2003 Land Rover Range Rover Complaint Log

NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL ON A 2003 RANGE ROVER. I THOUGHT THIS WAS VERY UNUSUALLY FOR A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 23K MILES SO I DID A QUICK SEARCH ON THE INTERNET TO FIND THIS A KNOWN ISSUE AS A RESULT OF A BAD DESIGN ON 2003+ NEWER RANGE ROVER'S SO THE PROBLEM WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS $2,700 REPAIR IF OFF WARRANTY. LAND ROVER SHOULD HAVE TO DO A REDESIGN OF THIS PROBLEM INSTEAD OF SCREWING THE OWNERS WHO WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR OF THIS ISSUE IN THE FUTURE. IT ALSO SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE IF THE PROBLEM HAPPENS AT HIGH SPEEDS. IT LEFT ME STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD DURING A RAIN DOWNPOUR. *JB

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2003 RANGE ROVER. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FROM THE DEALERS LOT TO MY HOME, I DECIDED TO TAKE MY FIANCE FOR A DRIVE. I DROVE DOWN A FAIRLY BUSY HIGHWAY WHICH IS LESS THAN ONE MILE FROM MY HOME. AS I PROCEEDED DOWN THE HIGHWAY, I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AND THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD GRINDING NOISE AND BECAME IMMOBILE. LUCKILY, TRAFFIC WAS NOT EXTREMELY HEAVY AND OTHER DRIVERS ALLOWED ME TO DRIFT INTO THE MEDIAN. ONCE IN THE MEDIAN, I PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND ATTEMPTED TO PLACE IT IN GEAR SO THAT I COULD DRIVE AGAIN BUT IT CONTINUED TO MAKE THIS GRINDING NOISE AND WOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL. THE POLICE SHOWED UP AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK SO THAT I COULD GET OFF OF THE BUSY HIGHWAY. I CALLED THE CAR DEALERSHIP AND THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT I HAD JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL EUROPEAN MECHANIC SHOP AND THE MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. I WAS SHOCKED AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENED, SINCE THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO BE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND THE DEALER IS A REPUTABLE BUSINESS. THE QUOTE FOR THIS WORK IS $5000 AND I WAS ASKED BY THE DEALER IF I COULD COME UP WITH A PORTION COST FOR THE REPAIRS. SINCE THE INCIDENT, I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS VEHICLE AND THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON INCIDENT AMONG OTHER RANGE ROVER OWNERS OF MODELS 2002 THROUGH 2006. IN MY FINDINGS, THIS APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW AND MECHANICAL ISSUE, NOT TO MENTION A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. I WOULD LIKE THIS COMPLAINT TO BE FILED WITH SIMILAR COMPLAINTS IN HOPES THAT A VEHICLE RECALL OR INSPECTION IS PROMPTED. *JB

I OWN A 2003 RANGE ROVER, AND I HAVE READ OF NUMEROUS PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE DRIVESHAFT AND FRONT DIFFERENTIAL FAILING IN THESE MODEL SUVS. I WANT TO DO MY PART AND REPORT THAT I TOO HAD MY FRONT DIFFERENTIAL FAIL ON THE ROAD AT 40200 MILES. I HOPE THAT REPORTING THIS WILL ULTIMATELY REQUIRE LAND ROVER TO REDESIGN THIS PART, BECAUSE THIS WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE SOMEONE TO LOSE THERE LIFE. THE TRUCK IS TOTALLY UNDRIVABLE. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS OF 65 MPH, AND THE ACCELERATION JUST GAVE OUT. I WAS LUCKY THAT IT WAS LIGHT TRAFFIC, AND I WAS ABLE TO SOMEHOW GET THE TRUCK TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *NM

I WAS DRIVING IN AN AREA WHERE TWO FREEWAYS MERGE WITH MY SEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE BACK SEAT OF MY 2003 RANGE ROVER. I WAS TAKING HER TO THE DOCTOR AS SHE WAS FEELING ILL. ALL OF A SUDDEN, WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THE DIFFERENTIAL BROKE. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. I HAD TO CALL 911. APPARENTLY RANGE ROVER KNOWS ABOUT THIS DEFECT, BUT HAS NOT ISSUED PRODUCT RECALLS. IT WAS AN EXTREMELY SCARY EVENT FOR ME AND MY DAUGHTER. *JB

