I have a 2004 range rover and my brother has a 2003. I just had my car towed today to land rover to fix a diff problem that obviously most 2002-2005 models have and land rover wants to do nothing about it! Mine has 64k on it and my brothers had 58k on it. Total bs that it breaks like that so quickly if at all. These are 78k trucks brand new. Totally unacceptable!
2004 Land Rover Range Rover transmission complaints
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Vehicle looses all forward drive when drive shaft and differential spines sheer off. This has been reported on the internet by a large population of owners of this vehicle. I was traveling in heavy traffic on I-75 north at the I-75 and I-10 interchange when without any warning the shaft failed leaving me without the abiliy to do anything other than stop. I was nearly hit by a tractor trailor as I was on an up hill grade and was not able to get completely off the express way before the vehicle came to a stop. The vehicle's park selector on the shifter was inoperative and the vehicle could only be held in place using the parking brake. The dealer said this was a common problem and that a retorfit was in the works and would be available within 30 days. The dealer had to install an original part which according to him does not contain the re-engineered fix. This leaves me out $3,000 and with a part I know will fail again in the future without notice.
Front drive shaft fault on range rover 2004 vouge.
A stop light was turning "green" so I step on the gas peddle, the vehicle at that time stopped abruptly and was making a grinding noise. When I step on the gas, it doesn't do anything but making a louder grinding sound. At that time, I see an error message that reads "remove gear of neutral". I did not receive any warning message or any funny noise leading to this . This has never happen before. I had my car towed to a independent garage, since the landrover does not take any responsibility or accountability on the false design of this vehicle. I found out later it was an on going issue with the front differential, which the dealership trying to say it was an "wear and tear" issue and they were going to charge me $1,800.00 to fix. I will never purchase anything from landrover or whoever the parent company is.
A couple of months ago my vehicle just stopped on bw parkway. I had been hearing a grinding noise but thought it was my tires. I went to my mechanic who told me it was the driving shaft. He replaced a part that cost me $1200 alone. Now I am experiencing that same grinding noise especially if I go over 40 miles per hour. I have a feeling that it is the same issue again which is why my frustration has LED me into doing some research on possible recalls. It appears that this is a common problem with my vehicle.
I was driving at about 75 miles/hr on the interstate when my car made a loud noise and completely stopped accelerating. I was almost rearended trying to get out of the road. I was told that my by the range rover dealership that my front differential failed. I could have been killed and I was barely able to get of the road.
No warning occurred. My front differential went out on my 2004 range rover. This occurred on a residential street after stopping at a red light and trying to move forward. Fortunately I wasn't on a major hwy traveling at high speeds.
Front differential failure on highway, barely avoiding sure accident. Very lucky that accident did not occur!!
I purchased a new 2004 hse range rover along with a warranty extension for 100,000 miles. During the second year of ownership, the "failed trans. Program" warning started to appear, the car would suddenly shift into "limp" mode (2nd gear) with a loud thud. Each time I took it to the dealership (3 different dealers) I was told it was just a sensor. Nothing to worry about. I have taken it in for repair for this issue more than 8 times, my warranty just expired, and now I am told that I need a new transmission. I am livid.
I have a 2004 range rover that has had the front differential replaced at 50k miles and again at 80k miles and now it has failed again leaving me stranded on the highway. The last time it was "replaced" was only 8 months ago.
Failure of front differential of 2004 range rover. These failures are chronic and due to a design failure, but land rover has done nothing to correct the problem. I've asked my local dealer to replace the front end as an 'extended warranty' but have not heard if they will. If not, its a $5,000 repair item.
I was traveling home on I-h201 when there was a loud gear cranking sound and the vehicle could no longer accelerate. The warning came on and said to put the vehicle in neutral. The vehicle rolled to the side of the road and needed the emergency brake to stop because it couldn't shift into park. It was towed in and the dealer said that it was a front differential failure which was common with this year. It's lucky that it happened in the middle of the night when there wasn't any traffic. There weren't any mechanical warnings prior to this incident.
I was traveling in my 2004 range rover with 47k miles on I-h201 in hawaii at 55 MPH with cruise control on when the engine suddenly revved up, the warning sign came on and said to put the car in neutral and it stopped accelerating. I put the car in neutral and rolled to the side of the highway. The car could not longer get into gear, made horrible grinding noises, and only could only stop with the emergency brake engaged (putting the car in park did nothing). The car had to be towed into the land rover dealership. They said that the front differential was completely gone and needed to be replaced, along with the drive shaft. This is an incredibly dangerous fault and should be addressed by land rover.
My husband, son 10 yrs old, myself , and two pugs were driving on highway 31 at appx 65 MPH when suddenly our car made a loud crack noise and suddenly stopped accelerating telling us to put the car in neutral. We were on our way on vacation appx 90 miles out of town. Fortunately the land rover dealer was open at 630 pm and when we described what had happened he knew exactly what the problem was. We had to wait 3 hours on barely what would be considered the shoulder of the road in the snow and wait for someone to tow our car to the nearest land rover dealer. The car has 54,000 miles on it and we paid 63,000 dollars for the vehicle. It was completely incompacitated and left us stranded in a very dangerous place with absoutely no recourse other than towing. Thank god we made it safely however this situation could have resulted in a very different outcome. To date my car is still out of service and I a, left without a vehicle.
2004 range rover front differential failure on highway, suddenly lost power could have been very serious in heavy traffic, had toddler and infant in car.
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