not uncommon to hear of $10,000 to $30,000 repair jobs. The most infuriating thing is that there is nothing mechanically wrong with your vehicle. It can still get you where you need to go but because the software within the vehicle determines that the emissions are not clean enough it throws your car into a “derate” mode. That is the reason why your car won’t start. For your pain and financial distress, you can thank the EPA, the state of California, and the Democratic Party for requiring such stringent thresholds without demanding that vehicle manufacturers provide reliable systems. Instead the costs are passed on to you, the consumer, while these vehicle manufacturers collect record profits from parts and repairs. Welcome to corporate owned America.

You're such a good story teller. I watched the entire video 😅

Thank you so much for sharing. I have completely changed my mindset . Amazing video!

DEF fluid is only for Diesel engines and you don't swap or change it like oil ..... DEF fluid gets used up similar to gasoline all you have to do is add more at your local diesel pump its the blue handle pump usually right next to the green diesel pump.

Thank you for your honesty!!! ❤️

I walked away from buying this car because of you. Thank you! I got a 2021 Kia k5 with a full warranty! And I love it

What a story. Sometimes we falsely believe that the more the vehicle cost the better it is. Not so. I read a comment from the guy on a video of this guy throwing a rod with his Ferrari showing off. The guy said supercars are too delicate for the price you pay for them. You can say that for many luxury cars also. I've never owned a luxury car because living in Atlanta (a status town) I've had many friends who have. I was appalled at the high maintenance costs on these vehicles, plus the high labor costs. I was a Honda, Toyota and Mazda man (I had four) before I bought this used 2020 Kia Soul S in 2022. I love it. But I also love the reliability of the Honda, Mazda and Toyota. All of my friends who had bought those luxury cars - got rid of them for something more dependable. Young people don't get caught in the trap of status buying.

I definitely understand we’re you’re coming from I own a Mercedes Benz and yes service is expensive and it ranges from $600-$1300 every time you go in for service however it’s only required 1 time per year or 10,000 miles whichever comes first. Have you considered leasing ? How much do you drive in a year ?

I own some apartments in los Angeles never have to work in my life and i drive a 2010 Toyota Corolla with 221,000 miles still runs like new😊

I have the exact make model and same age of car as you with 52,000 miles on the clock with full service history,ive owned it from new and can honestly say ive not had any issues with it what so ever.

I’ve been warning people about RR since the 90’s! Most listened, the others wished they did.

The Range Rover mechanics should have helped you better. They should have told you the solution was to just buy a Lexus.

This is why i'm totally against DEI and DEF. I cant believe you had to go through this, im so sorry.

Bless your heart! Thanks you for being transparent. I was going back and forth about buying one. Now, it’s a no go! Thanks. I subscribed to you

I own a 2015 full size Range Rover HSE and I truly love mine. However, when the day comes to part ways I’m ready. Don’t need the headaches. Lol Great story btw.

Thank you for your story I totally feel for you because I love Range Rovers too and this really made me think twice about getting a new one

My wife wanted a LR. I wasn't buying a Range Rover. So we went with the discovery sport. Two years later, we have four error codes. The dealership cost close to 7K. I'm done with RR. I did some research of the brand. They're at the bottom of the list when it comes to reliability. Honda here I come.

