What 130 owners told NHTSA about the 2015 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque (3-door)

WHILE DRIVING ON A 4 LANE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 40-45MPH, MY VEHICLE (5 MONTHS OLD, 6,200 MILES) SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND RAPIDLY DECELERATED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. A LARGE WARNING SIGNAL DISPLAYED ON THE DASHBOARD INDICATING "WARNING GEARBOX FAILURE". LUCKILY TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AT THE TIME AND I WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD WITHOUT INCIDENT. IT APPEARED THE TRANSMISSION FROZE AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. LAND ROVER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN AN AREA WITH HEAVIER TRAFFIC, OR ON AN INTERSTATE I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT A MAJOR CRASH WOULD HAVE OCCURRED. IN RESEARCHING THE 2015 EVOQUE IT APPEARS LAND ROVER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT ISSUES WITH THE 9 SPEED TRANSMISSION IN THIS VEHICLE BASED ON WEB SEARCH RESULTS. IT APPEARS THIS TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN RECALLED IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES, SPECIFICALLY CHINA. I BELIEVE THAT IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY A REVIEW OF THIS VEHICLE MODEL'S PERFORMANCE HISTORY NEEDS EXTENSIVE REVIEW.

NHTSA ODI 10746598

MY RANGE ROVER EVOQUE COMES WITH A CLIMATE PACKAGE THAT INCLUDES HEATED SEATS, HEATED STEERING WHEEL AND HEATED WINDSHIELD, THE PROBLEM FOR THE VISIBILITY ITS 100% THE GRIDS THAT THE FRONT WINDSHIELD HAS, DURING NIGHT TIME THE BACK LIGHTS FROM OTHER CARS IN FRONT LOOKS LIKE A STAR MAKING YOU FEEL THAT THERE IS MORE THAN 1 CAR IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT THE REAL SAFETY PROBLEM THAT WE EXPERIENCE YESTERDAY ITS THAT A STOPLIGHT THERE WAS A GREEN ARROW LIGHT ON AND ON THE RIGHT TWO RED LIGHTS, BUT BECAUSE THE GRIDS ON THE WINDSHIELD CREATES THE SENSATION THAT IN MY LANE THE GREEN LIGHT WAS ON, (YOU COULDN'T SEE THE ARROW, JUST A GREEN MARK), AND THE REALITY IT WAS THE GREEN ARROW, SO IF MY WIFE DON'T WARNING ME ABOUT A TRAILER COMING FROM MY RIGHT SIDE MAYBE WE WOULD NO BE LIVING TO WRITE THIS COMPLAINT... SINCE I PURCHASE THE VEHICLE I CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP TO TELL THEM ABOUT THIS AND THEY PRACTICALLY IGNORE ME BECAUSE THEY SAY THAT NOBODY COMPLAINT BEFORE ABOUT THIS... I MADE A RESEARCH ONLINE PUTTING THIS PHRASE: "RANGE ROVER EVOQUE WINDSHIELD PROBLEMS VISIBILITY" AND I GET 19,400 RESULTS, ACTUALLY THERE IS MANY FORUMS TALKING ABOUT THIS... I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE NHTSA NEEDS TO RESEARCH ABOUT THIS MORE EXTENSIVE NOW I AM WORRY TO DRIVE THE CAR DURING NIGHT TIME!!!

NHTSA ODI 10734603

GEARBOX FAULT. I DRIVE A NEW RANGE ROVER EVOQUE, MODEL 2015. THE FIRST TIME I HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE WAS IN OCTOBER, 2014, ONLY A MONTH AFTER TAKING THE CAR OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, IT SUDDENLY AND ABRUPTLY STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY ROAD. CARS BEHIND ME HAD TO STOP ABRUPTLY, ALMOST HITTING MY CAR AND PEDESTRIANS. MY VEHICLE ACCUSED A GEARBOX FAULT, AND THE GEARBOX WAS BLOCKED. I COULD NOT SHIFT GEARS, THE VEHICLE WAS STUCK FOR OVER HALF AN HOUR, AND I HAD TO RESTART THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE IT AGAIN. MY CAR WAS THEN TAKEN TO LAND ROVER SERVICE FOR REPAIR. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO ME, HOWEVER, THE GEARBOX PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE SAME GEARBOX PROBLEM HAPPEN AGAIN TWO MORE TIMES IN JUNE, 2015. IN THE LAST TIMES I WAS INSIDE MY GARAGE. I GOT IN THE CAR AND STARTED THE VEHICLE, BUT I COULD NOT SHIFT GEARS. THE GEARBOX WAS BLOCKED AGAIN, ACCUSING THE GEARBOX FAULT, AND THE CAR WAS STUCK. THIS TIME IT HAD TO BE TOWED AWAY TO LAND ROVER SERVICE. IN THE LAST TIME LAND ROVER REPAIRED MY VEHICLE, A NEW SOFTWARE WAS INSTALLED. THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT THERE IS A RECALL IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EVOQUE MODEL. APPARENTLY, LAND ROVER USED FAULTY GEARBOXES, AND IS NOW OFFERING A SOFTWARE UPGRADE TO ALL VEHICLES OF THAT MODEL TO FIX THE FAULTY GEARBOXES. OVER 36,000 THOUSAND VEHICLES WERE RECALLED OUTSIDE THE U.S. FOR THE SOFTWARE UPGRADE, AFTER THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED IN THE MEDIA. BUT I FOUND NO CONFIRMATION OF THE RECALL IN THE UNITED STATES. LAND ROVER DID NOT CONTACT US ABOUT THE RECALL BEFORE, AND WAS UNABLE TO ANSWER WHETHER OR NOT IT IS AN EFFECTIVE SOLUTION TO THE GEARBOX FAULT PROBLEM WITH THE EVOQUE MODEL.

NHTSA ODI 10730480

I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND WHEN I WENT TO GO THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO DRIVE - IT WOULD ONLY ROLL BACKWARDS. I ROLLED BACKWARDS INTO ANOTHER CAR. AFTER THE ACCIDENT MY CAR WOULD ALSO NOT GO INTO PARK. I HAD TO STAY IN THE CAR WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE UNTIL THE POLICE AND TOW TRUCK ARRIVED. LAND ROVER SAID THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND APPLIED A SOFTWARE PATCH TO THE VEHICLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A POTENTIALLY FATAL CONDITION THAT SHOULD WARRANT A MANDATORY RECALL. LAND ROVER DOES NOT FEEL THAT CONSUMERS SHOULD BE NOTIFIED, AND THE SOFTWARE PATCH SHOULD ONLY BE APPLIED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. *TR

NHTSA ODI 10706110

BRANDNEW 2015.5 RANGE ROVER SPORT CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINTS ARE EXTREMELY RUSTED ON THE SHAFT. *TR

NHTSA ODI 10701429