2001 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY II Complaints

BRAKE PEDAL LOW WHEN PUSHED FOR FIRST TIME. PEDAL WILL PUMP UP TO WHERE I WOULD CONSIDER IT A GOOD BRAKE PEDAL. PEDAL WILL ALSO CREEP DOWN WITH PRESSURE BEING HELD, HOWEVER BRAKE WARNING LIGHT DOES NOT LIGHT. TOOK TO DEALER TWICE FOR THIS COMPLAINT AND THEY SAID IT WAS NORMAL NO FAILURES YET, BUT WAITING!*JB

OWNER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH AND VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AND BEGAN ACCELERATING. VEHICLE WENT ACROSS A DITCH, AND LANDED UP SIDE DOWN. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. ALSO, UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL IN 2002 CONCERNING AND ACCELERATOR PROBLEM. THE RECALL WAS FOR HIS MODEL AND YEAR VEHICLE AND BELIEVES IT'S POSSIBLY RELATED THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION HE EXPERIENCED. *BF *NM

ON MY 2001 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY II MY GAS PEDAL WOULD GET STUCK, ESPECIALLY WHEN FIRST TURNING THE CAR ON. SOMETIMES I WOULD PRESS ON THE GAS PEDAL AND AND I'D HAVE TO PRESS DOUBLY HARD TO GET THE CAR TO MOVE, OF COURSE RESULTING IN A BIGGER FORWARD SURGE THAN I EXPECTED WHICH IS DANGEROUS. SOMETIMES I WOULD JUST TAP ON THE GAS PEDAL AND IT WOULD SURGE FORWARD ON ITS OWN. THIS REMINDED ME VERY MUCH OF THE MAJOR RECALL A DOZEN OR SO YEARS AGO OF THE AUDI CARS THAT HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM. WHEN I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER, I HAD TO PAY $89.00 TO FIX IT. THEY SAID THAT YES THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM--THE THROTTLE GETS DIRT IN IT AND BACKED UP AND CLOGGED SO THEY HAVE TO CLEAN IT OUT. IN FACT, THE SERVICE PERSON SAID, IT IS SO COMMON A PROBLEM THAT HE THEN PICKED UP A THROTTLE ON THE TABLE, AND SAID THEY KEEP THIS THROTTLE HERE ON DISPLAY IN THE SHOWROOM TO SHOW CUSTOMERS HOW IT GETS STUCK. ALTHOUGH I FIXED THIS PROBLEM ON MARCH 15, 2004, THIS INCIDENT ALWAYS BOTHERED ME. I FEEL THAT THE MANUFACTURER KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM WHICH CAN BE QUITE DANGEROUS AND THAT THE PROBLEM IS ACTUALLY FREQUENT ENOUGH THAT THEY HAVE A MODEL ON DISPLAY TO WARRANT IT A RECALL.*AK

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.

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

CONSUMER WANTED TO BACK VEHICLE UP 3-4 FEET, WHEN HE APPLIED BRAKES, THERE WAS A RATTLING SOUND FROM ABS SYSTEM AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. BRAKES HAD FAILED THE SAME WAY TWICE BEFORE. DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES WAS 4000 DOLLARS. RECALL 02V02200 REPAIRS WERE DONE BEFORE THIS ACCIDENT.*AK SINCE REPORTING THE PREVIOUS, THE VEHICLES BRAKES FAILED AGAIN. CONSUMER PUT FOOT ON THE BRAKE SO HE COULD SHIFT GEARS. THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL FORWARD WHILE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED. CONSUMER PLACED CAR IN PARK AND PUMPED BRAKES. THE BRAKES WERE OPERABLE AFTER THAT. *JG

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO APPLY THE BRAKE PEDAL CONSUMER IS ACTUALLY DEPRESSING ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT SAME TIME. CONSUMER FEELS THAT BRAKE PEDAL AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL ARE TOO CLOSE WHICH IS CAUSING PEDAL MISAPPLICATION. *AK