Land Rover Range Rover Complaints (2005)

36 consumer complaints on file.

#10232627June 29, 2008
POWER TRAIN
INTERSTATE TRIP I-10 REMOTE AREA SOUTH OF MOBILE, ALABAMA. LOST ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AND WAS ONLY ABLE TO ROLL THE VEHICLE OFF THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. UNABLE TO MOVE VEHICLE FROM ROAD SHOULDER WITHOUT TOWING. FRONT DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE THAT REQUIRED TOWING AND REPLACEMENT OF DIFFERENTIAL. OCCURRED AT APPROX. 20000 MILES ON NEW RANGE ROVER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10221282March 15, 2008
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT, EQUIPMENT
I AM THE OWNER OF A 2005 RANGE ROVER. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED IN 2006 WITH 60,000 MILE'S ON IT. IN JUNE 2007, THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL BROKE WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF TWO BUSY INTERSECTIONS. TRAFFIC WAS HALTED UNTIL SOME MEN PUSHED MY CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THERE WAS NO WARNING LEADING UP TO THIS BREAKDOWN. IN FACT, THE CAR WAS JUST AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE 75,000 MILE CHECKUP. NOT TO MENTION RANGE ROVER CHARGED ME $3,000.00 FOR THIS REPAIR.. THE MOST RECENT FRONT DIFFERENTIAL BREAKDOWN WAS MORE SERIOUS SINCE IT OCCURRED ON THE EXPRESSWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. WHILE TRAVELING TO BIRMINGHAM AL. FROM ATLANTA GA. AT A SPEED OF 70 MILES PER/HR THE CAR MADE A SUDDEN GRINDING NOISE AND STOP ACCELERATING. ONCE I REALIZED WGAT WAS GOING ON I STARTED GETTING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT WAS SCARY BECAUSE PART OF THE TRUCK WAS STILL IN THE FREEWAY LANE AND TRUCKS AND CARS WERE AVOIDING HITTING US. MY TEENAGE SON HAD TO PUSH THE CAR OFF THE FREEWAY. AFTER THIS BEING THE SECOND TIME IN PERIL I AM NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE THAT I OWE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY ON. THIS LAST INCIDENT OCCURRED ON MARCH 07, 2008. THE PART WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY SINCE IT HAD ONLY BEEN 9 MONTHS AND LESS THAN 8,000 MILES SINCE THE LAST FRONT DIFFERENTIAL WAS REPLACED. OH BY THE WAY , THE CAR IS STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP IN BIRMINGHAM AL. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PARTS AND THE PARTS HAVEN'T ARRIVED YET. I HOPE SOMETHING CAN BE DONE TO HELP ME, AND OTHERS IN MY POSITION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10220974March 12, 2008
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT, EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL
THE FAILURE WHICH OCCURRED TWICE WAS THAT MY FRONT DIFFERENTIAL AND FRONT DRIVE SHAFT FAILED (FIRST TIME 48,000 MILES AND SECOND 68,000 MILES). WHAT WAS DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE WAS APPARENTLY ALL PARTS WERE CHANGED. CAR DOES NOT MOVE. OLD PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE TWICE AS MUCH AS A PRIVATE MECHANIC WANTS TO CHARGE. VEHICLE IS NOT OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY AND DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE PARTS FOR FREE. DEALER DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE HIGH RATE OF FRONT DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10220036March 4, 2008
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
WHILE DRIVING SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN 15-25 MILES AN HOUR, WITH NO WARNING WHATSOEVER, MY 2005 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER LOCKED UP IMMEDIATELY AND MADE A HORRIBLE GRINDING SOUND. THE CAR FROZE UP AND WOULD NOT PROCEED FORWARD AND I AM ASSUMING BECAUSE I WAS ACCELERATING AND BROUGHT TO AN ABRUPT STOP, THE CAR THEN STARTED TO SHAKE. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND WENT BACK INTO DRIVE, ONLY FOR THE CAR TO IMMEDIATELY MAKE THAT LOUD HORRIBLE GRINDING SOUND AGAIN. THE CAR WAS NOT DRIVABLE IN THE DRIVE POSITION, OR REVERSE. I HAD TO PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL AND PUSH IT HOME. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE SAFETY OF MYSELF AND PASSENGER COULD HAVE BEEN PUT IN JEOPARDY BECAUSE I DID JUST EXIT THE FREEWAY BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE RECALLED, AS I HAVE ALREADY FOUND MANY WEBSITES COMPLAINING OF THIS ISSUE. I COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED AND HOPE THAT SOMEONE INVESTIGATES THIS MATTER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10219552February 28, 2008
