2006 LAND ROVER LR3 Complaints

2006 LAND ROVER LR2 HSE EDITION. DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION. ONGOING SERIOUS PROBLEMS. CAR GOES FROM FIRST GEAR, THEN INTO NEUTRAL, THEN JOLTS FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN APPLYING GAS...AT A STOP SIGN, FOR EXAMPLE. POOR LOW SPEED TRANSMISSION SHIFTS. ANNOYING BEYOND BELIEF, UNSAFE, TOO. NOT WHAT ONE EXPECTS IN A $53,000 CAR. LAND ROVER CLAIMS "IT'S GETTING TO KNOW MY DRIVING". NOW THEY FINALLY ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM AND STATE A "NEW SOFTWARE WILL FIX IT". WELL, THE LAST "SOFTWARE UPDATE" MADE IT WORSE. VERY CONCERNED, VERY ANNOYED. *JB

IN JAN. 2006 WE BOUGHT A LAND ROVER LR3 LS, A MONTH AFTER WE BOUGHT THE CAR WE BEGUN HAVING PROBLEMS. THE ENGINE LIGHT WARNING LIGHTED UP A COUPLE OF TIMES. THE ENGINE LIGHT WARNING LIGHTED UP & THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL COMING FROM THE AIR VENTS AS WELL. WE CALLED THE DEALER & THEY SAID NOT TO WORRY THAT IT COULD WAIT, WE INSISTED & FINALLY THEY ALLOWED US TO BRING THE CAR INTO THE DEALER. ALL THEY SAID WAS THAT THE COMPRESSOR WAS DIRTY & THAT'S WHY A BURNING SMELL CAME OUT OF THE VENTS & THE ENGINE LIGHT WARNING WAS NOW OFF & IT WOULD COME BACK ON BECAUSE THIS WAS A SOFTWARE PROBLEM THAT THEY HAD BECOME AWARE OF & THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW. THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CAME BACK THAT SAME DAY. WE ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR & NOT BEING SURE OF IT JUST BEING BECAUSE OF THE SOFTWARE PROBLEM OR IF THERE IS SOMETHING REALLY WRONG WITH THE CAR. WE WENT TO THE DEALER 3 DIFFERENT TIMES, FIRST HAVE THE CAR CHECKED, SECOND SPEAK WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER & THIRD WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER. ALL THREE VISITS WE GOT THE SAME ANSWER A SOFTWARE PROBLEM & NO SOLUTION. AS WE CONTINUED TO DO RESEARCH ABOUT OUR SOFTWARE PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET, WE WERE ASTONISHED TO FIND OUT THAT THE ENGINE OF THE LR3 V6 IS A FORD 4.0 & NOT A BMW MOTOR AS THEY USED TO BE. THE MAIN REASON WE BOUGHT THIS CAR WAS BECAUSE OF THE BMW MOTOR THE CAR WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE. NO ONE AT THE DEALER EVER TOLD US THAT THE LR3 V6 WAS A FORD MOTOR & THE V8 WAS A JAGUAR MOTOR EVENTHOUGH WE ASKED SEVERAL TIMES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LR3 V6 & V8. UNTIL NOW THE ENGINE LIGHT WARNING KEEPS COMING ON & OFF & ALSO THE BURNING SMELL COMES OUT OF THE VENTS. THE DEALER DOES NOT HAVE A FIX FOR OUR PROBLEM YET. BECAUSE OF ALL THE PROBLEMS MENTIONED ABOVE WE FEEL THAT THERE HAS BEEN A FRAUD, THE DEALER HAS BEEN SELLING THESE CARS SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2005,IN JAN. '06 THE DEALER SOLD THE CAR KNOWING THIS PROBLEM WAS GOING TO ARISE WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT WARNING TURNING ON & OFF DUE TO THE SOFTWARE PROBLEM. *NM

THIS IS THE SECOND BRAND NEW RANGE ROVER LR3 (V6) THAT WOULD NOT STOP AND INSTEAD ACCELERATED RAPIDLY THROUGH A STOP SIGN ACROSS A HIGHWAY. MY PREVIOUS COMPLAINT CONCERNED THE FIRST CAR WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. SEE COMPLAINT #10154482. THIS CAR HAD ABUT 200 MILES ON IT. LIKE THE FIRST ONE WE BOUGHT, IT ALSO COULD NOT BE STOPPED WHEN FORCEFULLY APPLYING THE BRAKE. INSTEAD IT TOOK OFF AND LATER CAME TO A STOP. WE LUNGED THROUGH AN INTERSECTION ACROSS A HIGHWAY AND FORTUNATELY NO OTHER CARS WERE COMING. WE HAD THIS CAR ALSO TOWED TO THE DEALER. SINCE THE DEALER COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE LAST CAR THAT DID THE SAME THING, THIS TIME THEY WERE QUICKER WITH A REFUND. MY WIFE AND I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DID WITH THE VEHICLES, NOR WHAT THE ACTUAL PROBLEM WAS. THE TOW DRIVER OF THE FIRST CAR SAID IT WAS A CRUISE CONTROL PROBLEM. WHATEVER THE PROBLEM IS, IT IS VERY SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS. WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF THIS HAPPENING TO TWO VEHICLES PURCHASED ONLY ONE MONTH APART? *JB

