Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 10/03/2011 | 83000 | ||
| Was moving very slowly - in a parking garage. began pulling into a space and applied brakes. engined revved (throttle opened?) and accelerated by itself a few feet in to a wall. given that it was only a few feet and a large cement wall, no major damage. my foot was firmly on the brake, the brakes were sqeauling and there were witnesses and probably video given that it is a parking garage. burning brake smell also very apparent. i work in insurance and know of this sort of claim. i did not move my foot, opened the door and looked, foot firmly on the brake. floor mat was not a factor. | |||
| 04/18/2010 | 102000 | ||
| I have 2003 land rover, discovery car that requires constant replacement of the navigation system and its radio/cd player. this is my fifth replacement since the purchase of the car. in addition to this, the engine oil constantly leeks...took it in for repair numerous times but the problem continues. the engine light is always on....took it in a few times and the dealership repair center said it was an electrical sensor problem. the brake and abs lights would come on and go away on its own. since march 2010, the brake and abs lights decided to stay lit. will take it in for vehicle inspection at the dealership. just yesterday, all my passenger windows can not be moved up or down with the window controller. a similar problem was reported to the manufacture numerous times on both the driver and the passegner windows. they were replaced each time it was taken in. this is a lemon car and i should have had it reported back in 2003 when i first purchased the vehicle. | |||
| 08/28/2006 | 60000 | 3 | 04/14/2005 |
| Abs, traction control light and hill descent light stays on. the abs brakes are not working. the dealer told me that my brake fluid was not changed according to recommended warranty standards. i've done some research and found that others who own this vehicle have also had abs module malfunctions or defects. *nm | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - ANTI-THEFT CONTROLLER | |||
| 1 | |||
| Vehicle has a super lock down security mode system. this system malfunctioned. as a result, consumer was locked in the vehicle. a window had to be broken to get consumer out. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - SWITCH | |||
| 09/23/2003 | 11000 | 1 | 12/15/2002 |
| I parked my landrover discovery in the grocery store parking lot, pulled the key out and walked toward the store. after a crashing noise i turned around to see my car had rolled back into a van. my transmission was still in drive and i had been able to remove the key from the ignigtion. i called my landrover dealer. after explaining what happened i asked why the key could be removed in the drive position, he said he didn't know and would have to look into it. he then directed me to the collision center for repairs. the next day i found out from a friend with a discovery that his key can not be removed in drive. when i called the dealer again he told me the key shouldn't have come out. when i questioned him as to why he didn't explain that to me the day before, he told me i had misunderstood. he was very evasive when i asked him why he had not told me to bring my car in to be checked. basically he blew me off. from there i investigated on my own by calling the ntsb on september 25th. after talking to a safety standard engineer i was directed to a complience engineer. i learned that according to the federal motor vehicle safety standard #114 no car should be able to remove the key from the ignition unless the transmission is in park. i also called landrover north america. they helped expedite the situation. the service manager here found that it had been left in the transit mode from delivery overseas. he said the cars are suppose to be checked at port and at the dealership. they had failed to do the routine check and change the computer over. it took them 4 weeks to repair my car. landrover offerred to incure the $2500 cost. this could have been a very bad situation if my car would have rolled back and hit a person. i am dissapointed in the local dealer and how they handled the situation. i made a formal complaint to the dealership. and the ntsb has shown more interest than my local dealer. *ak | |||