Long story: I had something similar happen to me when buying my car. Went to carmax and purchased a 2014 Audi q5. The car was below mileage for the year PLUS I was in the market for a compact suv and fell in love with this one. Went in, test drove the car (ran like butter. Had that new car smell)and was already pre approved so the purchase went smoothly. About 3-5 days later my oil light came on out of nowhere. Luckily carmax has that 30 day return policy so I utilized that. Called carmax and they told me my system might have to be reset and of course it was much worse. According to them, the pipe that gave my car its turbo boost was cracked and leaking. They let me know they could fix it and I’d have it back in a week or so. A week goes by and the new part they bought was leaking worse than the original part. I was told it would take another week for them to order and install a brand new piece(I was driving a loaner car at this point). A week goes by and I get no phone call to update me on the condition of my car so i took the initiative and called them first. I was redirected to the folks that have been helping me this whole time and was told AGAIN that it would take another week bc they couldn’t find a new piece for my car. At this point we’re at the beginning of week 4. I had the car for 3 days….(rmbr carmax has a 30 day return policy) Carmax ended up having my car for the entire month. I called them for the last time and told them to stop any work that they were doing on the car and that I’d like to speak with the service manager face to face. Ended up speaking with the guy and he let me know that the service area was swamped and that they have the new piece for the car and It would be ready tmr morning. Before this meeting I found out carmax puts aftermarket parts on ALL their cars and that worried me bc this was a German made car. He reassured that everything would be fine and that they do this all the time but if I felt uncomfortable, I could look into their maxcare program if I wanted to get the car repaired by Audi themselves. The downfall of that meant I’d have to sell the car back to carmax, add on an additional $4000 and buy it back. I put all my faith into this last repair, got the call and got excited. Received my keys, turned my car on and was distraught. Not only did my ac come out really slow but the car was now smoking.. a lot. Drove it right up to the service area and the guy let me know that bc the second piece leaked so bad, there was excess oil left in the pipe and that it would take about 3 days to really burn off. Accepted that excuse and drove the car home. At that point I didn’t feel comfortable with the car anymore. Gave the car another 3 days (all I had left of the 30 day return policy) and immediately gave the car back. The car was not just smoking at this point, it wasn’t just having ac problems but now the engine was revving itself while in park which caused the lights inside to flicker. also when you turn the car off it was STILL smoking like.. engulfing the entire back side of the car type of smoke. Will NEVER buy a car luxury or not from carmax EVER again.

Sorry you had to go through that. Thanks for the information.

When they replaced the module, did they flush the DEF system? That’s most likely all it needed. My dad had the same light come on, and we flushed the system and it went out after driving for 100 miles and hasn’t come on since

My old saying: You will never stop fixing a Rover, but you will never stop a Toyota moving on.

Whew...you did what I would have done. Thanks for sharing this, I want a range rover and I will beware about this issue if I come across a 2016.

I had a horror story with a 2020 Nissan that I bought brand new. Eventually, I was able to get them to buy the car back after it was all over the Lord blessed me with a 2021 Mazda 3 it’s really a good car! Congratulations

My parents owned a Land Rover Discovery 2003, the car always broke down and is expensive to maintain but have to admit the riding quality is top notch. My advice is not to buy Range Rover or Land Rover unless you have money to pay the maintenance

I have a 2016 sport. Ppl ask me all the time what year it is and how good it looks and how they are thinking about getting one. “WAIT!! HOLD ON, THAT AINT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO!!” Thats what my typical response be. Its like a natural reflex.

Never buy a luxury vehicle used from carmax thats for sure.

Range Rovers are expensive Fords, just like Maserati's are expensive Chryslers. German cars are always worth the cost because even though it can be expensive at repair (if ever needed), they are so so so reliable. I bought a Mercedes Benz with 60,000 miles, drove for about 2 years before needing anything major, and at 200,000 miles, even though there were no issues, I traded, got more than what I paid for the car, and upgraded.

Your story is so regrettable & unbelievable considering the vehicle has only about 40.000 miles on it. I definitely feel your pain & even more so your complete frustration with the vehicle & the company/auto/maintenance dept. for not being able to fix the problem completely. Paying $50,000 dollars for a vehicle with extremely low milage & yet still having all these mechanical issues is absolutely UNACCEPTABLE. Unfortunately, I have many friends & associates who invested in a Range Rover that also gave them nothing but unending grief & stress, especially when they received the maintenance bill for repairs. I can happily say, & hopefully, I haven't jinxed myself, that I chose to purchase the Land Rover LR4 rather than the Range Rover & I have had no issues at all other than the regular vehicle needs such as oil change & new brakes. I'm also fortunate enough to have a mechanic who is qualified to do all the work on my vehicle & so I don't have to deal with the extreme overpricing that is routinely found at Land Rover/Rande Rover dealership/maintenance dept. Land Rover/Range Rover vehicles are absolutely beautifully stunning & I know how difficult it must have been for you to finally accept the fact that you have a "lemon" that is going to quickly become a money pit for you & so you have to get rid of it. Hopefully, the Mazda you purchased is giving you nothing but security & pleasure in driving.