2006 RANGE ROVER / LR3 - 15 MILES ON VEHICLE. EXPERIENCED RAPID ACCELERATION INSTEAD OF BRAKING THREE TIMES THE FIRST TIME WE DROVE THE CAR AFTER TAKING IT HOME. COULD NOT STOP THE CAR WHILE PUSHING HARD ON THE BRAKE WITH BOTH FEET. ENGINE RACED INSTEAD. IT DID SLOW DOWN AT FIRST THEN LUNGED FORWARD THROUGH A STOP SIGN, THEN A STOP LIGHT, ONTO A HIGHWAY ETC. LUCKILY NO CRASHES. AUTO DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, NEITHER COULD LAND ROVER. ORDERED ANOTHER NEW VEHICLE, SAME MAKE AND MODEL AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED! DROVE IT 2 HOURS AND THEN IT WOULD NOT STOP FULLY AT A STOP SIGN. IT SPEEDED UP INSTEAD AND RACED ACROSS A HIGHWAY. RETURNED THAT CAR ALSO AND WON'T BUY ANOTHER ONE. DEALER DID REFUND OUR MONEY AND SAID IT WAS A LAND ROVER PROBLEM. MY WIFE AND I WERE IN THE CAR TOGETHER BOTH TIMES. SERVICE DEPT. SUGGESTED I WAS A FAULT BY APPLYING THE GAS AND BRAKE AT THE SAME TIME. SAID THE PEDALS ARE CLOSE TOGETHER. THIS CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED. I BOUGHT TWO OF THEM AND THEY BOTH DID THE SAME THING. SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE SERIOUSLY INJURED IF THEY DON'T. *JB

HELLO- I AM NOT POSITIVE IF THIS IS THE EXACT LOCATION TO BE SENDING THIS. I AM A WITNESS TO A DEFECT OR A MALFUNCTION WHILE DRIVING A 5 MONTH OLD 2006 LAND ROVER LR3. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO, MY CAR'S BRAKES LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING AROUND 68 MPH. THIS CAUSED ME TO SKID TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE HIGHWAY. HOWEVER, WHILE COMING TO A STOP MY SEAT BELT DID NOT ENGAGE, CAUSING ME TO HIT MY HEAD AND TEAR MUSCLES IN MY BACK, WHICH I HAD CHECKED OUT AT THE DOCTOR. AFTER THIS HAPPENED, I WAS STILL AT A COMPLETE STOP ON THE HIGHWAY NOT ALLOWING ME TO DRIVE OR MOVE OUT OF THE WAY FROM ON COMING TRAFFIC. AS THE STATE TROOPER PHRASED IT, YOU ARE VERY LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AND NOT INJURED. AFTER CONTACTING LAND ROVER ALONG WITH THE DEALER, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SOLVE ANYTHING. I AM VERY WORRIED THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE. I ALSO HAVE WITNESSED, ITEMS ON THE CAR WHICH I FEEL NEED TO HAVE A RECALL ON BECAUSE OF THE FACT THE SAME HAS HAPPENED TO THE LOANER CARS AS WELL. STATED BELOW ARE THE AREAS THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT WHICH LAND ROVER IS OVER LOOKING OR WILL NOT GIVE US ANY INFORMATION ON. - DRIVERS SIDE LEFT PASSENGER DOOR, WILL NOT LOCK ALONG WITH THE OTHER DOORS AFTER USING THE REMOTE LOCK. HOWEVER, IF OPENED THE ALARM WILL SOUND. - RADIO- KEEPS OVER HEATING, IN WHICH THEY HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MINE THREE TIMES OVER THE 5 MONTH PERIOD OF OWNERSHIP. - SEAT BELTS NOT ENGAGING. I HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE AFTER THIS INCIDENT THAT THE SEAT BELTS WILL ENGAGED AT ALL IF A CRASH WERE TO TAKE PLACE. ALONG WITH OTHER ISSUES. PLEASE CONTACT BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. *NM

I JUST PURCHASED A 2006 LANDROVER LR3 WITH COLD CLIMATE PACKAGE WHICH INCLUDES A HEATED FRONT WINDSHIELD. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT ANY HEAD LIGHT FROM ON COMING CARS OR STREET SIGNS IS AUTOMATICALLY BLURRED BY THE VERTICAL ELEMENT LINES THAT ARE IN THE WINDSHIELD. (THERE ARE MANY VERTICAL HEAT ELEMENT LINES ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD). ANY BRIGHT LIGHT VIEWED AT NIGHT TENDS TO BE BLURRED WHICH CAN MAKE DRIVING A BIT MORE DANGEROUS. AS I HAVE SEARCHED, THERE ARE OTHER CAR MAKERS WHO OFFER FRONT HEATED WINDSHIELDS. HAVE THERE BEEN ANY STUDIES REGARDING THIS. *JB