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1998 Land Rover Range Rover: raw data

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vehicle1998 / land-rover / range-rover
known issues5 clusters (reviewed 2026-10-07)
complaints25 on file (1999-02-01 → 2009-10-06)
recalls0
investigations0
fars0 occupant deaths, crash years 2010-2024 (legacy-code)
indexedyes
licenseCC BY 4.0 (derived)

Known Issues clusters all years →

Air suspension compressor and system failureSUSPENSION3 complaints2000-02 → 2005-12range-rover-1998-air-suspension-failure
  • 857259 COMPRESSOR FOR FRONT AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM FAILED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE ERRATICALLY
  • 10126310 FAILURE OF ELECTRONIC AIR SUSPENSION WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS
  • 10145744 DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE LIFTS UP. THE VEHICLE IS HARD TO CONTROL. THIS OCCURS AT ANY SPEED
Windshield leak, steam and mirror glare impairing visionVISIBILITY3 complaints2000-05 → 2009-10range-rover-1998-impaired-visibility
  • 861164 WHEN DRIVING IN RAIN THE FRONT WINDSHIELD LEAKED. THIS IMPAIRED DRIVER'S VISION
  • 10286530 WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH HE NOTICED THAT STEAM SUDDENLY STARTED TO ENTER THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE VENTS WHICH DISTORTED THE DRIVERS VISION
  • 10098733 THERE IS A STRONG RING OR HALO DEVELOPING ON THE GLASS THAT IS MAKING IT NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE THROUGH
Engine compartment fireELECTRICAL SYSTEM3 complaints1999-08 → 2007-12range-rover-1998-engine-compartment-fire
  • 8008563 WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 65 MPH A FIRE STARTED IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT; REASON UNKNOWN
  • 844903 THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL FOR UNDERHOOD FIRE
  • 10212251 APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, TWO POPPING SOUNDS WERE HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE THEN CAUGHT FIRE
Brake pedal failure with extended stopping distanceSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC2 complaints2001-04 → 2002-12range-rover-1998-brake-pedal-to-floor
  • 10001562 CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND A VEHICLE ACCIDENT
  • 886279 WHILE DRIVING ON WET PAVEMENT AND UPON APPLYING BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A NORMAL STOP, BRAKES FAIL TO RESPOND, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE
Air bag non-deployment in frontal crashAIR BAGS2 complaints2000-02 → 2003-02range-rover-1998-air-bag-non-deployment
  • 856614 CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 50-60 MPH AND WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH IN WHICH NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED
  • 10009739 THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION, WHERE ANOTHER VEHICLE ENTERED HIS LANE. THE DRIVERS AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, HOWEVER THE PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYED

NHTSA complaints (summary) all years →

countearliest_datelatest_datecrash_flaggedfire_flaggedtop_components
251999-02-012009-10-0633FUEL SYSTEM:6; SUSPENSION:4; VISIBILITY:3; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:3; OTHER:3

Recalls all years →

none listed

Investigations all years →

none listed

FARS occupant deaths all years →

crash_yearsoccupant_deathsmatch_typevpic_recovered
2010-20240legacy-code0

FARS counts every occupant death in a fatal crash, whatever the cause — it does not mean the vehicle was at fault or defective. Counts are not adjusted for how many of each vehicle are on the road.

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Derived data is CC BY 4.0. Link back to the page you used. Text and BibTeX below.

Wrench.Pro (2026). 1998 Land Rover Range Rover vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1998/land-rover/range-rover
@misc{wrenchpro_1998_land_rover_range_rover_2026,
  author = {Wrench.Pro},
  title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 1998 Land Rover Range Rover},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1998/land-rover/range-rover}},
  note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}

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