Land Rover

The address of this page was a stock listing on a used-car dealer site that no longer exists. The stock is gone; what follows is a reference to the marque itself — what you will meet on the UK used market, and what is worth checking. Nothing here is offered for sale.

Land Rover’s range on the used market runs from the Evoque through the Discovery Sport, Velar and Discovery to the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport. Engines split between the company’s own 2.0-litre Ingenium four-cylinder units, older 3.0-litre V6 and 4.4-litre V8 diesels, petrol V8s and, latterly, plug-in hybrids.

Air suspension

Where fitted, air suspension is a wear item. The usual failure is a leak from an air spring; a compressor that fails later is often doing so because it has been working against that leak. The practical test costs nothing: leave the vehicle standing for as long as the seller will allow, walk away, and come back to look at it from a distance. A settled corner, or a suspension warning on start-up, is the system telling you what it needs.

The Ingenium diesel and oil dilution

The four-cylinder diesel’s timing chain is the marque’s best-known mechanical weakness, and it is a servicing problem as much as a design one. Reviewers describe the particulate filter injecting fuel during regeneration, unburnt diesel reaching the sump and thinning the oil, and the chain and guides wearing early as a result. A vehicle used for short cold journeys is the worst case. Start it from stone cold, listen, then read the oil-change record.

Electrics

Owner surveys of Land Rover models from this period report electrical faults as the leading complaint across the range — engine and emissions warning lights, infotainment, keyless entry, air conditioning. The Discovery Sport in particular sits near the bottom of its class, with a high reported fault rate and a run of interior quality complaints. The Range Rover Sport of the same era has done better than the full-size Range Rover.

Emissions standards

The split between Euro 5 and Euro 6 diesels is the single biggest running-cost variable in this range. A diesel must be Euro 6 to enter the London ULEZ without paying the daily charge, and the charging clean air zones in England use the same standard.