TRUCK STOPPED ABRUPTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE ONCE IT STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION. THE TRUCK WAS IMMOBILE AND MADE A SEVERE GRINDING NOISE. A CAB DRIVER HAD TO PUSH MY TRUCK TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR SAFETY. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT UNTIL THE TRUCK DIED WHICH SAID "SELECT NEUTRAL" TRUCK HAD TO BE TOWED AND DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB

READ DIFF AND DRIVESHAFT. *TR

I HAVE A RANGE ROVER. I WAS IN NEW JERSEY ON THE APPROACH HIGHWAY TO THE LINCOLN TUNNEL TRAVELING AROUND 50 MILES PER HOUR WHEN I NOTICED A BUMPING NOISE AND RHYTHMIC PULLING SENSATION AS IF I HAD A FLAT TIRE OR HAD PICKED UP SOMETHING THAT WAS DRAGGING AGAINST THE WHEEL. THEN THE CAR SLOWED AND AN "ENGAGE NEUTRAL" SIGNAL FLASHED ON THE DISPLAY. I MANAGED TO PULL ONTO THE SHOULDER AND WHEN I TRIED TO ENGAGE DRIVE AGAIN I GOT A WHINING NOISE AND THE CAR TRIED TO DO A NOSE DIVE. BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME AND SPEED OF THE TRAFFIC, I WAS LUCKY NOT TO CAUSE, AND BE IN THE MIDDLE OF, A MAJOR PILE-UP. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE MANHATTAN LAND ROVER DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD THE NEXT DAY THAT THEY WERE REPLACING THE DIFFERENTIAL AND THE DRIVE SHAFT. THERE WAS NO CHARGE BECAUSE THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *JB

ON TWO OCCASIONS MY DRIVE SHAFT AND FRONT DIFFERENTIAL SEPARATED. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN JANUARY OF 2004 AND HAD 26,000 MILES ON MY CAR WHEN I EXPERIENCED A LOUD GRINDING NOISE AND LOST POWER TO THE VEHICLES. THE MESSAGE CENTER TOLD ME TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL. I WAS ON A HILL AND THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT HOLD . I ROLLED BACK INTO TRAFFIC ON THE OFF RAMP UNTIL I CAME TO A SOMEWHAT FLAT PART OF ROAD AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO HOLD. IT TOOK OVER TWO WEEK TO HAVE THE VEHICLE FIXED LAND ROVER WOULD NOT RELEASE THE PARTS TO FIX MY VEHICLE. THE SECOND TIME HAPPENED ONE WEEK AFTER MY 60,000 MILE SERVICE. I DID THIS SERVICE EARLY. THE CAR HAD 58,000 MILES THE SECOND TIME THE DRIVE SHAFT AND FRONT DIFFERENTIAL DID THE SAME THING. I EXPERIENCED A LOUD GRINDING NOISE LIKE THE BOTTOM WAS FALLING OUT OF THE CAR. I WAS ONCE AGAIN TRAVELING AT ABOUT 60 MILES PER HOUR. I WAS ABLE TO STOP WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE READ MANY REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING TO OTHERS TWICE. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEIR IS NOT A RECALL FOR THIS OR A CHECK AT EACH SERVICE TO DETECT THIS DEFECT. BOTH TIMES I WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND PUT IN A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS POSITION WITH MY DAUGHTER IN THE CAR. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO PREVENT OTHERS FROM THIS EXPERIENCE AND THE POTENTIAL DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES. *JB

