2003 Land Rover New Range Rover: grinding or squealing brakes

Filed Oct 21, 2018 · Transmission · 179,000 miles · LA

While driving on the new jersey turnpike traveling at a speed of approximately 65-70 miles an hour my truck suddenly made a loud noise and it felt like the brakes locked up and melt grinding sounds. I had it towed to a repair shop and was told it was front differential failure.

Filed Mar 20, 2008 · Transmission · 80,200 miles · NJ

While driving home from work late at night my 2003 range rover stop and the indicator directed me to put my car in neutral. When I stepped on the gas I heard a loud grinding sound. I was stranded at 1am on a week night waiting for a tow truck range rover should recall this problem with the differential especially if so many people are having this issue and we paid over 80,000 for our cars.

Filed Aug 30, 2007 · Transmission · 77,470 miles · NJ

2-9-05-driving on the highway. Veichle shut down on motorway, vehicle making loud grinding noise will not move in any gear. Had to wait to be towed back to dealership. It was a faulty front fif assemby.replace front fiff and align. Replace drive shaft. 8-23-07-driving on a highway. Veicle making grinding noise while on the highway. Had to pull over the car would not accelerate. Car was towed into shop after 4 hours of waiting on the highway and being towed. Front diff and drive shaft splines stripped. Replced front diff and driveshaft

Filed Jul 11, 2007 · Transmission · 75,000 miles · MA

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 federal safety agency needed to address this. The problem wa s well documented on the rangerover.net website.

Filed Jul 11, 2007 · Transmission · NJ

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 .

Filed Jun 12, 2007 · Transmission · 83,000 miles · UT

2003 range rover had front differential replaced at 50k miles. At 80k miles car was being driven 30mph and suddenly made loud grinding noise and coasted to a stop in a high school entrance. At this point the vehicle could no longer move under it's own power. The vehicle had to be towed for repair. Fortunately this incident occurred at low speeds. Had this incident occurred on a busy highway higher speeds, it is unclear if we would have been able to safely navigate our way out of traffic.

Filed Jun 12, 2007 · Brakes · IL

Car is a 2003 range rover hse and has only 41k miles on it. When my husband stopped at the corner to take a right turn, there was a horrible metal-on-metal grinding sound. The car was inoperable and had to be towed.

Filed Apr 2, 2007 · Transmission · 67,000 miles · FL

Front drive shaft spline failure. Driving on freeway approx. 60 MPH around town. Loud metal grinding noise. No vehicle acceleration response. Vehicle slowly rolled to stop. Pulled over to side. Towed vehicle to lr dealer. Received est. Of $3500 to replace shaft and front differential declined and arranged for tow to home. After a week of research, purchased aftermarket driveshaft. Installed myself and working great. Did not have to replace front differential.

Filed Aug 12, 2006 · Transmission · 25,000 miles · CA

Differential failure I had just exited the freeway and came to a stop at the light as the light changes I apply the gas and experience a horrible metal on metal grinding noise accompanied by sudden and complete loss of power. I immediately shut the car off and put it into park which didn't work so I used the emergency brake to keep from rolling backward. This is extremely dangerous and I am told quite common. This happened to me in the middle of a busy intersection at the bottom of a freeway off-ramp.

Filed Jun 14, 2006 · Transmission · 58,146 miles · GA

I recently purchased a 2003 range rover. After driving the vehicle from the dealers lot to my home, I decided to take my fiance for a drive. I drove down a fairly busy highway which is less than one mile from my home. As I proceeded down the highway, I attempted to accelerate and the vehicle made a loud grinding noise and became immobile. Luckily, traffic was not extremely heavy and other drivers allowed me to drift into the median. Once in the median, I placed the vehicle in park and attempted to place it in gear so that I could drive again but it continued to make this grinding noise and would not move at all. The police showed up and called a tow truck so that I could get off of the busy highway. I called the car dealership and they were concerned that I had just purchased the vehicle and this problem occurred. The vehicle was towed to a local european mechanic shop and the mechanic indicated that the transfer case would need to be replaced. I was shocked as to why this happened, since the vehicle appeared to be in excellent condition and the dealer is a reputable business. The quote for this work is $5000 and I was asked by the dealer if I could come up with a portion cost for the repairs. Since the incident, I have researched this vehicle and this appears to be a common incident among other range rover owners of models 2002 through 2006. In my findings, this appears to be a design flaw and mechanical issue, not to mention a major safety concern. I would like this complaint to be filed with similar complaints in hopes that a vehicle recall or inspection is prompted.