1998 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY Complaints

NON DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIRBAG IN FRONTAL ACCIDENT SEVERE ENOUGH TO DISTORT VEHICLE'S FRAME (1998 LANDROVER DISCOVERY). *JB

DASHLIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, TIE ROD COLLAPSED AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *AK *TS *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED FRONT RIGHT TIRE WOULD SHAKE AND WIGGLE WHEN DRIVING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

PURCHASED A 1998 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY LSE WITH 79000 MILES IN JANUARY 2003 AND 7 MONTHS LATER THE FRONT U-JOINT FAILED, BENDING THE DRIVESHAFT AND DAMAGED CASE ON TRANSMISSION WHILE TRAVELING FROM IN ON VACATION TO TNENNESSE. *AK

THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *JB THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE IN THE DRIVER SIDE DASH. THE CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE, THEN VIEWED LIGHT GRAY SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE DASHBOARD BELOW THE STEERING COLUMN. SCC

WHILE DRIVING IN A FRONTAL COLLISION NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING INJURIES TO DRIVER.*AK

THE SHOULDER SEAT BELT ADJUSTER CONSISTS OF A KNOB AT THE PASSENGERS SHOULDER AND IT STICKS OUT ABOUT AN INCH, CONSUMER STATES THAT IF THE VEHICLE WERE TO BE INVOLVED IN A COLLISION, THE PASSENGERS SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT CAN BE THROWN FORWARD AND CUT BADLY ON THE ADJUSTER. *SLC

SEAT WARMER HAS BEEN IN USE FOR TEN MINUTES WHEN CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE AND A SMALL HOLE IN DRIVER'S SEAT. CONSUMER FELT THAT IF VEHICLE WAS AT A STAND STILL CONSUMER COULD HAVE BEEN BURNED. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 18000 MILES. CONSUMER HAD CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALE R SAID THAT BRAKES HAD TO BE INSPECTED EVERY 3000 MILES. BRAKE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO BAD OPERATION OF VEHICLE.*AK