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
FAILURE OF FRONT DIFFERENTIAL ON 2005 RANGE ROVER, WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEMS WITH THIS COMPONENT ON THE VEHICLE BUT NO SAFETY RECALL AS OF YET. IMMOBILIZED VEHICLE ON EXTREMELY BUSY INTERSTATE (I35) IN DALLAS CAUSING SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC BACKUP, OVER $2K IN REPAIR COST. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10219047February 25, 2008
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
AROUND 12 AM ON 2/21/08 I WAS DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 29 SOUTH NEAR PLATTE CITY MO AT SPEEDS AROUND 70-75 MILES PER HOUR. AS I WAS PASSING ANOTHER CAR MY 2005 RANGE ROVER STARTED MAKING A LOUD GRINDING SOUND AND STARTED SLOW DOWN. I GOT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IT WOULD ALTHOUGH I PRESSED ON THE GAS THE TRUCK WOULD NOT MOVE. THE DEALER TOLD ME THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL AND DRIVE TRAIN BROKE AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR PARTS SINCE THIS IS A NATIONAL BACKORDER. IT HAS NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED AND THE OLD PARTS WILL BE PUT ON IT WHEN AVAILABLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10213308December 31, 2007
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
FRONT DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE. NO PRIOR WARNING. FAILED ON FREEWAY AT FREEWAY SPEED, 65/MPH TO 70/MPH. TRUCK COMPLETELY DISABLED. NO POWER FROM ENGINE TO WHEELS. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO CHANGE LANES AND GET TO SHOULDER OF FREEWAY (COASTING) WITHOUT CAUSING ACCIDENT. LAND ROVER PAID FOR REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER PROVIDED LOANER FOR DURATION OF REPAIR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10207532October 31, 2007
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
OCT. 5, 2007 AT 8AM- MY FAMILY AND I WERE RIDING ON I-94W, 100 MILES FROM HOME, AT APPROX. 65MPH, AND THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE. THEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. LUCKILY WE MADE IT PARTIALLY TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. VEHICLE WAS IMMEDIATELY TOWED BY STATE TOW, BECAUSE LOCATION OF VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE, TO THE NEAREST DEALER 20 MIN AWAY. BECAUSE I WAS AT 56K MILES DEALER REQUIRED ME TO PAY FOR RENTAL. TWO DAYS LATER ON MONDAY, DIAGNOSIS WAS FRONT DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE. THEN AFTER DIFFERENTIAL WAS FIXED DEALER SAID THE TRANSFER CASE WAS BAD. LATEST, AS OF TODAY, 26 DAYS LATER, I AM STILL WAITING FOR TRANSFER CASE TO BE FIXED, WHICH WILL NOT BE IN UNTIL NOV. 8TH. STILL RENTING A MINI VAN, PAYING $30/DAY FOR RENTAL, AND PAYING MY RANGE ROVER NOTE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10204828October 4, 2007
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
DRIVING UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS WITHOUT ANY UNDUE STRESS ON THE VEHICLE THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL STRIPPED OUT AND MY VEHICLE COMPLETELY LOST POWER TO THE WHEELS. LAND ROVER IS NOW REPLACING THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL BUT HAS MADE NO TECHNICAL MODIFICATIONS TO PREVENT THIS FROM OCCURRING AGAIN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10187442April 10, 2007
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
FRONT DIFFERNTIAL FAILURE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10187451April 10, 2007
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
FRONT DIFFERNTIAL FAILURE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10186077March 24, 2007
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
