Land Rover Range Rover Complaints (2004)

67 consumer complaints on file.

#10222120March 24, 2008
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
I WAS TRAVELING HOME ON I-H201 WHEN THERE WAS A LOUD GEAR CRANKING SOUND AND THE VEHICLE COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. THE WARNING CAME ON AND SAID TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE ROLLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NEEDED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP BECAUSE IT COULDN'T SHIFT INTO PARK. IT WAS TOWED IN AND THE DEALER SAID THAT IT WAS A FRONT DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE WHICH WAS COMMON WITH THIS YEAR. IT'S LUCKY THAT IT HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN THERE WASN'T ANY TRAFFIC. THERE WEREN'T ANY MECHANICAL WARNINGS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. *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
#10220977March 12, 2008
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
FIRST OCCURRENCE - DRIVING IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT 10-15MPH. MY 2003 RR MADE A BIG CLUNKING NOISE THEN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED AND AWFUL SCREECHING NOISE. I WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE, TRUCK INSTANTLY STOPPED AND SCREEN STATED PUT IN NEUTRAL. I WAS STRANDED ON SIDE OF ROAD WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK WITH MY 3 CHILDREN, THE YOUNGEST WAS 4 MONTHS. SECOND OCCURRENCE - LESS THAN 1 YEAR LATER, I WAS ON VACATION IN CLEVELAND OHIO THANKSGIVING TIME. DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH AND THE SAME EXACT NOISE HAPPENED AND INSTANTLY THE TRUCK STOPPED, I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS. IT WAS 11:30 PM, I CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND THERE WERE NO TOW COMPANIES OPEN. FINALLY SOMEONE CAME TO ASSIST ME AND PUSHED MY 7000LB TRUCK INTO AN EMPTY LOT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. WHEN THE HELP ARRIVED THEY PARKED ABOUT 3 FEET BEHIND MY TRUCK, NOT KNOWING THE TRUCK WAS NOT SAFE IN PARK MY TRUCK DRIFTED BACK AND HIT HIS NEW BMW TRUCK. BOTH TIMES THE DIFFERENTIAL WENT UP I HAD TO PAY FOR IT! OVER $2500 BOTH TIMES NOT TO MENTION THE COST TO TOW MY TRUCK BACK TO MD FROM OHIO $1600. I MUST SAY THAT WHEN MY TRUCK ARRIVED AT THE SHOP ALL OF THE MECHANICS KNEW ABOUT THE ISSUE WITH RR'S AND THEIR DIFFERENTIALS. THIS IS SO SAD, THERE IS NO WARNING IT JUST HAPPENS. I EXPECTED SO MUCH MORE FROM RANGE ROVER, THE NAME TO ME MEANS QUALITY BUT THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT LIVED UP TO ITS NAME. NOT TO MENTION THAT THE COMPANY HAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES AND THEY STILL WILL NOT TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THIS DEFECT. THERE ARE MANY MORE STORIES LIKE THIS, COINCIDENTAL AS IT SEEMS MY GOOD FRIEND WITH A 2004 RR DIFFERENTIAL WENT UP THE SAME DAY AS MINE, LUCKILY SHE WAS STILL COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10220849March 11, 2008
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
I WAS TRAVELING IN MY 2004 RANGE ROVER WITH 47K MILES ON I-H201 IN HAWAII AT 55 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY REVVED UP, THE WARNING SIGN CAME ON AND SAID TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND IT STOPPED ACCELERATING. I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND ROLLED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE CAR COULD NOT LONGER GET INTO GEAR, MADE HORRIBLE GRINDING NOISES, AND ONLY COULD ONLY STOP WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED (PUTTING THE CAR IN PARK DID NOTHING). THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED INTO THE LAND ROVER DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THAT THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL WAS COMPLETELY GONE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, ALONG WITH THE DRIVE SHAFT. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS FAULT AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY LAND ROVER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10219852March 2, 2008
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
MY HUSBAND, SON 10 YRS OLD, MYSELF , AND TWO PUGS WERE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 31 AT APPX 65 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY OUR CAR MADE A LOUD CRACK NOISE AND SUDDENLY STOPPED ACCELERATING TELLING US TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL. WE WERE ON OUR WAY ON VACATION APPX 90 MILES OUT OF TOWN. FORTUNATELY THE LAND ROVER DEALER WAS OPEN AT 630 PM AND WHEN WE DESCRIBED WHAT HAD HAPPENED HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. WE HAD TO WAIT 3 HOURS ON BARELY WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD IN THE SNOW AND WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO TOW OUR CAR TO THE NEAREST LAND ROVER DEALER. THE CAR HAS 54,000 MILES ON IT AND WE PAID 63,000 DOLLARS FOR THE VEHICLE. IT WAS COMPLETELY INCOMPACITATED AND LEFT US STRANDED IN A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE WITH ABSOUTELY NO RECOURSE OTHER THAN TOWING. THANK GOD WE MADE IT SAFELY HOWEVER THIS SITUATION COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A VERY DIFFERENT OUTCOME. TO DATE MY CAR IS STILL OUT OF SERVICE AND I A, LEFT WITHOUT A VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10219301February 27, 2008
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
2004 RANGE ROVER FRONT DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE ON HIGHWAY, SUDDENLY LOST POWER COULD HAVE BEEN VERY SERIOUS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, HAD TODDLER AND INFANT IN CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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