BEARING FAILURE IN FRONT DIFFERENTIAL: NO EVENT LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE. AS I WAS EMERGING FROM THE LINCOLN TUNNEL IN NYC WITH 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC ON EITHER SIDE, WITH OUT ANY WARNING MY CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD AND IF I PRESSED ON THE GAS I HEARD A VERY LOUD GRINDING NOISE. I WAS LUCKY AS I WAS NOT GOING VERY FAST AND WAS ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY PULL OVER TO THE SIDE. IF I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY THERE IS A HIGH PROBABILITY THAT THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A DANGEROUS IF NOT FATAL ACCIDENT. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED. RANGE ROVER MOUNT KISCO FIXED THE CAR AT NO CHARGE. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER INCIDENCES LIKE THIS WITH OTHER 2003 RANGE ROVERS. I ASKED RANGE ROVER TO NOTIFY OWNERS OF 2003 RANGE ROVERS AND THEY TOLD ME THEY ARE ONLY RESPONSIBLE TO FIX THE AUTOMOBILE. I ASKED HOW MANY INCIDENTS THERE WERE REGARDING THE BEARING IN THE DIFFERENTIAL AXLE AND THEY TOLD ME THEY DID NOT KNOW AND NO ONE HAS THE STATISTICS. I CALLED RANGE ROVER NORTH AMERICA AND RECEIVED THE SAME ROBOTIC ANSWERS. IT APPEARS THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN DRIVER'S SAFETY BUT ONLY INTERESTED IN INSURING THEY MAKE MONEY AND ARE FREE OF ALL LIABILITIES. THEY REPEATEDLY ASKED IF I WAS HAPPY ABOUT THE SERVICE I RECEIVED. I KEPT TELLING THEM IT IS NOT ABOUT THE SERVICE OR ME. I AM HERE TO TELL WHAT HAPPENED AND TO TRY AND PREVENT SOMEONE ELSE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE NEXT PERSON MAY NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL THEIR STORY. I WILL DO MY BEST TO MAKE RANGE ROVER AMERICA TAKE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES SINCERELY. I STRONGLY FEEL RANGE ROVER SHOULD NOTIFY THE OWNERS OF 2003 RANGE ROVERS AND TELLING THEM TO KEEP THEIR WHEELS IN ALIGNMENT AND TO INSURE THE OWNERS KNOW OF THE RISKS INVOLVED. *JB

THE FIRST TIME THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL WENT I WAS PULLING ONTO MY STREET. ALL OF A SUDDEN, OUT OF NO WHERE, THERE WAS A LOUD METAL ON METAL GRINDING NOISE. I IMMEDIATELY STEPPED ON THE BRAKE, BUT BY THAT TIME THE TRUCK WASN'T GOING ANYWHERE ANYWAY. I PUT THE TRUCK INTO PARK, AND WALKED TO THE HOUSE EXTREMELY ANNOYED THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN TO A NEW VEHICLE. I WENT BACK OUT AND STARTED THE TRUCK AND PUT IT INTO DRIVE, WHICH YIELDED A LOUD GRINDING NOISE. I HAD NO CLUE WHAT WAS WRONG, BUT IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT I WASN'T DRIVING ANYWHERE. WHEN THE TOW TRUCK CAME FOR IT, IT WAS IMMOVABLE ON IT'S OWN. THERE WAS NO PRE-WARNING TO THIS EVENT, THE TRUCK WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, AND LAND ROVER, I THOUGHT, FIXED THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN LAST WEEK IN TUCSON, ARIZONA. (MAY 06) THE TRUCK NOW HAS 55,000 MILES AND IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE LAND ROVER DEALERSHIP IN TUCSON WANTS ME TO PAY $800 TO COVER THE LABOR TO FIX IT, AND THEY BROUGHT THAT PRICE DOWN FROM $1400. I AM APPEALING TO LAND ROVER HEADQUARTERS, AS THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT WAS NOT FIXED WITH THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW DIFFERENTIAL AND DRIVESHAFT THE FIRST TIME. IF I HAD BEEN ON A HIGHWAY OR STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE WITH AN INFANT, THIS SITUATION COULD HAVE HAD SERIOUS RAMIFICATIONS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE OLD PART, PLEASE LET ME KNOW, AND I WILL REQUEST IT FROM THE AUTO MALL RANGE ROVER DEALERSHIP IN TUCSON. HOWEVER, I CANNOT PROMISE THEIR COOPERATION. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE STEERING WHEEL CAME LOOSE AND FELL INTO THE CONTACT'S LAP WHILE DRIVING. HE WAS ABLE TO MANUALLY RAISE THE STEERING WHEEL UP INTO THE COLUMN AND DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER DISCOVERED A PLASTIC PART ON THE STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY BROKE. THIS PART WAS REPLACED WITH A METAL PART. ALSO, THE TELESCOPIC STEERING ADJUSTED AUTOMATICALLY. THIS CAUSED THE POSITION OF THE STEERING WHEEL TO CHANGE RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BY REPROGRAMMING THE SOFTWARE. NO FURTHER REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME. *AK UPDATED 1/23/2006 - *NM

