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2017 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque (5 Door)

Solid pick. The public record on this car is clean for its age. Inspect it, then negotiate with confidence.

Recalls, complaint breakdown & inspection checklist, all in a shareable PDF

107 owner complaints · 0 recalls · data verified July 16, 2026 · source: NHTSA

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Why buy?

Complaints are still coming in strong late in this car's life, a chronic-problem pattern, not early teething.

Very few owner complaints for its age and sales volume.

Zero recalls, rare for a car this age.

The math, shown

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Complaint volume (40%)90
Severity (30%)81
Recall load (20%)100
Trend (10%)39

Complaints filed per year

Fading = early teething worked out. Climbing = problems aging in.

20172026 YTD

How it crashes

NHTSA’s own crash tests, separate from the reliability score above.

NHTSA crash-tested this model year but didn’t publish an overall star rating for it.

3 open NHTSA defect investigations on file for this model year, separate from the recalls above.

Source: nhtsa.gov/ratings. Star ratings compare vehicles within the same class and size, not across every car on the road.

The road ahead

What breaks on a 2017 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque (5 Door), plotted where owners report it happening.

030k mi60k mi90k mi120k miEngine~66k mi · 21 reports

Also reported (mileage varies): Steering (19) · Electrical system (19) · Suspension (13) · Fuel system (12)

Mileage medians come from owners who mentioned an odometer reading in their NHTSA complaint, a rough guide, not a schedule.

Engine

20%

21 complaints · typically near 66k mi · 5 in the last 2 years

The timing chain went out, and it is a common problem with this same make and model of vehicle, and no recall has been issued. My safety was at risk because my car sho…

Steering

18%

19 complaints · 15 in the last 2 years

The contact owns a 2017 Land Rover Range Rover. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V514000 (Steering); however, the part to do the recall re…

Electrical system

18%

19 complaints · 4 in the last 2 years

My vehicle has a push button to start the vehicle, the gear shift suppose to rise upward from the console in order to turn for you proceed to travel and it never comes…

Suspension

12%

13 complaints · 11 in the last 2 years

I received a notice regarding NHTSA Recall 25V-514 and despite repeated attempts to get the problem fixed, I have repeatedly been told that no solution is available. I…

Recalls (0)

No recall campaigns on file for this model year.

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What owners say

Real owners of this exact model-year, shown separately from the NHTSA score. If they disagree, that’s worth knowing.

The fine print: this verdict is computed from public NHTSA complaint and recall records for the 2017 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque (5 Door) as a model, not for any individual car. A well-maintained example of an “Avoid” can outlast a neglected “Buy”. Informational only, so always get a professional pre-purchase inspection.