Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | |||
| A smell of excessive fuel was coming from rear of vehicle/ inside, and outside of vehicle. contacted dealer, and dealer stated was trying to find where fuel smell was coming from. ak | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM - FUEL RAIL | |||
| 11/04/2004 | 2 | ||
| Consumer noticed that while driving a fuel odor came in from the vents. consumer contacted the dealer about this problem that has occurred more than once, and has not been resolved. *ak *tc | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - STORAGE | |||
| 10/13/2001 | 1 | ||
| While driving 70 mph, the rear right tire blew out. the driver lost control of the vehicle, and rolled over. the fuel tank cracked, and the vehicle caught on fire. the fire department extinguished the fire. the driver and two passengers sustained major injuries, and were transported to a hospital. the third passenger died. the vehicle was towed to a dealer for inspection, and the mechanic determined it was a plastic fuel tank that had faulty o rings. *ak *sc *jb | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE - STORAGE - TANK ASSEMBLY | |||
| 12/15/2004 | 80000 | 1 | |
| Dt: caller got a recall on the gas tank.. he has a crack in gas tank, and the dealer is giving him no help. dealer keeps making excuses why they cant do recall work. manufacturer has offered no help.*ak | |||
| 10/13/2001 | 60000 | 2 | |
| Tire failed, vehicle became unstable and rolled over gas tank integrity failed, gas splilled and ignited. my seven year old son was burned to death, my 2 year old, my wife and myself sent to hospital with third degree burns. land rover officials agreed to a recall to prevent the problem in the future. recall was to take place by april 2003. it has not. i believe they are intentionally dragging their feet to save a few pennies and are putting other land rover owners at risk in the meantime.*ak | |||
| 07/22/2002 | 1 | 01/01/2095 | |
| Fuel tank leakage reported to manufactuer. either it is caused by mecahnic or design/manufactuer defect. manufactuer unresponsive. if i proceed to repair/replace the fuel tank, all evidence would be lost. please advice.*ak | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER | |||
| 04/07/2005 | 1 | ||
| Received letter from land rover north america about a recall #b-156 on my 1995 land rover discovery vin#saljn1245sa118708. i am unable to find anything on your web site that guarantees this letter i received is a safety concern for my vehicle. land rover maintains that i need to take my vehicle to an authorized dealer to inspect the fuel tank. with the past experiences this vehicle has with land rovers authorized dealers and their not so trained technicians and cost suffered from their mistakes, i find traveling two hours, then sitting waiting while my vehicle suffers unknowns then driving back home for two hours isn't rational. i have contacted land rover via email with negative results, now they want me to call them, which doesn't make sense.*ak | |||