2005 Land Rover Range Rover: sudden loss of power

Filed Jun 29, 2015 · Engine · 125,000 miles · VA

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 land rover range rover. The contact stated that there was a sudden loss of power and the timing chain skipped, which caused the vehicle to hesitate and potentially stall. The contact kept the vehicle parked due to it hesitating to start and being sluggish while traveling at any rate of speed. The authorized dealer was notified of the failure several times and the vehicle was not diagnosed. The contact had not yet approved the dealer to diagnose the vehicle due to how extensive the repair would be in which various components may need to be maneuvered or adjusted to determine the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and provided no remedy. The approximate failure mileage was 125,000.

Filed Oct 31, 2007 · Transmission · 55,000 miles · IL

Oct. 5, 2007 at 8am- my family and I were riding on I-94w, 100 miles from home, at approx. 65mph, and there was a grinding noise. Then suddenly the vehicle lost power. Luckily we made it partially to the side of the road. Vehicle was immediately towed by state tow, because location of vehicle was unsafe, to the nearest dealer 20 min away. Because I was at 56k miles dealer required me to pay for rental. Two days later on monday, diagnosis was front differential failure. Then after differential was fixed dealer said the transfer case was bad. Latest, as of today, 26 days later, I am still waiting for transfer case to be fixed, which will not be in until nov. 8th. Still renting a mini van, paying $30/day for rental, and paying my range rover note.

Filed Oct 4, 2007 · Transmission · 32,000 miles · NC

Driving under normal driving conditions without any undue stress on the vehicle the front differential stripped out and my vehicle completely lost power to the wheels. Land rover is now replacing the front differential but has made no technical modifications to prevent this from occurring again.

Filed Mar 24, 2007 · Transmission · 35,700 miles · NY

Last sunday, I was traveling in the 2005 range roveron an interstate 100 miles from my home. The transission suddenly failed & I had to be towed to the dealer near my home. On monday I sopke to the dealership that told me the problem without even looking at the car there was a defect in the original design of the limited slip differential, and they were ordering the part and renting me a car. On further discussion the service department told me that they have a reworked replacedment, and it should not happen again. They also told me that they were getting at least one car a week with the same problem. *ak if this is something that they know about, why are they only fixing it after the fact. There could be serious injury to other drivers who suddenly have this power loss. I was lucky.

Filed Feb 4, 2005 · Engine · 50 miles · CA

My 2005 land rover lr3 has stalled 9 times since I first got it on 1/2/05. There have been at least 8 vehicles that have reported this stalling problem, including warren brown of the washington post during his test drive. There are numerous posts on edmunds.com forum that describe this failure (under the lr3 review page). My dealer has been unable to correct this failure after two visits to the shop and numerous components replaced. The vehicle is currently back in the shop. When coming down a hill and trying to stop, the vehicle has stalled 9 times. It does not stall every time in the same situation. The dealer has replaced the fuel tank (thought a diesel tank was installed by mistake), then replaced some sensors and the catalytic converter. As the truck weighs 6000 lbs, it is quite difficult to steer when you lose power. I am concerned for the safety of my family.