WHILE CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN GRADE THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY COMPLETELY FAILED, ELIMINATING POWER TO THE DRIVE TRAIN. VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP AND ROLLED BACKWARDS DOWN THE HILL AND ENDED UP SIDEWAYS IN A 60 MPH HIGHWAY. FORTUNATELY, THE APPROACHING TRAFFIC HAD SUFFICIENT TIME TO STOP THEREBY AVERTING AN ACCIDENT. THERE IS NO WARNING WHATSOEVER PRIOR TO FAILURE AND THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE AND THE NEARBY TRAFFIC. *JB

FRONT END DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE, SECOND TIME. *JB

FRONT DIFF ASSEMBLY REPLACED. *TR

DT: CONSUMER STATES: THE CAR WON'T START, 1ST TIME TOOK BACK FOR ENGINE LIGHT ON, 2ND TIME TOOK IT BACK BECAUSE VEHICLE WOULDN'T START, THEY SAID NEEDED TO LEAVE ON ALARM AT ALL TIMES TO GET IT STARTED, THEN GOT BACK SAME DAY STILL WOULDN'T START, TOWED BACK TO DEALER, WHO SAID IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM ALREADY PUT WENT THROUGH 4 BATTERIES IN VEHICLE. *AK

DRIVING ON I-280 AND THE CAR MADE A METAL-TO-METAL GRINDING NOISE (VERY LOUD), PULLED OVER TORWARDS THE NEXT EXIT (BARELY MADE IT TO THE MEDIAN) AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. OTHER THAN "PARK", THE CAR MADE A TERRIBLY LOUD GRINDING NOISE IN ALL GEARS AND SPORT MODE. THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE/DRIVE. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. TOLD THIS MORNING BY SERVICE ADVISER THAT SERVICE BULLETIN WAS ISSUED THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE LAST TIME IN FOR SERVICE RE POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT. APPEARS FROM MY RESEARCH THAT TSB 540103 ISSUED 1/31/03 APPLIES PER CONVERSATION WITH DEALER'S SERVICE ADVISER. TRYING TO GET A COPY OF TSB NOW. ALSO, CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE ON EVENING OF INCIDENT TO GET ASSISTANCE WITH REMOVING VEHICLE (AND MYSELF, WIFE AND DAUGHTER) FROM THE HIGHWAY MEDIAN. LAND ROVER COULD NOT LOCATE A TOW COMPANY TO ASSIST AND WE WERE FORCED TO CALL CHP AND SEEK THEIR ASSISTANCE IN GETTING A TOW AND PAYING THE SAME - IN OTHER WORDS, NO "ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE" REALLY EXISTED WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *AK

FRONT DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE: 2 TIMES, WITH IN 21K MILES IF EACH, FIRST REPAIR SPLITTING COST WITH LAND ROVER, SECOND TIME REPAIRED UNDER PARTS WARRANTY. NO WARNING OF FAILURE, BOTH TIMES, FIRST TIME LEFT STRANDED UNABLE TO MOVE IN BUSY INTERSECTION, SECOND TIME FAILURE OCCURRED ON I-5 AT SPEED, CAUSING FRONT WHEELS TO LOCK MOMENTARILY. AGAIN STRANDED. BOTH TIMES COST FOR TOWING AND LODGING TRANSPORTATION HOME AN BACK TO RETRIEVE VEHICLE. *NM

WHENEVER THE TEMPERATURE FELL BELOW 10 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT THE ELECTRONIC AIR SUSPENSION IN THE CONSUMER'S 2003 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER BECAME INACTIVE. *NM THE PROBLEM CONTINUED TO OCCUR. *SC *JB

LETTER FROM THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD REFERENCING A COMPLAINT FOR 2003 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER-CORRESPONDENCE NOT ENCLOSED AS REFERENCED IN THEIR LETTER. *BF *JB