I probably would’ve just simply totaled the car. Hell let the insurance company finish paying for it

Here In Charlotte too …. Came close to grabbing a Range Rover sport . Mechanic at Euro Cars Southend told me parts for a range can take months to come in …… and Knowing my luck I would break down within a month. So I Kept my S-class and said prayers for my friends with Range Rovers ….. wish you the best! Mazda not bad . You could have sold your Range Rover through Carlotz …they do consignment and sell it for you on their website and dealers lot . Food for thought if you ever in a situation like that … saves guru credit from a repo ( voluntarily or not ) .

Omg! I had a different issue with my Range Rover Evoque but it was still the same headache and stress you had. I bought it from a fake luxury dealership and on my way home the check engine light came on. I went back n forth with the dealership and they never found what was wrong. I eventually took it to RR and it was the catalytic converter. They wanted $3400 to fix it. By the grace of GOD!!!! The check engine light went off and I sold it to Carmax! I was so happy to get that damn lemon off my hands. It's so crazy bc one day I was at a stop light and a complete stranger rolled down his window and asked if i liked my RR. I said yes for the most part. He looked at me and I was like, should I not? He was like do your research on it. The light turned green and he drove away. I was like 😳. That made me realize RR ain't really all that. Im sad you did the voluntary repo bc of the negative hit to your credit. I would've just tried to resell after the light went off but i understand it's all about timing. I'm so happy you got a new car and your done with dumb RR lol i learned to do research on the type of car and company before buying

Thank you ,i really love Rang Rover i want to buy one, but i really scare ,do yo think because is a diesel engine ?

Great story, the RR are so beautiful and the drive make you feel like you’re on the top of the world, but a used one is not recommended. You gotta lease these suckers and give it back after so, that way you don’t pay a penny for it

Sorry, what you went through with that. I bought a 2018 Range Rover HSE turbo diesel six with 37000 miles on it- the bigger model -about a year ago. I seen on the previous service reports before I bought the car that they changed out the DEF filter. I’ve been adding my own DEF fluid and I’ve never had problem with the car so far -knock on wood. I buy the Castro oil that it asked for from Atlantic British online. The oil kit with the new drain plug and filter is about $140. I take it over to Valvoline lube and tell them I have my own oil filter and they put it in for me for $35. Much better than taking it to the dealer.

I’m so sorry you went through that. I had a similar experience with my Mustang when it reached 100,000 miles. I will never buy a American made car ever again. I thought about purchasing a used Range Rover.. but after your story I will think twice. It’s such a beautiful car. Thanks for sharing!!

Once I stumbled upon this video I had to watch it! I had a similar luxurious vehicle and was a total nightmare week after week month after month and I finally decided to get rid of it lost over 50% of the original price, and so I ended up buying a Chevy traverse yup , for a fraction of the cost which now I have put on about 100,000 miles, and I only did, regular oil changes! 🙏🙏

Oh wow so sorry that happens to you. I was looking at a 2020 Velar but, after listening to your story I changed my mind.

Great video and a cautionary tale for everyone that thinks buying a USED RR is a flex. It is not! If you’ve gotta have one, lease one brand new, or pay the price! I tell people to ALWAYS go with Lexus/Toyota if not Acura/Honda if you want a foreign.

I'd stay away from most modern diesel engine vehicles. They've been made overly complex with emissions equipment (and that DEF is ridiculous). If I saw a diesel Range Rover for sale, I wouldn't walk, I'd RUN away from it. There's a reason they're priced thousands less than their gas counterparts. They have all kinds of issues. Glad you were able to get rid of it and get something more reliable. I hate that you had to do the voluntary repo thing and take a hit to your credit. Good luck with your new Mazda! Stay safe and stay well.

I have a Range Rover, it’s amazing to me how many times I’ve had to disconnect the battery cables, let it sit disconnected for an hour and reconnect to clear fault codes so systems would operate properly. I also own an old 2007 Lexus es350 that’s like a nice pair of jeans and it’s at 189,000 miles with no issues other than normal wear maintenance. Your a military girl, nothing should bring you to tears.

Lowkey I feel like all companies can remotely send errors to your car so you take it to them to fix

So I have a 2016 TDS L405 and the issues you’ve mentioned are not expensive to fix , so for any one else reading this all you have to do is put it in manual mode and drive it for around 10 minutes at highway speed and the light goes out on it’s on . I’m going to say this and not in a negative way but they saw you coming and just ripped you off . Especially Christian brothers there’s e one In Memphis Tn . That’s also horrible . This light comes on at least once every 6 months in my truck and I just do the drive cycle and if that doesn’t clear the light then I use my Range Rover scanner and run the pressure and prime test . After that I run the selective catalyst monitor test then clear the code and it’s done. Range Rovers are like any other car some have problems and some don’t !

