2003 Land Rover New Range Rover: problems, recalls and reliability

“My 2003 range rover hse suffered a failure of the front differential and driveshaft. A common and known issue to land rover. I was traveling down the interstate and suddenly lost all forward momentum. I had to immediately find a safe place to pull over and put on the hand brake to keep the vehicle from rolling. It would not move. It was towed to a repair facility and the broken parts were replaced. It was fixed with new parts, but they are the same design of the ones that failed. I was told there is not permanent fix provided by land rover and this will happen again. *tr”Owner report · Power Train · Jun 2008

“My 2003 range rover hse differential died without warning. I had to be towed home ($200) + $1500 to fix it with an after market differential. *tr”Owner report · Power Train · Apr 2008

“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. *tr”Owner report · Power Train · Mar 2008

“While driving my 2003 range rover on the freeway, the front differential suddenly failed with no advance warning. Lost all propulsion. Was barely able to glide onto the shoulder. This is a known, significant safety defect that should have been addressed already. Only have 50,000 miles on the car. It is well maintained. Requires total replacement of the front differential by the dealer. There is a 2 week delay in getting replacement parts; this is a well known, too-commonly-occurring defect. Range rover should be protecting their reputation better. *tr”Owner report · Power Train · Jan 2008

“While driving on the expressway the front differential went out on my 2003 range rover with only 52,000 miles. I was driving 60mph when the vehicle lost power from the transmission and I almost lost control of the vehicle in traffic. I was almost rear-ended and was unable to steer vehicle to side of the road. *tr”Owner report · Power Train · Sep 2007

“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”Owner report · Power Train · Aug 2007

“Differential failure on my 2003 land rover range rover. Almost got killed while traveling on the freeway at 65 mph when all of a sudden complete loss of power. Stopped and put in park and vehicle still moved!! Finally used handbrake to stabilize and called a tow truck. *tr”Owner report · Power Train · Jul 2007