Land Rover Discovery Complaints (2001)

44 consumer complaints on file.

• #10002076January 6, 2003
  POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH

  CONSUMER PARKED VEHICLE, TOOK KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION, AND GOT OUT OF VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN A HILL AND CRASHED A RETAINING WALL WITHOUT ANYONE BEING IN THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ENTER TRANSMISSION SHIFT LOCK SYSTEM. PH

  Crash:

  Yes

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #768543October 16, 2002
  STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)

  VEHICLE WAS PARKED OUTSIDE MY HOME. KEYS WERE INSIDE HOUSE. DAUGHTER RETURNS HOME TO TELL ME MY CAR IS IN NEIGHBORS YARD. UPON INVESTIGATION IT SEEMS MY GEARS COULD BE MOVED WITHOUT KEY IN IGNITION AND MY KEYS COULD BE REMOVED IN ANY GEAR SELECTED. MY VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFELY IN PARK, MAYBE R! MY VEHICLE RAN DOWN THE HILL, CROSSED THE ROAD AND RESTED UNDER MY NEIGHBORS TREE, SMASHED TO PULP. MANUAL SAYS KEYS CANNOT BE REMOVED UNLESS IN PARK. NOT SO. I HAVE VIDEO PROOF AND WITNESSES TO PROBLEM. DEALER EXAMINED VEHICLE AND FOUND COINS UNDER THE GEAR MOUNT THAT THEY SAY CAUSED THE PROBLEM. IF SO THERE IS A MAJOR FLAW IN THE MOUNTING THAT WOULD ALLOW COINS TO ENTER THE HOUSING. THIS WAS A LOANER VEHICLE I PURCHASED FROM LR. I DONT KEEP COINS ON MY GEAR TRAY. LR NA STATE IT IS NOT A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AS THE COINS WERE AMERICAN NOT ENGLISH.IT IS HUMAN ERROR RATHER THAN A FAULTY MOUNT. I DISAGREE. PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I WAS TOLD TO USE MY PARKING BRAKE AT ALL TIMES. THE DEALERS LOT SHOW NONE WITH THEIR PARKING BRAKE ON. I COULD SLIDE COINS UNDER THE GEAR MOUNT OF SOME VEHICLES THAT WERE LEFT OPEN. I WENT ON LINE TO SPEAK TO MECHANICS. OTHERS HAVE SEEN THIS FLAW. LR SHOULD ACT QUICKER TO INVESTIGATE. THEY TOLD ME TO ACTIVATE MY INSURANCE, MY DEDUCTIBLE AND RENT A CAR AS THEY DONT FEEL RESPONSIBLE, AS YET , IF AT ALL. I DISAGREE, HAVE PROOF AND AM APPEALING FOR SAFETY SAKE THAT THIS FLAW IS RECTIFIED AND LR ACT RESPONSIBLY. IT TOOK THE LR REP 1 WEEK TO CONTACT MY DEALER, AND 1 WEEK LATER I AM STILL AT THE NO CLUE STAGE WITH LR. SHOCKED, ANGRY AND DISAPPOINTED WITH LR REACTION. OTHER OWNERS BEWARE AND CONTACT YOUR DEALER FOR YOUR KIDS SAKE. MR

  Crash:

  Yes

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #8012213June 20, 2002
  SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

  CONSUMER WANTED TO BACK VEHICLE UP 3-4 FEET, WHEN HE APPLIED BRAKES, THERE WAS A RATTLING SOUND FROM ABS SYSTEM AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. BRAKES HAD FAILED THE SAME WAY TWICE BEFORE. DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES WAS 4000 DOLLARS. RECALL 02V02200 REPAIRS WERE DONE BEFORE THIS ACCIDENT.*AK SINCE REPORTING THE PREVIOUS, THE VEHICLES BRAKES FAILED AGAIN. CONSUMER PUT FOOT ON THE BRAKE SO HE COULD SHIFT GEARS. THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL FORWARD WHILE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED. CONSUMER PLACED CAR IN PARK AND PUMPED BRAKES. THE BRAKES WERE OPERABLE AFTER THAT. *JG

  Crash:

  Yes

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0

• #890760June 20, 2001
  VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

  WHEN ATTEMPTING TO APPLY THE BRAKE PEDAL CONSUMER IS ACTUALLY DEPRESSING ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT SAME TIME. CONSUMER FEELS THAT BRAKE PEDAL AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL ARE TOO CLOSE WHICH IS CAUSING PEDAL MISAPPLICATION. *AK

  Crash:

  No

  Fire:

  No

  Injuries:

  0

  Deaths:

  0