Consumer Complaint Detail
LAND ROVER / NEW RANGE ROVER / 2003
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007111466 | Incident Date: Jul, 10 2007 |
| Consumer's City: NORTH ANDOVER | Consumer's State: MA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Land Rover |
| Model Name: NEW 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#: SALMB11403A | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 10 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Sep, 03 2006 |
| 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, i was driving at 50 mph on the highway when without any prior warning the car made a very loud metallic grinding noise. a warning message told me to immediately put into neutral, i was doing 50 mph in morning rush hour traffic. the car lost drivetrain power, and i was luckily able to change lanes and coast into the breakdown lane, narrowly missing a pile up accident. the car was flat bedded to a land rover dealership. they told me that the front differential/driveshaft was burned out. i asked if this was a common problem on this vehicle. they said yes! seemingly it could happen anywhere between 30000 and 100000 miles . this car hasd 7500. miles on it) i asked if range rover knew about it and had recalled the car. they said that range rover had bullitins since 2003 after the car was introduced, but had not accepted this as a fault or issued any safety recalls. this was a disgrace, and the nhtsa needed to address this. the problem wa s well documented on the rangerover.net website.*ak |