Thanks soo much for sharing

This is the thing with Range Rovers, they feel great to sit inside them and to look at them but the issues are never ending. I went to test drive a defender - beautiful car, handled great - i was ready to order one but when I finished the 40 min test drive it broke. Aparently the engine broke so I took it as a blessing and never looked at another RR since.

So Sorry that happen to you. But everything worked out at the end ❤️

Very helpful... Sorry about the situation 😢....

Sorry for what you had to go through. One should research on the reliability of a car before purchase, the info is widely available on the internet. Jaguar Land Rover has the worst Reliability reputation of any car manufacturer. Land Rover executives admitted this recently and promised to fix it going forward. But most motor industry analysts expect no change. In your case, they knowingly sold you junk. Get a lawyer and make them pay.

I'm sorry you went through that. I'm doing a ton of research on the Range Rover sport and most of the issues with them are associated with the diesel engines. Any other complaints have to do with people just not wanting to spend luxury car prices for regular maintenance or sensors bugging out after accidents which can happen in any car, but it's most likely to happen in a Land Rover product. Wish me luck 😬 lol

I feel bad for you . They all drained your wallet for no reason. You were dealing with dealers and mechanics that are not diesel experts. This was a simple cheap fix. You have 1 DEF injector on that TD6. It sprays directly into the exhaust. You can lay on the ground and remove it yourself from the exhaust. Take it out and clean it and remove the uretha crystals yourself. Reset the code with an OBD scan tool, and the message will change. Then the message will clear after driving a few miles. As long as you clean the injector once a year, it will never come back. Americans should not be afraid of diesels, 1/2 the cars around the world are, you just have to have experience with them.

Range Rovers are to be leased only, I’ve leased two. Never buy one.

Thanks for changing my mind

I used to want a Range Rover or a Porsche. After hearing about all the issues. I went with a Mercedes Benz.

Thank You for your service 🙌🏽. Sorry to hear your ordeal…you and your Range Range are both pretty … I’ve only dealt with old school Land Rover pre 1998 RRC & Defender… I work on my own- repair/rebuild- (old school) - no electronics,no air sus, all manual. No Landy’s or Range Rover After 1999. diesel in Europe no problem- European diesel in America a problem. also consider when software updates are needed……. Me : prior US Navy. “Land Rover turning owners into mechanics for over 70yrs”

I would suggest buying a Lexus GX or LX series for that kind of money.

I decided to buy a Mazda cx-5 as well and I’ve been loving it. I love luxury cars, but I’d choose reliability as well. The cx-5 is nice though!

Wow thanks. Same here

it doesn’t always matter but when buying a luxury car such as that one it’s best to find one with meticulous maintenance record keeping. a solid paper trail is important to know how well the car is maintained. so many people assume they can treat these cars like they do their toyota but you can’t. if you’re unfortunate enough to get the vehicle after such a person then it’s 100% gamble. i’m glad you got into something more reliable. good luck!

THANKU!!! a friend of mine bought a RR and she also has many issues with it... I want a RR but after hearing your Adventure U will get a reg vehicle... ( and I wanted a silver one like yours)

I drive big trucks but as far as consumer Diesel vehicles. I always recommend Deleting the DPF/DEF injection system as well as the EGR and getting the car tuned after that. You end up with better fuel economy and performance. Plus no longer haveing the add that fluid and servicing those components.

Wow!!! Thank you so much for sharing your story. Your Mazda is my next dream car....I love Mazadas...Always wanted one of the newer ones.. God and the universal forces will make a way...So happy you found a resolution

This is why I own 3 old cars, That I can fix myself.

I'm a tech within the Charlotte/ Fayetteville area range rovers are absolutely terrible so many issues and problems in fact just put an engine in one do to cool cooling system failure so sad People get suckered into buying them and they are 100 percent a pain in the butt to work on

Thank you Thank you Thamk you, I felt like you, I Love that car, I wanted to buy it for my bday😔 my heart goes out to you for everything you went thru, Glad you over came❤ Thanks for saving Me RiRi❤

The delays with these car shops and parts nowadays is a serious issue.

