Equipment Problems of Land Rover Discovery - part 1

Vehicle is leaking water from a pillars and it is damaging the vehicles electrical systems. Humidity build up and mildew from the entry of water after a down pour caused mold to build up throughout the entire floor board. Dealer ship needs to address these issues and have a complementary inspection/service to resolve this matter. This can lead to electrical problems and airbag inoperative issues. To conclude this can total the owners vehicle since the fuses sit by the a pillar. Water entry will also cause corrosion to vehicle cause damage and jeopardizing the integrity of the vehicle structure.

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The door latch on the rear right of the car failed while driving, door wouldn't close, my 8 year old son sits on that side for school runs. This was replaced under the recall but it failed again. Also I've had 2 window regulators go in this vehicle apparently it's a common problem window would not go up or down.

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Driving down the highway at night in the rain and car died completely. . . All electronics shut off, car shut off and had no power to steering or breaks or anything. Would not start once it was pulled over and had to be towed to dealer. At the dealership I was told the leaking windshield had eroded the wiring throughout. They could not start or power the car at all. They removed the complete interior and have had the car for 45 days with no estimate of when it is drivable again.

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Water leaking from roof, thought it was from the surround sunroof. Could hear air coming from roof. On December 30, 2024, after three weeks of heavy rain, found cup holders filled with water. Car started up, but the round button would not lift up from console next to cup holders. Could not put the car in drive, reverse, or neutral. Had to call for tow truck and take to dealership. Was told that the water damage was not from the sunroof, but in fact, from the front windshield coming detached from the glue. This was a great concern for me, because of the safety issue of not knowing that there was a problem with the 2018 models having this issue. We had done our research in looking up any issues with this car before we bought it. We did not find anything describing this issue. The windshield could have come unattached while driving down the highway at 60-70 mph.

Driving with my children, right rear door all of a sudden opened without warning. Doors were all locked. Pulled over, closed the door but latch was not catching with door. It's as if nothing was holding the door in place. I had to have my 14 year old daughter hold the car door while we canceled our vacation and drove three hours back home.

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My car caught on fire while driving only 5 days, and 210 miles, after being purchased brand new. I first smelled melted plastic, few seconds after that saw smoke rising up under the driver seat and then felt the seat getting hot and saw flames shooting under my seat. All along there were no warning messages or light displayed on the car. The car burned completely and was deemed totaled by my insurance. Insurance investigation, along with Land Rover representatives and local law enforcement detectives that were assigned to the case, determined it to be a manufacturing issue.

Windshield is leaking and during heavy rain it floods the cup holders and damages the electronics. Exactly like previous recall https://static. Nhtsa. Gov/odi/tsbs/2020/mc-10173517-0001. Pdf windshield has never been replaced and the vehicle has never been in an accident.

Rear hatch has opened while driving. Pulled to side of road and closed the hatch. Another time it opened while in parking lot. First time April 24, 2023. Second occurrence June 27, 2023.

I am reporting this issue because after contacting Land Rover headquarters and was told that they do not recognize this issue as a problem. To add to my complaint is the fact that a lawsuit was brought to the tennessee district court for this very matter. There is an apparent defect on the windshield, mainly on the passenger side. I just confirmed that the windshield is slightly loose on the passenger side, which leads to water leakage. The vehicle is a 2017 Land Rover Discovery 5 (l462), this problem presents a clear danger as any accident that the car is involved in could lead the vehicle's airbag, on the passenger side, ejecting the windshield - not to mention what would occur on a rollover. I have tried to reach management at both the us and uk offices and they are not available from what I am told. I would mention that these vehicles are a danger and we are told that the brand sells quality. However, it appears to be quite the opposite. I provided a service action (n221) detailing the matter in question but they have excluded the 2017 Land Rover from this service action. I also attached the lawsuit brought in the courts of tennessee which mentioned that windshield subpar seal, which causes water leakage. If there is a rollover on Land Rovers l462 years 2017 to present, the windshield will not perform as designed and people may day.

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Front windshield has a leak for the second time. The first time it was replaced a year ago, and now the leak is in the top of the windshield frame causing water to leak onto the dash and also on to infotainment screen from the rear view mirror above. Loss and failure of electrical components is a real consternation in regard to this issue. Apparently this is an ongoing manufacturer production failure, with many complaints from owners of this vehicle across the internet. The service mgr. At the dealership informed me that I need to pay $650 to have the windshield replaced. I feel that this issue is the responsibility of Land Rover and has to be resolved with a recall. Please let me know if there is any help available in this regard. Thank you jack fromberg.