LAST SUNDAY, I WAS TRAVELING IN THE 2005 RANGE ROVERON AN INTERSTATE 100 MILES FROM MY HOME. THE TRANSISSION SUDDENLY FAILED & I HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER NEAR MY HOME. ON MONDAY I SOPKE TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT TOLD ME THE PROBLEM WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT THE CAR THERE WAS A DEFECT IN THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OF THE LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL, AND THEY WERE ORDERING THE PART AND RENTING ME A CAR. ON FURTHER DISCUSSION THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE A REWORKED REPLACEDMENT, AND IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE GETTING AT LEAST ONE CAR A WEEK WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT, WHY ARE THEY ONLY FIXING IT AFTER THE FACT. THERE COULD BE SERIOUS INJURY TO OTHER DRIVERS WHO SUDDENLY HAVE THIS POWER LOSS. I WAS LUCKY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10185003March 13, 2007
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT MY 2005 RR (30000 KMS - BUILD DATE 01/05) TD6 IS CURRENTLY HAVING THE DIFFERENTAIL AND PROP SHAFT REPLACED. THE CAR HAS BEEN MAKING A GRINDING NOISE WHEN MOVING FORWARD AT A SLOW PACE GRADUALLY GETTING WORSE OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS. THIS NOISE WILL ONLY OCCUR WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN GEAR (D) AND ONLY WHEN TRAVELING VERY SLOWLY, THE NOISE DISAPPEARS WHEN NEUTRAL IS SELECTED EVEN WHILE THE VEHICLE IS STILL ROLLING. THE FRONT PROP SHAFT SEAL (TRANSMISSION END) HAS ALSO FAILED AND LEAKING OIL. THREE MONTHS AGO THE AIR COMPRESSOR WAS REPLACED AS THE ORIGINAL FAILED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10176690December 20, 2006
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
WHILE TRAVELING 50 MPH ON FEEDER OF I-10, HEARD A LOUD NOISE WITH INSTANT WHEEL LOCKING, GAINED CONTROL AND PULLED OVER AS I HAD NO POWER. CPU SAID TO SELECT NEUTRAL WHICH I DID. ATTEMPTED TO PUT IN DRIVE AND HEARD A LOUD SCREECHING NOISE ALTHOUGH THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. CALLED TOW TRUCK AND HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHO DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS DIFFERENTIAL AND DRIVE SHAFT. SERVICE ADVISOR SAID WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM. GOT ONLINE AND DISCOVERED PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. CAR IS A 2004 RANGE ROVER HSE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109830February 4, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10108276January 31, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY, EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
I OWN A RANGE ROVER, COUNTY MODEL VIN: [XXX], PURCHASED IN 1992. I HAVE REPLACED 2 FUEL TANKS DUE TO WHAT 2 DIFFERENT MECHANICS HAVE TOLD ME IS LEAKING FUEL DUE TO FAULTY SEAMS ON THE PLASTIC FUEL TANKS. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE A NEW FUEL TANK BECAUSE I AM TOLD BY LAND ROVER THAT THE TANK IS NO LONGER IN PRODUCTION BECAUSE ROVER IS UNABLE TO SECURE A FUEL TANK MANUFACTURER. AFTER MARKET COMPANIES HAVE TOLD ME THE SAME. I HAVE CONTACTED LAND ROVER AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT NO RECALL HAS HAPPENED AT THIS POINT IN TIME. I AM ABLE TO SMELL FUEL AROUND MY VEHICLE ESPECIALLY AFTER FILLING THE TANK. IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO BELIEVE THAT FUEL TANKS SHOULD LAST THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT EVER LEAKING, ESPECIALLY 2 FUEL TANKS. THE REPLACEMENT FUEL TANKS SHOULD ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE EVEN IF THERE IS NOT A RECALL. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS PRESENTS A FIRE HAZARD AND THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED. I BELIEVE THAT THIS MATTER NEEDS THE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION OF THE NHTSA. I AM TOLD BY ROVER MECHANICS THAT OTHER OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM, AND THAT ROVER'S DISCONTINUANCE OF PRODUCTION IS THE RESULT OF THE "PROBLEMS THEY ARE HAVING WITH TANK FAILURE". WHAT ARE WE TO DO? THEY WON'T RECALL A KNOWN PROBLEM AND EVERY DAY WE DRIVE OUR FAMILY AROUND WITH A STRONG ODOR OF GAS FUMES COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COSTLY REPAIR INVOLVING WHAT COULD BE A LIFE THREATENING PROBLEM. PLEASE REPLY.*AK UPDATED 07/24/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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