Consumer Complaint Detail
LAND ROVER / RANGE ROVER / 2003
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007102163 | Incident Date: Mar, 05 2007 |
| Consumer's City: PORTLAND | Consumer's State: OR |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Land Rover |
| Model Name: RANGE ROVER | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:driveline:driveshaft |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: SALMB11433A | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Apr, 13 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Aug, 15 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 2003 range rover hse. approximately 46,000 miles. within the 50,000 mile warranty but out of time warranty by about 6 months. were taking a freeway exit when the splines on the front driveshaft stripped and failed. range rover would not cover the problem and did not let us know that this was a known problem. we took the vehicle to tricounty transmission in clackamas oregon for repair where they had another range rover on the hoist with the same problem. they ordered a drive shaft and told us that the yoke had slight wear from the stripped driveshaft but did not need replacing. the total was between $700 and $800. on april 14th, 2007 ot stripped out again. we were then told of the new custom driveshafts for solving this problem.*ak |