Three problems related to driveshaft have been reported for the 2003 Land Rover Discovery. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
On my way home from picking up my grandchild there was some vibrating on the passenger side of the automobile. Than a loud explosion followed by rubber burning smell and lost of control of car. Managed to pull over car would not rolling had to engage parking brake. Had car towed home. Drive shaft seperated and destroyed transmission pan. Broke pieces off of tansmission. Change rotors and brake and car still will not come to a complete stop without sliding a bit. Abs lights come on every time this happens. Both incidents happen while im driving streets or highway.
The contact owns a 2003 Land Rover Discovery. The contact was exiting a parking space when noise was heard from under the bottom of the vehicle. The vehicle then stalled. The vehicle was towed to a local mechanic who inspected the failure and informed him that the drive-shaft was broken. The manufacturer was contacted who stated there were no recalls for the failure and offered no further assistance. The failure mileage was 89,000.
The contact owns a 2003 Land Rover Discovery. The contact stated that the drive shaft fractured. The engine was still running, but the vehicle would not move. The contact stated that the failure occurred without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was confirmed that the drive shaft was indeed fractured. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 67,000.