Consumer Complaint Detail
LAND ROVER / RANGE ROVER / 1993
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006083055 | Incident Date: Oct, 18 2006 |
| Consumer's City: SAN DIEGO | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Land Rover |
| Model Name: RANGE ROVER | Model Year: 1993 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:driveline:differential unit |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 22 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 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 |