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
2005
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
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.