Consumer Complaint Detail
LAND ROVER / NEW RANGE ROVER / 2003
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007111516 | Incident Date: Jul, 10 2007 |
| Consumer's City: LITTLE SILVER | Consumer's State: NJ |
| 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#: SALME11413A | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 10 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Failure of front differential/driveshaft on a 2003 land rover range rover with 48,000 miles. no accident involved, excessive wear identified by dealer during routine service and clanking"noise identified by owner upon shifting from reverse to drive. problem was consistent with other reported failures in same model with bmw drive train. differential/driveshaft was serviced twice in 2004- once due to an owner complaint of a grinding noise coming from the front differential ,and once due to a service bulletin from land rover. differential was replaced on 11 july 2007 at a cost of $2300.00 to vehicle owner. land rover continued to lack acknowledgment of problem and failure to issue a formal recall was creating a safety hazard for owners of pre jaguar drive train range rover . *ak |