diff --git a/core/src/components/range/range.tsx b/core/src/components/range/range.tsx
index c3875c8e30e..2b0da05dad0 100644
--- a/core/src/components/range/range.tsx
+++ b/core/src/components/range/range.tsx
@@ -568,6 +568,22 @@ export class Range implements ComponentInterface {
     const { contentEl, initialContentScrollY } = this;
     const currentX = (detail as GestureDetail).currentX ?? (detail as MouseEvent).clientX;
 
+    /**
+     * Scrolling is disabled in `onMove`, which also assigns `pressedKnob`.
+     * A tap on the bar never drags, so `pressedKnob` is still undefined here
+     * and the content's original `scrollY` was never captured.
+     *
+     * Restore scrolling only after a drag that disabled it. Checking this
+     * after `setPressedKnob` would treat a tap as a drag and apply the
+     * default `initialContentScrollY` (`true`), re-enabling scrolling on
+     * an `ion-content` that had `scroll-y="false"`.
+     *
+     * The user can scroll on the view in the next gesture event.
+     */
+    if (contentEl && this.pressedKnob !== undefined) {
+      resetContentScrollY(contentEl, initialContentScrollY);
+    }
+
     /**
      * The `pressedKnob` can be undefined if the user never
      * dragged the knob. They just tapped on the bar.
@@ -580,16 +596,6 @@ export class Range implements ComponentInterface {
       this.setPressedKnob(currentX);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * The user is no longer dragging the bar or
-     * knob (if they were dragging it).
-     *
-     * The user can now scroll on the view in the next gesture event.
-     */
-    if (contentEl && this.pressedKnob !== undefined) {
-      resetContentScrollY(contentEl, initialContentScrollY);
-    }
-
     // update the active knob's position
     this.update(currentX);
 
diff --git a/core/src/components/range/test/scroll/range.e2e.ts b/core/src/components/range/test/scroll/range.e2e.ts
index 9353d5fe2d5..a049a853db4 100644
--- a/core/src/components/range/test/scroll/range.e2e.ts
+++ b/core/src/components/range/test/scroll/range.e2e.ts
@@ -42,5 +42,43 @@ configs({ modes: ['ios'], directions: ['ltr'] }).forEach(({ title, config }) =>
 
