While driving south on I-95 from Virginia into North Carolina, we experienced serious brake failure. The power brakes went out completely. The Evoque is almost 10 years old with about 95K miles, we bought it new and we've maintained it meticulously (new rear brakes installed late May, 2022). We had been driving in fairly heavy traffic for the first 200 miles of our trip, with plenty of stop & go, and no issues. When we decided to exit at the NC Welcome Center, my wife was driving and when she tried to break on the exit ramp, nothing happened! We were lucky no cars or pedestrians were in front of us, and lucky it was a long exit ramp. She kept her foot on the brake as hard as possible, and we gradually slowed to a manageable speed and parked. First I checked myself and sure enough the car wouldn't stop as soon as I put it in gear. Next I checked the brake fluid, which was full. I tried pumping the brakes, and everything else I could thing of but the brakes would not work at all. While waiting 3.5 hours for a tow truck, I did some research and learned that this issue of power assist failure in the 2012-2019 Evoque models has been under review by the NHTSA already. Our Evoque had a Virginia safety inspection in May 2022 when the new rear brakes were installed, and there were absolutely no warning lights or other indications of trouble or risk. This situation could have ended very seriously if we hadn't pulled over for a break. Now that I know this has happened with other Evoques, I expect Land Rover to pay for the repair; I've also lost confidence in the Evoque power assist configuration and I think Land Rover needs to issue a safety recall.

- Broadlands, VA, USA

Similar to those issues identified in Open Investigation EA 20-001, I was driving two boy scouts to camp when my vehicle's brakes no longer worked. The brake pedal was firm and vehicle would not slow down almost resulting in a catastrophic crash on Interstate 95. Was able to veer off the road into the shoulder and up a ramp with a hill to slow down to safety. Vehicle is currently at dealer for diagnostics and repair.

- Burke, VA, USA

The contact owns a 2013 Land Rover Range rover evoque. While driving down a hill at approximately 25 mph, the braking system malfunctioned. The contact stated that the brake pedal became very stiff when depressed and the vehicle failed to stop. The driver had to use the emergency brake to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer (Land Rover chantilly, 4120 auto park cir, chantilly, va 20151) and the brake vent booster was replaced. After retrieving the vehicle, the failure recurred while driving on a level surface. The vehicle was towed back to the dealer who replaced the brake booster and brake valves, but the failure recurred while driving in reverse on an incline. The vehicle was driven back to the dealer and the contact was informed that the vehicle was operating normally and there was no failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 56,000.

- Culpepper, VA, USA

Family of four driving at highway speed of 70mph when brakes gave out. Driving straight on flat highway in sunny day conditions. Could not stop the car. After barely missing causing a major accident, was able to make it to the shoulder. The car is only four years old with 47K miles. Vacum pump at fault. A modern 4 year old car shouldn't put peoples lives at risk for mass break system failure. We are fortunate to have avoided the accident but people could have died. I contacted range rover corporate but did not show any concern.

- Hinsdale, IL, USA

The contact owns a 2013 Range rover evoque. While driving 35 mph, the brake pedal was depressed and failed to respond. As a result, the contact crashed into the rear of another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. Two months prior to the crash, the brakes failed to respond. The contact pulled over and noticed fluid coming from the front driver side wheel. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the brake fluid hose was damaged and needed replacement. The repairs were completed. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 52,600.

- Tyler, TX, USA

We were headed down a fairly steep grade that was covered in packed snow conditions, there is a button in the car that controls various terrain conditions and one of them has a snowflake on it, my wife suggested we put it in that position and I thought that would be good since it was snowing. There is also a hill decent button that controls speed going down hill that we had been using earlier on dry conditions that was engaged. As we headed down the slick grade at a crawling rate of speed the cars brakes locked down to the best of my knowledge the wheels were totally sliding the anti-lock system was making noise but we were just sliding. I had no luck turning the wheel or assisting the brakes to get the car to stop sliding, we were in no doubt headed off the road and down a mountain when I decided to step on the accelerator pedal and this unlocked the brakes so I could turn, as soon as I let off the gas it would lock back down and start sliding. There was a road just ahead of us to the right that headed up the mountain so I stepped on the gas and took it up the road to get the car to stop while we were still alive. We then looked in the owners manual and it did not mention if you put the car in snow flake mode it would lock down the wheels on steep grades. So after my wife said we are selling this piece of C--- I put the car back in regular driving mode and we headed back down the slope just using a low gear and manual braking and this would work if you did not push on the brake to hard, then it would start sliding again. So we took it to the dealer when we had a chance and they said it was fine! I still do not see any warnings about not putting the car in certain positions for various driving conditions on any buttons in the car or in the owners manual.

- Kress, TX, USA