Wooow. Crazy story. Sorry you went thru that. I’m looking at one now. But it’s a gas engine. I’m still hesitant tho. Now I’m checking out what issues gas variant owners have had.

You should have taken the car back to the guys who replaced the module for $3,000. It sounds like they misdiagnosed the issue.

Hey I just watched a video with someone having you exact issue. They said you should press the start buttons hold it down without touching the break pedal. It seems to work for a huge number of people. I know you probably got rid of it already

If the car won’t start how did you manage to turn it round ? The first shot shows the steering wheel towards the centre of the road the when your walking away from the car the steering wheel is beside the curb

People fail to realize these cars BMWs Audi cost crazy money to maintain as repair thats why you don't. See wealthy people buy them they invest in stocks and houses

It’s a car you have to lease new and turn it back in

Happy that you found a great deal! Brand new! Can't beat that! Won't he do it!!!😀

I have a Range Rover Velar 2022 and I love my truck. Your first Mistake was purchasing a Used Range Rover and Purchasing from Carmax. What I did was I purchased my truck from the Land Rover dealership brand new with a 1.9% interest rate with a 100,000 mile warranty and 8 oil changes included in my purchase.

Range Rovers are known for having horrible reliability. Beautiful car but don’t last.

Thank you for your story. Im sorry you had to go through some hardship on your favorite car. Have you mention to the mechanics, maybe it was a faulty sensor? the sensor that reads the exhaust fluid quality? Best of luck on your Mazda

Diesel cars especially cars with turbos Need to be warmed up properly or else the Turbo will fail you also need to let it cool down for at least 10 minutes depending how far you drove bc of the Turbos!

Extended test drive would have posibly revealed itself, unfortunately this problem is a problem with all Disel vehicles sold in US not just Land Rover

Thanks for sharing your nightmare. I was about to buy a Velar D180 and wasn’t sure about the diesel engine. I’m in Canada and I would have the same issues that you had in case the DEF fails.

I've been planning to order for a 2019 Range Rover Autobiography. And I'm doing my due diligence. I dont know, but I've seen that there several stories of unreliability of these RR cars. And it looks like the manufacturer doesn't listen. I now have to go through some time to change my mind and a replacement. Maybe I'll go for a GLS

So many horror stories ! 🙏🏻🇺🇸🇬🇧

I work on Jaguar Land Rovers for a living and I’ll tell u that if you don’t have enough funds to buy ANOTHER Range Rover on top of the one you already have, don’t buy one… it’s that simple stay in y’all fancy Toyotas 😂😂😂

I purchased a used one a few years ago. The water pump tore up on it in the pick up line for my kids. I was beyond pissed.

I just got myself a 2020 nissan versa sv in monarch orange. ive been obsessed with watching these kinds of videos. I originally wanted a toyota but this is what i just ended up leaving with, i dropped the gun too fast and jumped on it without seeing what else cars i had to choose from, lol but i'm grateful, god is good! i have videos of my car on my channel as well!

Bryson Tiller~ “DON’T”

I put black tape over the check engine light in my lr4 . The only check engine I do is when it won’t start 😂

God bless you and your ability to not let it totally get you down. God always come through for those that love Him. 😇

I was just about to place an order for the new Range Rover. Plan cancelled. Thanks for sharing, these things shouldn’t happen to such nice people.

Wow thanks for sharing the story. I believe most luxury cars are insanely expensive to run😢😮 and you really have to have your witts about you 😮 I know range rovers are really top tier luxury but I believe luxury for me with no fuss is a Lexus 🎉 But happy you sorted 👏🏾❤️

You didn't know they sell range rovers with diesel engines? In the used market at least in the u.k. diesel rovers make up like 80%+ of the sales as petrol is incredibly uneconomical with these SUV's. Another fun fact about land ange rovers is a lot of owners say the land ange rovers natural habitat is on the back of a recovery truck as they can be very unreliable.

Sorry that you so much trouble beautiful, but glad you at a warranty. I have always heard maintenance on Range Rover is a real beast you just reinforced that for me.

Thank you for sharing your story, I do not think this is the car for me lol