Windshield replaced three times faulty seal, tires defected fell apart within two years less than 10,000 miles on vehicle.

Windshield leak cause water to drain into floor boards and accumulate until electrical connectors were affected. The dash and display screen went completely black when driving, as well as the car refusing to start.

Left passenger door lock failed while in operation. Left door opened while vehicle in motion during turn w/ child in right side passenger seat. Very serious safe risk created. Left door still not locking. Independent service center confirmed door lock malfunctioned and failed mechanically. No warning lamps prior to malfunction.

There is a leak from the windshield. A lot of landrover Discovery’s owners having the same issue and the manufacturer is not fixing it if the vehicle is not on warranty. I called my dealer in orlando and they told me that I should take it to my insurance but it was not caused by an accident. It is a problem with most discoveries from 2020 and under. Please help! thanks!.

After the recent rain we had in CT and the northeast we got in the car and water was dripping out of screw holes in the lighting and from the headliner just below the area where the windshield meets the body of the vehicle. The water was dripping into the drive selector and other electronics and the headliner was saturated with water. After calling multiple Land Rover dealers I was informed that failure of the seals on the windshield on the Land Rover Discovery and some other models is a "known issue". The company has recalled a few of these models but not nearly enough. The vehicle now has to be assessed for water damage, cleaning, mold an the wind shield has to be replaced as well as any other compromised components. To top it all off, Land Rover has no loaner vehicles and won't pay for rental cars for affected owners, despite their long knowledge of this issue and failure to do anything to rectify it. Further, they are short of parts so their current solution is to dry out the car, "reseal" the windshield and give the car back to you until all of the replacement parts arrive, which could take months. So people have to be without their vehicle or driving a potentially compromised vehicle, since we won't know the extent of the water damage for some time, and they are just letting this issue continue while doing nothing. Land rover should be forced to fix all existing cars, inform all potential buyers of a new car of this issue and redesign the car to fix this problem for good. It is not only a nuisance but can certainly be a major safety hazard if the water penetration goes unnoticed for some time and damages electronics and drive components.

Leaking front windshield at the center and right. Known issue with this car and series, but somehow this specific VIN is not in the group for the recall. This occurred exactly like the others and it should be covered. I had to argue with aristocrat motors in miriam and they decided (for now, hasn't been completed) to cover it. This should be covered for the other vins that aren't included in the recall.

I have a 2017 Land Rover Discovery with multiple episodes of significant water leakage problems due to a known windshield seal issue on the model as identified by the dealer. During the warranty the windshield and seal were replaced and would then fail twice, on the 2nd occurrence I instructed to the dealer to notate my account with concerns about electrical issues due to the amount of water that entered the dashboard, center console, and overhead electrical. Reviewing my own service records I can see electrical problems occurred on the vehicle with notes to "let it dry out". The final time this happened was just outside of manufacturer's warranty still within the cpo period, we were told it was no longer covered even though this has never been solved. Dealer stated they've never seen this much water come in, we have significant staining and electrical concerns for which lrna show no concern or remorse. I am uncomfortable being put in a position to sell this car knowing what happened and the potential repair costs (10k+ for significant electrical work) plus the safety concerns of failure. My car has been at the dealer for almost 20 days now with no loaner and no activity on my case. I have spoken to my case worker only twice, once when I opened it and once when she finally answered one of my calls 10 days later. I call every day to ask for updates, the dealer reaches out on my behalf and still no progress has been made. No loaners have been offered, 10 days in I was told I would need to wait another 10 days, plus the dealer indicated at least 3 days to order the windshield (at least 23 days total at the dealership). I believe water entering a vehicle like it did and coming into contact with electrical systems poses a significant threat to the operability and safety of the vehicle with lrna showing no regard for the situation, happily letting myself or someone else get "stuck" with this problem and the potential failure assocaited with it.

This is an update to complaint number 11436854, submitted on 10/14/2021, 5:53:21 pm additional service has been performed on the vehicle to identify and correct random electrical faults interrupting the safe operations of this vehicle. Service record generated by Land Rover boise, id (ro number 520844) is attached as an uploaded file. This ro indicates the third repair by Land Rover dealers that have serviced this vehicle (lynnwood, wa; flatirons, CO and boise, id) regarding the ground stud update, and now provides the documentation of another ground fault in the locking actuator (door locks are randomly actuating w/driving).

