2000 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY II Complaints

VEHICLE STRUCK A CHEVROLET ASTRO HEAD ON TRAVELING AT APPROX. 35 MPH. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK. DRIVER SUFFERED HAND AND FOOT INJURIES. THE FRONT PASSENGER WAS THROWN FORWARD FRACTURING THE LEFT EYE ORBIT ON THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. THE MIDDLE BACK PASSENGER WAS FLUNG FORWARD AND THROWN BACK, CAUSING A SHOULDER INJURY, THE SECOND BACK SEAT PASSENGER WAS IN A CAR SEAT AND SUFFERED FROM JUST THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT. *JB **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****760757

WHILE CHANGING LANES ON THE HIGHWAY, THE TOP OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SWAY FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE STEERING. THE VEHICLE TRAVELED AWAY FROM THE PAVEMENT, ONTO THE RIGHT UNIMPROVED SHOULDER, AND COLLIDED WITH A LARGE TREE. THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY BURST INTO FLAMES AND CONTINUED TO BURN UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. MOST OF THE VEHICLE AND ALL PERSONAL BELONGINGS WERE LOST IN THE FIRE.*AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS CAUSED US A LOT OF INCONVENIENCE. THE RECENT ACCIDENTS (WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF EACH OTHER) HAVE ALSO CAUSED US TO LOSE CONFIDENCE IN THE VEHICLE, LET ALONG THE FINANCIAL LOSSES. WE ARE AFRAID OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE PROBLEM SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO INJURY. TWICE THE REAR SUSPENSION FAILED TO WORK, CAUSING THE REAR SIDE OF THE VEHICLE TO SINK DANGEROUSLY LOW. I ALMOST LOST MY LIFE WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ONE SUNDAY MORNING BECAUSE THE VEHICLE LOST TOTAL CONTROL: STEERING WHEEL FROZE AND THE BRAKE FAILED TO WORK. ONE WEEK AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS RELEASED FROM THE DEALER, THE VEHICLE DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGH WAY, CAUSING MAJOR TRIFFIC JAM.

SECOND TIME TRANSMISSON CLUTCH PACKAGE FAILED WITHIN 4000 MILES THIS WAS A DEMO MODLE. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WOULD HARDEN AND CAUSE VEHICLE TO MOMENTARILY LOSE BRAKES. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR OVER 2 MONTHS AND THE VEHCILE WAS NOT FIXED. *YH

RECALL 00V142000/ENGINE IDLER PULLEY SERPENTINE BELT KEEPS BREAKING. PROBLEM OCCURRED ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND NO RECALL NOTICE WAS RECEIVED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK