A genuinely capable, imposing luxury SUV where both the engine's maintenance history and the air suspension's condition deserve real, separate scrutiny before buying.
The Sport's substantial body and genuine towing and off-road capability put real demands on both the engine and the air suspension — this is a vehicle where thorough inspection of both systems, detailed on their own dedicated pages, matters more than on almost any other vehicle covered on this site.
Lighter-than-expected use (mostly on-road, minimal towing) tends to be kinder to both systems than the vehicle's capability might suggest is typical — worth asking about actual usage pattern rather than assuming heavy use from the vehicle's specification alone.
This is about the car itself — for engine-specific failure points, see the dedicated engine page below.
This Range Rover Sport is a defining application of the 3.0L TDV6. Full detail on injector and timing chain considerations lives on the dedicated engine page.
FULL ENGINE BREAKDOWNLand Rover 3.0L TDV6 Diesel — Reliable or Not →This vehicle's air suspension system has its own, separately documented set of concerns worth understanding before you buy.
Treat both the engine page's maintenance-history checklist and the air suspension page's inspection guidance as equally essential — this vehicle genuinely needs both.
Ask specifically whether the vehicle has been serviced by a Land Rover specialist rather than a generalist garage.
Observe the vehicle at rest after sitting overnight, checking for any corner sitting visibly lower than the others.