*AK CONSUMER STATED THE AIR SUSPENSION SYSTEM HAS MALFUNCTIONED REPEATEDLY, THE SYSTEM FAILS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION, VEHICLE IS THEN UNDRIVABLE BUT DOES START, LOCKS IN FULLY ELEVATED POSITION, LOCKS IN FULLY DEFLATED POSITION, MORES UP AND DOWN, VEHICLE SHAKES VIOLENTLY, WARNING LIGHTS FLASH AND WARNING APPEARS NOT TO EXCEED 35 MPH, DRIVER CONTROL OF VEHICLE IS COMPROMISED, CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES ON THIS, SO FAR WITH NO RESPONSE OR SOLUTION TO PROBLEM, VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 9000 MILES, ALSO THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED, THE RADIO WAS REPLACED AFTER A LOUD BOOMING NOISE WAS HEARD WHILE CHANGING STATIONS AND THE WINDSHIELD WASHER PUMP WAS REPLACED AND LATER REPAIRED AGAIN AFTER THE NEW PUMP STOPPED WORKING. *YD
2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING ON I-75 THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND SHIFT GEARS. IT STARTED STALLING AND WOULD DO THE SAME THING AFTER THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND ON AGAIN. WE DROVE 50-55 MPH ON A HIGHWAY WITH 18 WHEELERS CAREENING AROUND US. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, WE WERE TOLD THAT IT NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. NO EXPLANATION WAS GIVEN AS TO WHY WITH A VEHICLE BARELY 5 YEARS OLD AND ONLY HAD 42,000 MILES ACCRUED. WE TOOK IT TO A PRIVATE TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY FOUND THE DEFECT. THERE WAS A CRACK ON THE REVERSE PISTON WHICH LAND ROVER WAS APPARENTLY AWARE OF BECAUSE AN UPDATED PISTON WAS MANUFACTURED. ALL WE WOULD LIKE WAS A REFUND FOR THE REPAIRS DONE BUT WE WERE TOLD NO BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GO TO THE DEALERSHIP. IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE PRIVATE SHOP, WE WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE DEFECT IN THE FIRST PLACE. I STILL HAVE THE PISTON AND THE CRACK IS CLEARLY VISIBLE. *AK