On my way home from picking up my grandchild there was some vibrating on the passenger side of the automobile. Than a loud explosion followed by rubber burning smell and lost of control of car. Managed to pull over car would not rolling had to engage parking brake. Had car towed home. Drive shaft seperated and destroyed transmission pan. Broke pieces off of tansmission. Change rotors and brake and car still will not come to a complete stop without sliding a bit. Abs lights come on every time this happens. Both incidents happen while im driving streets or highway.
2003 Land Rover Discovery: ABS light or ABS activating
5 of the 47 complaints about the 2003 Land Rover Discovery describe ABS light or ABS activating.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 11%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
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What owners say
Purchased land rover discovery less then a month ago, since then the dash board looks like a christmas tree with the number of warning lights that are on. Was told by the dealer that the ABS modulator was out and it would $3500.00 just for the part, even though I researched it and found a repair kit for under a $100. However, the most recent warning light is the oil light and the car over heats in a very short amount of time, and knocks and bings. After reading the several post on this web sight, I too am now part of a long list of customers that have major issues with land rover. What a mistake it was.
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 leaks...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 passenger 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.
2003 land rover discovery ABS/ traction control/ hill decent light remains on while driving, has affected thousands of land rover vehicles. I was told that it was the sensor. Like I said it has affected to many vehicles and people to just say that it was a minor mishap with some of the vehicles. It occurs almost every day going to work and do not have those options in use when on.
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.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2003 Land Rover Discovery abs
Is ABS light or ABS activating a common problem on the 2003 Land Rover Discovery?
5 of 47 owner complaints about the 2003 Land Rover Discovery (11%) mention ABS light or ABS activating. The model year with the most reports is 1996.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2003 Land Rover Discovery?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
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