2000 Land Rover Range Rover: what breaks, and at what mileage
What breaks on the 2000 Land Rover Range Rover
On the 2000 Land Rover Range Rover, the failure owners report most often is complete transmission failure, with 4 reports on file. Across every failure mode on this year, half the dated reports were filed before 80,000 miles. Overall it scores 63 out of 100, high risk for a 2000.
High risk for a 2000 — 237th riskiest of the 327 2000 vehicles we can rate. 34 owner reports; fleet size estimated from this year's own recall paperwork.
The failures owners actually file about
Owners have reported 18 named failure modes on the 2000 Land Rover Range Rover, and the three most-reported carry 32% of everything filed, which is an unusually even spread for one model year.
Complete transmission failure leads with 4 reports and about 0.4 per 1,000 vehicles.
Other powertrain problem follows with 4 reports, median 55,000 miles.
Liftgate, tailgate or trunk failure follows with 3 reports.
By system, the reports fall mostly into transmission (8), body (4) and engine (3).
At what mileage it happens
14 of the reports on the 2000 Land Rover Range Rover came with an odometer reading, and half of those were filed before 80,000 miles.
Cumulatively, 21% by 50,000 miles, 64% by 100,000 miles and 93% by 150,000 miles of the dated reports had been filed.
The busiest stretch is between 40,000 and 50,000 miles, which alone holds 21% of the dated reports.
0% of the dated reports were filed below 36,000 miles, so this is mostly a story about older, higher-mileage cars.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
Showing the 12 most-reported failure modes of 18. The full list is in the table below.
How reports accumulate
Every report with an odometer reading, cumulative, from 0 to 200,000 miles. A curve that climbs early is a car with early problems, whatever its total.
- Line share of reports filed by that mileage
- Dashed the median reported mileage
Severity, and what it costs
Across the named modes, 1 mentions a crash, 4 a fire and 1 an injury. Those are the words owners used in their own complaints, and NHTSA does not verify them, but they are the closest thing in this data to a measure of what a failure actually did.
The average severity weight across every report on this year is 5.21, where a stalled engine or a failed airbag weighs many times more than a rattling trim panel, and a figure this high means the reports are dominated by failures with safety consequences rather than annoyances. The weighting is set out in full on the methodology page.
What the top failures cost to put right, as editorial estimates for an independent US shop rather than figures from NHTSA: complete transmission failure at $2,800–$8,000, other powertrain problem at $400–$4,500, liftgate, tailgate or trunk failure at $250–$1,500 and other engine problem at $300–$4,000. Dealer labour, a seized bolt or a part that is no longer made can push any of these past the top of its range.
44% of the reports on this year sit in the engine, transmission, drivetrain or cooling systems — the four where a repair bill is usually four figures.
Every reported failure mode
| Failure mode | System | Reports | With reading | 25th | Median | 75th | Per 1,000 | Typical repair | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complete transmission failure | transmission | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.4 | $2,800–$8,000 | Critical |
| Other powertrain problem | transmission | 4 | 1 | — | 53k | — | 0.4 | $400–$4,500 | High |
| Liftgate, tailgate or trunk failure | body | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.3 | $250–$1,500 | Moderate |
| Other engine problem | engine | 3 | 3 | — | 111k | — | 0.3 | $300–$4,000 | High |
| Overheating | cooling | 2 | 2 | — | 109k | — | 0.2 | $400–$3,500 | High |
| Differential or transfer case failure | drivetrain | 2 | 1 | — | 82k | — | 0.2 | $900–$4,200 | High |
| Air suspension failure | suspension | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.2 | $900–$4,500 | High |
| Parking brake failure | brakes | 1 | 1 | — | 117k | — | 0.1 | $250–$1,300 | Moderate |
| Airbag warning light or occupant sensor fault | airbag | 1 | 1 | — | 40k | — | 0.1 | $300–$1,600 | High |
| Steering column or shaft failure | steering | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.1 | $600–$2,500 | Critical |
| Other electrical problem | electrical | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.1 | $250–$2,000 | Moderate |
| Other brake problem | brakes | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.1 | $300–$1,800 | High |
| Other steering problem | steering | 1 | 1 | — | 65k | — | 0.1 | $350–$2,400 | High |
| Other suspension problem | suspension | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.1 | $350–$2,000 | Moderate |
| Other wheel or tire problem | wheels | 1 | 1 | — | 122k | — | 0.1 | $200–$1,500 | High |
| Other driver assistance problem | adas | 1 | 1 | — | 47k | — | 0.1 | $250–$1,800 | High |
| Other visibility problem | glass | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.1 | $150–$1,400 | Moderate |
| Other body or interior problem | body | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.1 | $200–$2,000 | Moderate |
| Unclassified problem | other | 3 | 2 | — | 72k | — | 0.3 | — | Moderate |
Rate per 1,000 uses a fleet-size estimate derived from recall paperwork for this exact model year. It is a lower bound. Repair costs are typical independent-shop ranges for the failure, not figures from these reports.
How often, against how many were built
Scaled by an estimate of how many of these cars exist, the 2000 Land Rover Range Rover draws about 3.4 per 1,000 vehicles, which puts it in the 78th percentile of complaint rates among 2000 vehicles we can rate.
That denominator is the weakest number on the page and it is fair to say so plainly. Rate per 1,000 uses a fleet-size estimate derived from recall paperwork for this exact model year. It is a lower bound.
The working figure is 9,907 vehicles. If the true number is twice that, every rate on this page is half what it says; the ranking against other 2000 vehicles, which is what the risk score uses, is far more robust than the rate itself.
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The odometer reading is the one the owner gave.
