2012 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER Complaints

ON THE HIGHWAY, MERRITT 15 IN CT, THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN, NO POWER BRAKES, STEERING, NO ABILITY TO SPEED UP. ENGINE SHUT OFF, ALL ELECTRICAL SHUT OFF. LUCKILY I WAS GOING SLOW SINCE MY EXIT WAS COMING UP BUT I LOST ALL ABILITY TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE IN A SAFE WAY AND IF I WAS GOING THE HIGHWAY SPEED IT COULD HAVE ENDED VERY BADLY.

WHEN YOU SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK THE VEHICLE WILL KEEP ROLLING AND NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING YOU HAVE TO APPLY THE PARKING BRAKE. YOU MAY BE ON A CITY STREET, GARAGE, PARKING LOT ETC... THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED ON A 2012 VEHICLE WITH 54812 MILES. THIS ORIGINAL ONE OWNER VEHICLE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED BY THE DEALER AND THE DEALER ONLY. NO OUTSIDE MECHANICS HAVE EVER TOUCHED THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS A SAFETY DEFECT THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED BECAUSE FAILURE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS DAMAGE OR POSSIBLY DEATH IN THE EVENT THE VEHICLE ROLLED A WAY AND HIT SOMETHING OR WORSE HIT SOMEONE. YOU DON'T EVER EXPECT TO HAVE TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION ON A FOUR YEAR OLD VEHICLE ESPECIALLY TO PREVENT A ROLL A WAY ACCIDENT.

THE INTERIOR LIGHTS CONSISTENTLY SWITCH ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. PURCHASED THE VEHICLE JANUARY 2015. BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE LAND ROVER DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF AND WAS CONTINUOUSLY TOLD THE TECHNICIAN CANNOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE. I EVEN WENT SO FAR IS TO RECORD THE LIGHTS SWITCHING IN AND OFF ON MY CELLPHONE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER L322. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, IT FAILED TO START WHEN PROMPTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED AND JAMMED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND WAITED FOR IT TO STOP ON ITS OWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VACUUM PUMP FOR THE BRAKES HAD MALFUNCTIONED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 37,000.

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE CAR EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL ANOMALY TWICE, EACH TIME CAUSING THE HEADLIGHTS, DASHBOARD LIGHTS AND SEVERAL ELECTRONIC FUNCTIONS TO GO OFF FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 SECOND. HEAD LIGHTS AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS CAME BACK ON BUT SEVERAL ELECTRONIC FUNCTIONS WERE INOPERABLE AS NOTED ON VEHICLE WARNING SCREEN (HILL DESCENT FUNCTION, VEHICLE STABILITY FUNCTION, EMERGENCY BRAKE ASSIST FUNCTION ) ONCE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND TURNED OFF THESE FUCTIONS SEEMED TO RESET THEMSELVES. EXTREMELEY DANGEROUS SITUATION AT HIGH SPEED MORNING COMMUTE.

MY LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER AUTOBIOGRAPHY IS BRAND NEW I ORDER 2012, WITH 19,600 MILES, WHILE DRIVING ON HIGTHWAY, I TOTAL LOSE POWER FOR ACCELATION. IT SAY ON DASH BOARD RESTRICTED PERFORMANCE, WITH TRIANGLE YELLOW APPEARED. PER LAND ROVER LAKE BUFF, TECHNICIAN IT FACTORY DEFICT ON MECHANICAL FUEL PUMP, AND NEED TO BE REPLACE, TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.

DRIVING ON THE MAIN HWY WHEN I NOTICED THAT A INDICATED LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD "TRANSMISSION FAULT TRACTION REDUCED". THE CAR DIDN'T HANDLE ANY DIFFERENT SO I IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THE DEALER VIA PHONE. SPOKE TO THE SERVICE ADVISER WHO STATED TO PULL OFF THE ROAD, TURN OFF THE MOTOR AND AFTER A FEW MINS RESTART IT AND THAT SHOULD CLEAR THE FAULT. IF NOT, JUST MAKE AN APPT FOR SERVICE. UNFORTUNATELY THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CLEARED USING THE ABOVE RESTARTING PROCEDURE. UPON ARRIVING AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE NEXT AVAILABLE APPT 5 DAYS LATER, THE BATTERY WAS SUPPOSEDLY DEAD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ACCORDING TO THEM BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT START THE VEHICLE. WHICH IS STRANGE SINCE PRIOR TO THAT I HAD NO WARNING LIGHTS OF ANY BATTERY PROBLEMS COME ON. A DAY LATER, THE ADVISER CALLED ME AGAIN AND STATED THAT NOT ONLY DID I HAVE A DEAD BATTERY BUT THE POWER PUMP DIFFERENTIAL TO THE TRANSMISSION WAS FOUND TO BE FAULTY AND WOULD BE REPLACED. THIS IS A 3YR OLD CAR WITH LESS THAN 32K MILES ON IT WITH MOSTLY HWY DRIVING. *TR

I TOOK MY CAR IN TO THE LAND ROVER SERVICE DEPT WHERE I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE BECAUSE I SMELLED EXHAUST THROUGH THE VENTS AND I WAS GETTING HEADACHES EVERY TIME I DROVE. ON MY FIRST VISIT THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. AFTER A MONTH OF CONTINUED EXHAUST ISSUES I TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT LAND ROVER SERVICE DEPT AND THEY EVENTUALLY FOUND A HAIRLINE FRACTURE IN THE TURBO. THEY QUOTED ME $6,500 FOR THE REPAIR AND ADVISED ME THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. THEY TOLD ME TO SIMPLY RUN MY AIR/HEATER ON MANUAL VERSUS AUTOMATIC AND DRIVE WITH A WINDOW CRACKED. I AM CURRENTLY TRYING TO FIND SOMEONE THAT WILL WORK ON MY EVOQUE THAT COULD POSSIBLY WELD THE FRACTURE RATHER THAN REPLACING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM BUT HAVING DIFFICULTY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER L322. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES FRONT BRAKE PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY FOB FAILED TO LOCK THE HATCH BACK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V039000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000.