Bearing failure in front differential: no event leading up to the failure. As I was emerging from the lincoln tunnel in nyc with 4 lanes of traffic on either side, with out any warning my car would not move forward and if I pressed on the gas I heard a very loud grinding noise. I was lucky as I was not going very fast and was able to immediately pull over to the side. If I was on the highway there is a high probability that there could have been a dangerous if not fatal accident. Car had to be towed. Range rover mount kisco fixed the car at no charge. I was told that there have been other incidences like this with other 2003 range rovers. I asked range rover to notify owners of 2003 range rovers and they told me they are only responsible to fix the automobile. I asked how many incidents there were regarding the bearing in the differential axle and they told me they did not know and no one has the statistics. I called range rover north america and received the same robotic answers. It appears they are not interested in driver's safety but only interested in insuring they make money and are free of all liabilities. They repeatedly asked if I was happy about the service I received. I kept telling them it is not about the service or me. I am here to tell what happened and to try and prevent someone else having the same problem. The next person may not have an opportunity to tell their story. I will do my best to make range rover america take their responsibilities sincerely. I strongly feel range rover should notify the owners of 2003 range rovers and telling them to keep their wheels in alignment and to insure the owners know of the risks involved.
2003 Land Rover Range Rover transmission complaints
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Driving on I-280 and the car made a metal-to-metal grinding noise (very loud), pulled over torwards the next exit (barely made it to the median) and the car would not move. Other than "park", the car made a terribly loud grinding noise in all gears and sport mode. The car would not move/drive. Had the vehicle towed to dealership. Told this morning by service adviser that service bulletin was issued that should have been done last time in for service re power train:driveline:differential unit. Appears from my research that tsb 540103 issued 1/31/03 applies per conversation with dealer's service adviser. Trying to get a copy of tsb now. Also, called roadside assistance on evening of incident to get assistance with removing vehicle (and myself, wife and daughter) from the highway median. Land rover could not locate a tow company to assist and we were forced to call chp and seek their assistance in getting a tow and paying the same - in other words, no "roadside assistance" really existed when this happened.
While driving approximately 65 MPH vehicle inadvertently lost power. Consumer pulled to the shoulder of interstate, avoiding accidents. When taken to get serviced it was determined that driveshaft split.*ak prior to this incident the consumer had problems with the front differential and the front sway bar. The transmission also malfunctioned prior to this incident, downshifting by itself and then failing to come out of third gear for the remainder of the day. Shuttering sound from front end at slow speeds. The dealer attempted to rectify the rattling problem by replacing several suspension and steering components. Found low power steering fluid level due to leaking input shaft, replaced rack and pinion then performed 4 wheel alignment. *bf
While driving 25 MPH the differential broke. As a result, the vehicle came to an abrupt stop.
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