2004 LAND ROVER NEW RANGE ROVER Complaints

2004 RANGE ROVER DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE. THE VEHICLE FAILED TWICE IN TRAFFIC AND JUST SHUT DOWN, I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. I AM LUCKY TO BE ALIVE, THIS PROBLEM WAS VERY DANGEROUS, WHEN I DID RESEARCH ON THE VEHICLE I WAS SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT IT HAS NOT BE RECALLED. THE DEALER WILL HIT YOU FOR COST EVERYTIME, IT WAS A RACKET AND A SHAME.*AK

I NOTICED A LOSS IN POWER TO THE LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER. ALSO NOTICED A CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE SUV. THE SUV WAS NOW IN THE SHOP FOR A REPAIR THAT WAS COMMON ON THE RANGE ROVER TO REPLACE THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL AND THE DRIVESHAFT. IF I HAD NOT BEEN ALERT TO THE NOISE WHEN I HAD THE WINDOW DOWN I MIGHT HAVE EXPERIENCED A HAZARDOUS SITUATION ON THE HIGHWAY. THE FIX AT THIS TIME WAS JUST REPLACE THE PARTS WITH NEW ONES, BUT I UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS WAS NOT ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM, BUT JUST PROVIDING A TEMPORARY SOLUTION UNTIL SUVWAS OUT OF WARRANTY PERIOD. *AK THE SUV IS A 2004 RANGE ROVER WITH 33K MILES ON IT.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A MAIN ROAD ON US 69 IN TYLER, TEXAS FRIDAY EVENING. THE VEHICLE HAS 51000 MILES ON IT. I WAS TRAVELING AT 40MPH WHEN THE CAR SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND SAID TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL. CAR DIED ON THE SPOT, AND HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. APPARENTLY IT WAS DUE TO FRONT DIFFERENTIAL BREAKING. I READ ON WEBS ITES THAT 2004 AND OLDER RANGE ROVERS HAVE THIS PROBLEM. MY VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING FRONT DIFFERENTIAL,CV AXLE, AND TRANSMISSION REPLACED DUE TO THIS PROBLEM.*AK

WAS AT A RED LIGHT 3 DAYS AGO AND HEARD A LOUD BANG FROM THE TRANSMISSION AREA OF MY 2004 RANGE ROVER. I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL THEN DRIVE AND HEARD A GRINDING SOUND. THE CAR WAS UNABLE TO MOVE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO RANGE ROVER, ENCINO APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES AWAY. RANGE ROVER SAID IT WAS THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL THAT WAS BROKEN. THE SAME DAY THAT I PICKED UP THE CAR FROM THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT, ABOUT 70 MILES INTO THE TRIP HOME THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO REV WHILE I WAS AT A CRUISING SPEED OF 70 MPH. I THOUGHT IT WAS A DOWN SHIFT BUT THE CAR REVVED TO 6,000RPMS THEN THE WARNING DISPLAY SAID "TRANS. FAILSAFE MODE." I AM AT A LOSS AND AM VERY DISAPPOINTED. *JB

HEAR FAINT GROANING FROM FRONT DIFFERENTIAL FOR ABOUT 500 MILES PRIOR TO INCIDENT. THEN AT ABOUT 38K MILES WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH - A LOUD GRINDING NOISE AND NO ACCELERATION. STEERED VEHICLE TO SIDE OF ROAD - IMMOBILIZED. PROBLEM - DESTROYED FRONT DIFFERENTIAL AND COUPLING TO TRANSMISSION. DEALER REPLACED WITH "IMPROVED" PARTS AND REVISED INSTALLATION PROCEDURE WITH PROMISE THAT THIS REPLACEMENT SHOULD LAST FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IT BEING A RECURRENT ISSUE, ESPECIALLY AFTER READING THAT THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN EVERY 20K TO 30K MILES. WHICH MEANS THAT THE NEXT PROJECTED FAILURE WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER WARRANTY AND WOULD BE TOTALLY MY COST TO REPAIR. *NM

VEHICLE HAD BEEN MAKING SMALL GRINDING NOISES FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS. I THOUGHT IT WAS AXLE ISSUES. HAD IT CHECKED BY LOCAL DEALERSHIP. AGREED TO KEEP TIRES ON AN ALIGNMENT SCHEDULE AND MONITOR. ON 4 FEB, 2007 I STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I TRIED TO TAKE OFF AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. MADE A GRINDING NOISE AND DID NOT GO ANYWHERE. TRIED TO PLACE IT IN REVERSE, SAME RESPONSE. HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. *NM

I WAS PROCEEDING EASTBOUND ON 580 IN SAN LEANDRO AT ABOUT 70 MPH AND HEARD AN ABRUPT GRINDING SOUND AND THEN LOST ACCELERATION. THE ENGINE WAS STILL WORKING BUT COULD NOT GET ANY TORQUE. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO THE EMERGENCY LANE AS IT DECELERATED. ONCE THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP IT WOULD NOT MOVE AGAIN. THE GEARS WOULD NOT ENGAGE WITHOUT THE GRINDING SOUND. *NM

WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY LOST ALL PROPULSION. AFTER NAVIGATING ACROSS MULTIPLE LANES OF MODERATELY HEAVY TRAFFIC WITH NO POWER, I CAME TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CLOSEST LAND ROVER DEALER AND THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED, IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL HAD FAILED. I'VE SINCE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND FOUND THAT MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM AND LAND ROVER HAS EVEN ISSUED TECHNICAL BULLETINS REGARDING THIS REPEATED FAILURE. DESPITE THAT, I HAD NEVER BEEN MADE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE BY THE MANUFACTURER DESPITE THAT FACT THAT IT HAS BEEN IN THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT EVERY SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE INTERVAL AND ON MANY OTHER OCCASIONS FOR OTHER WORK. IN FACT, IT WAS IN THEIR SHOP APPROXIMATELY 2,000 MILES PRIOR TO THIS FAILURE FOR A NUMBER OF OTHER WARRANTY RELATED ITEMS AND THIS FAILING MECHANISM WAS NOT DETECTED/FIXED DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT WAS LIKELY CLOSE TO FAILURE AT THAT POINT AND DETECTION OF THE PROBLEM IS POSSIBLE VIA NOTHING MORE THAN A GLANCE AT THE POINT WHERE THE SHAFT AND DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING MEET. I'M HAPPY NO ONE WAS INJURED BUT VERY DISAPPOINTED THIS FAILURE OCCURRED, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT IT OCCURRED 1,000 MILES AFTER THE OEM WARRANTY ON THE VEHICLE EXPIRED WHICH NOW MAKES THIS A FINANCIAL CONCERN FOR ME AS WELL. *NM

ABRUPT FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION ON 2004 RANGE ROVER 3.0 DIESEL DUE TO FAILED FRONT DIFFERENTIAL. *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING COLUMN DROPPED IN MY LAP!!!! CAR GOES TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED BROKEN STEERING COLUMN. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAVE HAD MANY CASES OF THIS. NHTSA NEEDS TO HOLD LRNA LIABLE FOR THIS AND MAKE THEM FIX THIS COMMON PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. BETWEEN THIS AND THE DIFFERENTIAL ISSUES SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT OR KILLED. FORGET ABOUT ALL THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS THESE CARS HAVE. *NM