       expect(await scrollEl.evaluate((el: HTMLElement) => el.scrollTop)).toEqual(0);
     });
+
+    test('should not scroll after tapping the range bar when scrollY is false', async ({ page, skip }) => {
+      /**
+       * The Playwright team has stated that they will not implement this feature:
+       * https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/28755
+       */
+      skip.browser('webkit', 'mouse.wheel is not available in WebKit');
+
+      await page.goto(`/src/components/range/test/scroll/scroll-y-false.html`, config);
+
+      const rangeSlider = page.locator('ion-range .range-slider');
+      const scrollEl = page.locator('ion-content .inner-scroll');
+      const contentEl = page.locator('ion-content');
+
+      expect(await contentEl.evaluate((el: HTMLIonContentElement) => el.scrollY)).toBe(false);
+      expect(await scrollEl.evaluate((el: HTMLElement) => el.scrollHeight > el.clientHeight)).toBe(true);
+      expect(await scrollEl.evaluate((el: HTMLElement) => el.scrollTop)).toEqual(0);
+
+      /**
+       * Click the bar without dragging. A tap stays under the gesture
+       * threshold, so it goes through pointerup rather than the drag path.
+       */
+      await rangeSlider.click();
+      await page.waitForChanges();
+
+      expect(await contentEl.evaluate((el: HTMLIonContentElement) => el.scrollY)).toBe(false);
+
+      /**
+       * Do not use scrollToBottom() or other scrolling methods
+       * on ion-content as those will update the scroll position.
+       * Setting scrollTop still works even with overflow-y: hidden.
+       * However, simulating a user gesture should not scroll the content.
+       */
+      await page.mouse.wheel(0, 100);
+      await page.waitForChanges();
+
+      expect(await scrollEl.evaluate((el: HTMLElement) => el.scrollTop)).toEqual(0);
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/core/src/components/range/test/scroll/scroll-y-false.html b/core/src/components/range/test/scroll/scroll-y-false.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..444d09ec31e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/components/range/test/scroll/scroll-y-false.html
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en" dir="ltr">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
+    <title>Range - Scroll Y Disabled</title>
+    <meta
+      name="viewport"
+      content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no"
+    />
+    <link href="../../../../../css/ionic.bundle.css" rel="stylesheet" />
+    <link href="../../../../../scripts/testing/styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />
+    <script src="../../../../../scripts/testing/scripts.js"></script>
+    <script nomodule src="../../../../../dist/ionic/ionic.js"></script>
+    <script type="module" src="../../../../../dist/ionic/ionic.esm.js"></script>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <ion-app>
+      <ion-header>
+        <ion-toolbar>
+          <ion-title>Range - Scroll Y Disabled</ion-title>
+        </ion-toolbar>
+      </ion-header>
+
+      <ion-content class="ion-padding" scroll-y="false">
+        <p>
+          Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur faucibus nulla a nunc tincidunt semper. Nam
+          nibh lorem, pharetra ac ex ac, tempus fringilla est. Aenean tincidunt ipsum pellentesque, consequat libero id,
+          feugiat leo. In vestibulum faucibus velit, non tincidunt erat tincidunt in. Donec a diam sed nisl convallis
+          maximus. Aenean cursus sagittis lorem vitae tristique. Pellentesque pellentesque, quam eget lobortis finibus,
+          lectus lorem maximus purus, quis sagittis tortor sem sed tellus.
+        </p>
+
+        <ion-range value="40">
+          <div slot="label">Range Label</div>
+          <ion-label slot="start">Start</ion-label>
+          <ion-label slot="end">End</ion-label>
+        </ion-range>
+
+        <p>
+          Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur faucibus nulla a nunc tincidunt semper. Nam
+          nibh lorem, pharetra ac ex ac, tempus fringilla est. Aenean tincidunt ipsum pellentesque, consequat libero id,
+          feugiat leo. In vestibulum faucibus velit, non tincidunt erat tincidunt in. Donec a diam sed nisl convallis
+          maximus. Aenean cursus sagittis lorem vitae tristique. Pellentesque pellentesque, quam eget lobortis finibus,
+          lectus lorem maximus purus, quis sagittis tortor sem sed tellus.
+        </p>
+
+        <p>
+          Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur faucibus nulla a nunc tincidunt semper. Nam
+          nibh lorem, pharetra ac ex ac, tempus fringilla est. Aenean tincidunt ipsum pellentesque, consequat libero id,
+          feugiat leo. In vestibulum faucibus velit, non tincidunt erat tincidunt in. Donec a diam sed nisl convallis
+          maximus. Aenean cursus sagittis lorem vitae tristique. Pellentesque pellentesque, quam eget lobortis finibus,
+          lectus lorem maximus purus, quis sagittis tortor sem sed tellus.
+        </p>
+
+        <p>
+          Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur faucibus nulla a nunc tincidunt semper. Nam
+          nibh lorem, pharetra ac ex ac, tempus fringilla est. Aenean tincidunt ipsum pellentesque, consequat libero id,
+          feugiat leo. In vestibulum faucibus velit, non tincidunt erat tincidunt in. Donec a diam sed nisl convallis
+          maximus. Aenean cursus sagittis lorem vitae tristique. Pellentesque pellentesque, quam eget lobortis finibus,
+          lectus lorem maximus purus, quis sagittis tortor sem sed tellus.
+        </p>
+
+        <p>
+          Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur faucibus nulla a nunc tincidunt semper. Nam
+          nibh lorem, pharetra ac ex ac, tempus fringilla est. Aenean tincidunt ipsum pellentesque, consequat libero id,
+          feugiat leo. In vestibulum faucibus velit, non tincidunt erat tincidunt in. Donec a diam sed nisl convallis
+          maximus. Aenean cursus sagittis lorem vitae tristique. Pellentesque pellentesque, quam eget lobortis finibus,
+          lectus lorem maximus purus, quis sagittis tortor sem sed tellus.!
+        </p>
+      </ion-content>
+    </ion-app>
+  </body>
+</html>