2017 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER Complaints

A THIRD OF THE TIME, UPON ENTERING THE VEHICLE, THE DASH BEEPS AND DISPLAYS "GEAR SHIFTER NOT IN PARK.", THE AEB, NOW DISABLED, DISPLAYED ON THE DASH AT INAPPROPRIATE TIMES WHILE DRIVING, AND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE CAR ONCE OUT OF D, THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD NOT GO INTO P, R, N OR BACK IN TO D. THE DASH MESSAGE INSTRUCTED ME TO SELECT A GEAR, BUT I COULD NOT. THE CAR HAD TO BE TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. AFTER THE FIRST REPAIR ATTEMPT, I CONTACTED A LR SALESPERSON LIVING IN ANOTHER CITY. HE TOLD ME, IN CONFIDENCE, THAT SOME OF THE RR SPORTS AT HIS DEALERSHIP EXPERIENCE THESE SAME PROBLEMS. HE SAID: THE ISSUE RUNS DEEPER THAN I HAVE EXPERIENCED, IS COMPLEX AND COULD TAKE MONTHS, MAYBE A YEAR, TO REPAIR, AND CONFIRMED IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. HE ADVISED ME NOT TO DRIVE MY CAR. AFTER CONTACTING LRNA, THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS PROBLEM IS "UNDER INVESTIGATION" AND THEY DON'T "BELIEVE" IT TO BE A "SUBSTANTIAL SAFETY ISSUE." I DISAGREE. SINCE THEN, ON TWO OCCASIONS, LRNA TOLD MY CASE ADVISER AT THE DMV A FIX IS COMING. THE FIRST HAS COME AND GONE, THE SECOND IS DUE NEXT WEEK. MY DEALERSHIP IS DISINTERESTED AND TREATS ME AS IF I AM THE ONLY OWNER OF A 2017 RR SPORT EXPERIENCING THESE ISSUES. EVEN THOUGH, I MET THE OWNER OF A 7 DAY OLD 2017 RR SPORT IN THE SERVICE WAIT AREA, WHOSE CAR WOULD NOT START THAT MORNING. UPON CONVERSATION SHE TOLD ME HER CAR DISPLAYED THE SAME WARNINGS AS MINE. OUR VISIT WAS ABRUPTLY INTERRUPTED WHEN THE DEALERSHIP'S GM APPROACHED US AND ASKED IF HE COULD PERSONALLY DRIVE HER HOME INSTEAD OF HER HAVING TO WAIT. ALTHOUGH WE WERE INTERRUPTED, IT IS EASY TO FIND THESE PROBLEMS ARE RAMPANT AS LR FORUMS CONFIRM. THREE MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING MY NEW CAR WHICH STILL SITS IN SERVICE, AND HAS BEEN IN SERVICE OVER HALF OF THE OWNERSHIP DURATION, THERE ARE ONLY PROMISES OF A REPAIR ON THE WAY AND NO DEFINITIVE STATEMENT ON THE SAFETY OF MY VEHICLE.

2017 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO CONCERNS WITH BRIGHT HEADLIGHTS ON VEHICLE IMPAIRING OTHER DRIVERS VISION ON THE ROAD. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE HEADLIGHTS WERE EXCEPTIONALLY BRIGHT. THE BRIGHTNESS WAS EXACERBATED BY THE HEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE XENON LIGHTS SHOULD BE DIMMED OR AIMED DOWNWARD. UPDATED 05/11/2017 *JS

VEHICLE LOST POWER ON TWO OCCASIONS. BOTH INSTANCES TOOK PLACE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED IN TRAFFIC WITH THE DRIVER'S FOOT ON THE BRAKE. VEHICLE SHUT ITSELF OFF AND PUT ITSELF IN PARK WITH NO INPUT FROM THE DRIVER. VEHICLE'S ONBOARD TRACKING SOFTWARE RECORDED BOTH EVENTS. ONE EVENT TOOK PLACE ON A TWO LANE RURAL ROAD WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT. THE SECOND TOOK PLACE ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WHILE STOPPED IN A TRAFFIC BACK UP. INCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO JAGUAR LAND ROVER.

THE AUTONOMOUS EMERGENCY BRAKING (AEB) SYSTEM IS NON FUNCTIONAL. ERROR MESSAGE ON THE DASH WILL SOMETIMES REPORT RECALIBRATION AND AT OTHER TIME STATE THAT THE SYSTEM IS UNAVAILABLE. ALSO INDICATES THAT THE "FORWARD ALERT" IS NOT AVAILABLE. THE DEALER IS UNCLEAR ABOUT HOW THIS WILL EFFECT VEHICLE HANDLING AND SAFETY. THEY HAVE REPORTED THAT THERE IS A SOFTWARE PATCH COMING BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC YET.

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH IN CITY TRAFFIC AN ERROR LIGHT INDICATING "GEAR BOX FAULT" APPEARED FOLLOWED BY NUMEROUS OTHER WARNINGS. THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AND COASTED TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE, AFTER 26 DAYS IN SERVICE AND 80 MILES DRIVEN BY A SERVICE TECHNICIAN THE DEALER CONTINUES TO TELL ME THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. THEY INDICATED THAT THE COMPUTER REPORTS INDICATE A MAJOR PROBLEM OCCURED BUT THEY ARE UNABLE TO RECREATE IT.