Other powertrain problem
I purchased a 2000 range rover from bear valley rovers in atlanta and the vehicle was/is in pristine shape . When I purchased it, it had 43,000 miles with 5,000 miles remaining on the warranty. At 53,000 the transmission went bad and had to be replaced. This is not normal that a transmission would only last 53,000 miles and the vehicle has never been off-road a day in its life. *jb
Recalls on the 2000 model year
NHTSA has issued 3 recall campaigns covering the 2000 Land Rover Range Rover, affecting an estimated 19,448 vehicles. A recall is a different kind of evidence from a complaint: it is the regulator and the manufacturer agreeing that something has to be fixed, and the fix is free for as long as the car exists.
The campaigns cover power train:automatic transmission, electronic stability control:automatic (asc) and service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:disc:caliper. Whether the work was actually done on the car in front of you is a question only the VIN can answer, and the manufacturer or NHTSA will answer it free.
Recalls also distort complaint counts. Publicity about a campaign reminds owners that complaining is possible, so reports for a recalled component often spike after the recall rather than before it.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
59,445 vehicles 2000-11-16- Defect
- Vehicle description: certain sport utility vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of fmvss no. 114, "theft protection." water contamination of the automatic transmission oil can lead to various failure modes of the transmission. One of these failure models results in incorrect operation of the park lock function that could allow a vehicle to roll away if parked without the handbrake properly set.
- Consequence
- Unintentional vehicle movement could result in a crash or personal injury.
- Remedy
- Dealers will check the park lock function; reposition the automatic transmission breather tube; and test the automatic transmission fluid and flush if necessary.
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC (ASC)
36,911 vehicles 2000-10-16- Defect
- Vehicle description: sport utility vehicles. The loading conditions on the vehicle's left side engine idler pulley can exceed the maximum calculated figure of the original design specification. The material of the pulley can fracture and ultimately fail. Failure of the pulley material can cause the pulley to throw off the serpentine belt.
- Consequence
- This could result in a loss of engine auxiliary functions (power steering, water pump, alternator, air conditioning and ace).
- Remedy
- Dealers will install an improved idler pulley.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
314 vehicles 2000-07-03- Defect
- Vehicle description: sport utility vehicles. One or both of the bolts that retain the brake caliper to the axle may have missed a final assembly torque operation. Consequently they may be loose or possibly missing.
- Consequence
- Caliper disengagement from the axle could result causing reduced vehicle stability when braking and possibly locking up of the affected wheel.
- Remedy
- Dealers will inspect these vehicles to verify that the proper torque has been applied.
Recall work is free at a franchised dealer regardless of the car's age. Check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls before assuming it was done.
How it ranks in the 2000 field
The score at the top of the page, placed among its peers. The zones are the same thresholds the scorer applies, read out of the scorer itself, so the picture and the band word cannot disagree.
Scores are ranked within the model year, never across years, because an older car has had longer to accumulate reports.
- Left fewer and less serious reports
- Right more, or worse
- Marker this vehicle
Better and worse years of the same car
High risk for a 2000 — 237th riskiest of the 327 2000 vehicles we can rate. Every score on this site is a rank inside its own model year, which is what makes a 2004 and a 2019 comparable at all.
Across the 26 model years of this car that carry enough reports to score, 1996 comes out best at 61 and 2023 worst at 84, with 2000 itself at 63.
No other year of this model scores meaningfully better than 2000, so if this generation is what you want, the year is not the lever.
Within the 1996–2002 generation specifically, 1996 is the strongest year at 61 and 1997 the weakest at 70.
Scores compare each year against other cars of the same model year, so a low number on an older car is a real result and not an artefact of age.
Shorter is better. Years with too few reports to score are shown without a bar rather than as a zero, because no data is not good news.
Within the 1996-2002 generation, 1996 Land Rover Range Rover scores best at 61 and 1997 Land Rover Range Rover worst at 70.
What this page cannot tell you
34 owner reports; fleet size estimated from this year's own recall paperwork. Every count on this page is therefore a floor: it is the number of owners who went to the trouble of filing with a federal agency, which is a small and self-selected fraction of the owners who had the fault.
Of those 34 reports, 14 carried an odometer reading, so the mileages here describe 41% of the sample rather than all of it. Owners also round: readings pile up on multiples of ten thousand, which is why this site publishes "about 90,000 miles" and not "91,438".
Named failure modes come from matching phrases in the complaint text, so a badly worded complaint can land in the wrong bucket. The effect washes out across hundreds of reports and does not wash out across five.
And nothing here predicts what one car will do. These are other people's complaints, filed years apart, on cars maintained by strangers. Read the page as a map of where this model year has previously gone wrong, then have the specific car in front of you inspected.
Questions this page answers
What are the most common problems with the 2000 Land Rover Range Rover?
The most-reported failures are complete transmission failure (4 reports), other powertrain problem (4 reports, median 55,000 miles) and liftgate, tailgate or trunk failure (3 reports). Counts come from owner complaints filed with NHTSA, which are voluntary, so they show what owners bothered to report rather than every fault that occurred.
Is the 2000 Land Rover Range Rover reliable?
It scores 63 out of 100 on our risk index, which is high — 237th riskiest of the 327 2000 vehicles we can rate. The score is a comparison against other 2000 vehicles, not a prediction about any individual car, and it is built from complaint rates, severity and how early failures appear.
Which year of the Land Rover Range Rover is best?
Within the 1996–2002 generation, 1996 scores best at 61 out of 100 and 1997 worst at 70. Same body, same engines, different luck.
Where this comes from. Every figure above is computed from NHTSA owner complaints and recall records for this exact make, model and year. Complaints are voluntary and self-selected, so treat counts as a floor. The methodology page writes out each formula, and the same numbers are available as JSON.
What breaks at my mileage Compare with another car
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed