2001 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY Complaints

VEHICLE WAS SERVICE FOR OIL CHANGE IN A.M. DROVE ABOUT 90 MILES, VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND HAD TO BE TOWED. RED FLUID LEAKING. CALLED DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT COULD BE THE TRANMISSION FLUID. SIMLIAR THING HAPPENED ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO ON THE WAY BACK FROM BOSTON (2.5 HOURS AWAY). TEMPERATURE GAGE SHOT UP WITHIN 30 SECONDS AND CAR OVERHEATED. FLUID LEAKED ON HIGHWAY. HAD TO GET IT TOWED. WOUND UP REPLACING ENTIRE ENGINE THAT I HAD TO PAY FOR. BILL WAS OVER $4500. DEALERSHIP SAID IT MUST HAVE LEAKED OUT. I FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE AS I GET IT SERVICED EVERY 3,000 MILES AND HAVE IT PARKED THE SAME PLACE IN THE GARAGE EVERY DAY.*AK

SITUATION: WIFE AND 3-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WERE LOCKED IN THE CAR - UNABLE TO GET OUT. POLICE AND LOCKSMITH CALLED - BOTH, UNABLE TO UNLOCK CAR. POLICE HAD TO BREAK WINDOW SO THEY COULD GET OUT. THIS HAPPENED ON HIGH TEMPERATURE DAY IN A PUBLIC AREA. *AK WIFE PARKED CAR AT GROCERY STORE AND PROCEEDED TO GET OUT. SHE ACCIDENTALLY PRESSED DOWN ON THE DOOR LOCK, LOCKING THE DOORS. WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE DOOR IT WOULD NOT UNLOCK. SHE ATTEMPTED TO RESTART CAR AND IT WOULD CRANK BUT NOT RUN. SHE PULLED UP ON THE DOOR LOCK BUT DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. SHE ATTEMPTED TO RESTART CAR AGAIN. WHEN KEY WAS ENTERED INTO IGNITION, THE ALARM SOUNDED. SHE HONKED DOWN A NEARBY POLICEMAN, WHO PROCEEDED TO CALL THREE OTHER POLICEMEN AND A LOCKSMITH. NONE OF WHICH COULD UNLOCK THE CAR. EVENTUALLY THEY BROKE THE WINDOW TO GET THEM OUT. CAR IS CURRENTLY BEING TOWED TO PLAZA LAND ROVER IN ST. LOUIS, MO. I HAVE CALLED LAND ROVER N.A. NO DETERMINATION AS OF YET. IF THIS SITUATION HAD OCCURRED IN A NON-PUBLIC LOCATION, THE RESULTS COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE DIRE.

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH AND WHEN APPROACHING A TURN VEHICLE SWAYED FROM SIDE TO SIDE. AFTER LOSING CONTROL VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SWAY FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THEN, VEHICLE TIPPED OVER AND FLIPPED SEVERAL TIMES INTO A DITCH. FOUR PERSONS WERE SLIGHTLY INJURED IN THE INCIDENT. A LAND ROVER MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT STABILIZER BAR WAS THE LIKELY CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH AND UPON APPROACHING A TURN IN THE ROAD VEHICLE STARTED SWAYING FROM SIDE TO SIDE. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SWAY, CAUSING IT TO TIP OVER. THEN, VEHICLE FLIPPED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. CONSUMER AND FAMILY SUFFERED MINOR SCRAPES AND BRUISES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY A RED LIGHT NEXT TO THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE CAME ON AND THE TEMPERATURE LEVER WENT TO HIGH. COOLANT PRESSURE CONNECTION WAS DISCONNECTED, AND ALL THE COOLANT LEAKED OUT. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO SEVERAL COMPONENTS. THE OFFICIAL CAUSE HAD NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED ALTHOUGH DEALERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS PROBLEM EXISTED WITH THE 1999 MODELS. *AK

WHILE PARKING FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL GAVE WAY AND FOLDED UNDER VEHICLE. *MR THE CONSUMERS SON RECEIVED A BRUISE FROM THE SEAT BELT. THE CONSUMERS MECHANIC STATED THAT THE BALL JOINT HAD GIVEN AWAY. THE CONSUMER FELT THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD COVER THE REPAIRS. SCC

THE CONSUMER WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL HAD GIVEN AWAY AND FOLDED UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THE UPPER BALL JOINT HAD FAILED AND THE CONSUMER MUST HAVE HIT AN OBJECT. MR SCC *JB

WHEN THE CONSUMER TRIED TO BY PASS AND OBJECT IN THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER, THE DRIVER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.*JB

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

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