FAILURE OF FRONT DIFFERENTIAL ON 2005 RANGE ROVER, WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEMS WITH THIS COMPONENT ON THE VEHICLE BUT NO SAFETY RECALL AS OF YET. IMMOBILIZED VEHICLE ON EXTREMELY BUSY INTERSTATE (I35) IN DALLAS CAUSING SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC BACKUP, OVER $2K IN REPAIR COST. *TR
1993
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS AND INCLINES I NOTICED MY TRUCK ENGINE SLIPPING AND LOSING SPEED...WHEN THE DECENT INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON, I LOOKED INTO THE MANUAL ONLY TO FIND THAT THE MANUAL SHOWS THAT PARTICULAR CONTROL - BUT STATES NOTHING ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION- IT SAYS MY PROBLEM IS THE BRAKES. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE BRAKE SHOP AND YES MY BRAKES WERE IN NEED OF ITS SET OF 2ND ROTORS. SO I HAD THAT FIXED. ON MY WAY TO WORK A FEW NIGHTS AFTERWARDS, I WAS DRIVING UP A HILL WHEN MY TRUCK DIED. TRANSMISSION DEAD. MY 2002 LAND ROVER FREELANDER'S HAS ONLY 69,000 MILES ON IT. IT IS IN NEED OF ROTORS, A BACK WINDOW REGULATOR AND A TRANSMISSION. I HAVE ALREADY HAD OVERHEATING PROBLEMS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP MORE THAN I HAVE DRIVEN IT. HEADLIGHT ISSUES, BRAKES, WATER PUMP, TEMP GAUGE, ENGINE PROBLEMS, RADIATOR AND A FEW RECALLS. : (. *NM