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY LOST POWER. CONSUMER PULLED TO THE SHOULDER OF INTERSTATE, AVOIDING ACCIDENTS. WHEN TAKEN TO GET SERVICED IT WAS DETERMINED THAT DRIVESHAFT SPLIT.*AK PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT THE CONSUMER HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL AND THE FRONT SWAY BAR. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO MALFUNCTIONED PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, DOWNSHIFTING BY ITSELF AND THEN FAILING TO COME OUT OF THIRD GEAR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. SHUTTERING SOUND FROM FRONT END AT SLOW SPEEDS. THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO RECTIFY THE RATTLING PROBLEM BY REPLACING SEVERAL SUSPENSION AND STEERING COMPONENTS. FOUND LOW POWER STEERING FLUID LEVEL DUE TO LEAKING INPUT SHAFT, REPLACED RACK AND PINION THEN PERFORMED 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT. *BF *NM

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE DIFFERENTIAL BROKE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55-70 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD SCREECHING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. HE PULLED OVER AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSAXLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE AND WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BOTH TIMES. CURRENTLY, THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND THE TRANSAXLE FAILED FOR THE THIRD TIME WITHIN 18 MONTHS. HE RETURNED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD CALL LAND ROVER. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE PART MAY BE DEFECTIVE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 71,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER. THE CONTACT HAS EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE FAILURES WITH THE VEHICLE SINCE THE TIME OF PURCHASE. WHENEVER SHE TURNED ON THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, WHICH STATED "COOLING TEMPERATURE". WHEN THE CONTACT ADDED WATER, IT WOULD LEAK OUT. THE CONTACT EVENTUALLY TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOP AND THEY STATED THAT THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ISSUE WAS RESOLVED, BUT THE SUSPENSION WOULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO LEAN TO THE LEFT. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT DRIVE FORWARD IN A STRAIGHT LINE. THE DEALER STATED THAT AN AIR BAG LEAK CAUSED THE SUSPENSION TO MALFUNCTION. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED A YEAR LATER ON THE OTHER SIDE. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP FOR A SUSPENSION ISSUE. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THAT HER 2003 VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE EXPERIENCING SO MANY FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

EXCESSIVE INNER TIRE WEAR, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL WHEN IT RAINS. UNSAFE SLIPPERY FEELING, AND VEHICLE SLIDING OFF THE ROAD ON THE HIGHWAY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO REPAIR SHOP 4 TIMES, AND COULD NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. 3 SETS OF TIRES FOR EVERY 7 -10,000 MILES, AND DEALER ROTATED THEM. VEHICLE LOST CONTROL ON WET PAVEMENT. NOT NORMAL. I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL RANGE ROVERS AND NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM SINCE I BOUGHT THE 2003. I CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY HAVE NOT COME BACK TO ME WITH A MEETING OR OTHERWISE. FRONT BALL JOINTS SWAY BARS,MANY FRONT END PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ,AND STILL NOT RESOLVED. INNER TIRE WEAR IS TO EXCESSIVE, AND ABNORMAL, TOO FAST, AND IF NOT NOTED IN THE PUBLIC, I BELIEVE THIS WILL CAUSE MANY ACCIDENTS LIKE THE FORD EXPLORER.*AK

THE REMOTE KEY FOR THE VEHICLE WORKS INTERMITTENTLY WITH A MIND OF ITS OWN. SOMETIMES IT WORKS, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. THIS MEANS THAT THE VEHICLE SOMETIMES REMAINS UNLOCKED UNKNOWINGLY AND GREATLY DELAYS UNLOCKING THE VEHICLE AND GAINING ENTRANCE TO THE CAR. *JB

FAILURE OF FRONT END DIFFERENTIAL WITH 24,396 MILES ON 2003 RANGE ROVER III HSE. *JB

RUNNING LIGHTS WAY TOO BRIGHT ON THE BACK OF A NEW LAND ROVER.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE REAR PASSENGERS STARTED TO COUGH, THE CONSUMER TURNED AROUND AND NOTICED SMOKE FILLING THE CAB OF THE VEHICLE. WITHIN SECONDS, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS TOTALED. *AK *SCC *JB