Land Rover LR2 Complaints (2008)

85 consumer complaints on file.

• #10240779September 3, 2008
  ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  FIRST BRAND NEW LANDROVER LR2 HAD FAILED TO OPERATE WHILE DRIVING TWICE. BROUGHT INTO DEALERSHIP--TOLD ME TRANSMISSION FAILED AND GAVE ME ANOTHER NEW LR2. THIS SECOND LR2 HAS OVERHEATED TWICE (AGAIN, WHILE DRIVING). THE MOST RECENT EVENT OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING IN THE CITY AND SUDDENLY STARTED TO OVERHEAT WHILE DRIVING. I IMMEDIATELY DROPPED IT OFF AT THE DEALERSHIP WHICH WAS NEARBY AND SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE HOOD. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR GOING ON TO FOUR WEEKS NOW. *TR

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• #10233668July 9, 2008
  ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  I BOUGHT A 2008 LAND ROVER LR2, ABOUT 6 MONTHS AFTER THE PURCHASE I STARTED TO HAVE PROBLEMS TURNING THE CAR ON, THE ENGINE WOULD TURN BUT THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T START. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES (EACH TIME I LEFT THE CAR FROM 2 TO 4 DAYS IN THE DEALERSHIP) ONLY TO TELL ME (THE FOURTH TIME) THAT THE PROBLEM DIDN'T HAVE A FIX, THAT LAND ROVER WAS WORKING TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THEY FOUND ONE. SO NOW EVERY TIME I DRIVE MY CAR FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES (TO THE MARKET, THE MOVIES, GAS STATION, ALMOST EVERYWHERE) THE CAR DOESN'T START, IT TAKES ABOUT 2 TO 5 MINUTES AND ABOUT 5 TRIES TO GET IT STARTED, IT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE MUCH, BUT AFTER IT HAPPENS 3 OR 4 TIMES A DAY IT BECOMES REALLY IRRITATING NOT TO MENTION THAT YOU HAVE AN UNRELIABLE $42K VEHICLE WITH ONLY 15K MILES. *TR

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• #10226032April 29, 2008
  LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR

  MY RIGHT FRONT DOOR OPENED ONE TIME WHILE DRIVING. THE SAME DOOR HAS HAD ISSUES LATCHING DURING NORMAL DOOR CLOSING. *TR

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• #10210020November 27, 2007
  ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

  THIS VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 5000 MILES AND HAS BEEN BACK TO THE LOCAL LAND ROVER DEALER NOW 3 TIMES FOR WHAT CAN BEST BE DESCRIBED AS A COMPLETE LACK OF ENGINE POWER, ALMOST AS IF IT IS BEING STARVED OF FUEL, ALWAYS MORE THAN 1/4 TANK WHEN THIS HAS OCCURRED. THE FIRST TWO TRIPS TO THE DEALER FOR THIS PROBLEM WERE FOR A "SOFTWARE UPDATE" WHICH APPEARED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, UNTIL IT RESURFACES A FEW WEEKS OR A MONTH LATER. ON THE MOST RESENT TRIP TO THE DEALER WE WERE INFORMED THAT THERE WAS SOME PROBLEM WITH THE RECEIVER IN THE DASHBOARD FOR THE ELECTRONIC KEY AND THAT THIS WAS NOW THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

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• #10209816November 24, 2007
  BACK OVER PREVENTION:WARNINGS:EXTERNAL/PEDESTRIAN ALERT

  2008 LAND ROVER LR2 - OCCASIONALLY THE PARK ASSIST WILL NOT SOUND WHEN GEAR SELECTOR IS IN "REVERSE" POSITION-SINCE THE VEHICLE HAS BIG BLIND SPOTS, PARK ASSIST IS A MAJOR SAFETY FACTOR WHEN BACKING UP THE VEHICLE. CURRENT SOLUTION IS TO RE-LOAD THE SOFTWARE, BUT THE PROBLEM COMES BACK IN A FEW WEEKS, REQUIRING ANOTHER TRIP TO THE DEALER TO RE-LOAD THE SAME DEFECTIVE SOFTWARE. THIS PROBLEM IS WELL DOCUMENTED ON LAND ROVER FORUMS (INCLUDING UK), OWNERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT TO THE VARIOUS DEALERSHIPS, INCLUDING UK-NO PERMANENT FIX FROM LAND ROVER, EVEN THAT LR2 IS IN PRODUCTION FOR ABOUT 1 YEAR . *TR

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