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This vehicle should be considered as a "drive at your own risk" vehicle. Engine randomly fails to start using push button start in coordination with pressing on the brake pedal. Dash and gages indicated all electrical systems were on and no warning symbols were displayed. Repeated attempts by owner to start vehicle failed. Attempts using remote start app erroneously indicated that the vehicle was already in operation. Fail-to-start generally existed for 2-4 hours before the vehicle would randomly start. Failure to start and stranding owner repeated 4 times over the next 8 days, including while the vehicle was in service shop of dealer. Dealer service could not identify source of the problem and produced records that the safety recall for the battery ground stud issue had already been performed. Dealer service records (attached) recommended against driving vehicle due to "what seems to be intermittent high speed power train communications fault". Owner has requested dealer by back due to this repetitive and unresolved safety problem. Refusal from Land Rover to buy the vehicle back places this consumer safety issue back into owners hands which triggered the moral obligation to submit this information to the NHTSA as a safety problem.

After 2000 miles of driving, I received a warning that I had reduced traction and needed to drive with caution. When I took vehicle to dealer they determined the “initial configuration was not complete”.

Received an error message stating reduced traction only 2 wheel drive and to drive with caution. Took it to the dealer to discover the software was not programmed for the 4wd modules.

Your website does not recognize the existence of a 2017 Discovery. Instead it lists only Discovery sport, and entirely different vehicle with an entirely different engine and other components. Therefore, I cannot trust your listing of recalls, etc. Please look into this and correct both the search function and the results page to show correct info.

Vehicle rolled back when in the park position. Vehicle had no occupants. Vehicle parked on an incline. Roll back occurred several minutes after shifter was placed in the park position and minutes after I exited the vehicle. Extremely worrisome. 2018 Land Rover Discovery.

I purchased a 2019 Land Rover on October 3,2020. I noticed entire dashboard including seats windshield rear view mirror is filled with water. I have a dual sunroof, I do not see or feel any leaks. Carmax neither landrover have assisi or found problem. The vehicle was stationary.

There's a water-proofing defect with the Discovery Land Rover (at least 2017-2019). I previously purchased new a 2017 Discovery new, and water entered from the roof and windshield and the dealer replaced it with a 2019. Same issue is occurring - with rain water entering from windshield and roof and flooding interior of car. Appears to be a defect in manufacturing that causes safety issues as water is literally dripping on the driver and front interior while I drive the car.

Let me start, by saying this happened 2 months ago, in monterrey n. L mexico. I was pulling out of my driveway the car felt like it turned off and it pulled to the right and I crashed hitting two cars. Sent it to range rover and they stated the power steering box was damaged and I asked them about any recall the said no thier hadn't been. I need my car fixed can you help please. Mexico doesn't want to do this under warranty. Claim that warranty is only for canada and us. I could have killed people and this would have been on your company I need my problem look at.

Bought car last may, 2019, and within four months was back and forth to the dealership for repairs. Water got inside my vehicle from the front windshield with water everywhere inside, including the dashboard, screen and main console. Dealership said it was from the window recalls, but mine never was recalled. They said the seals where faulty. Faulty engine O2 sensor (three faulty codes) right when I was driving back from my windshield repair. Turned around and dropped car back off. Camera system fault message was on the screen. They claim nothing was wrong. This was after water got into my car. Basically, I'm just waiting for the next thing to happen with my car with so much water getting inside the cabin and main console area. Dealership said they can do nothing about it as everything is working now. Vehicle was sitting outside when water got inside. When other items happened, I was driving. These happened on June of 2019, September of 2019 and November 0f 2019.

I was driving on main road at the speed limit (45 mph). I had slowed down as I observed a car pulling out ahead of me onto the road. As I gave my vehicle gas in order to get back up to speed, I felt a pause in the engine and then the car completely lost power- the engine stopped, the red battery icon appeared on the dash, and message appeared on the screen with the heading "special program suspended" or something to that effect-- I had no time to read that message as I had to steer my car as far to the right as I was able to. I tried to restart the vehicle, it would not start and the message disappeared-- I had no chance to read it as I was on a busy and heavy traveled road and had to ensure I was safely pulled over. Unknown at this time as to what caused this malfunction. This created an unsafe condition as the car lost power with no forewarning. I am lucky that it did not happen on the highway on which I travel most of the time. I contacted Land Rover roadside assistance and the car was put on a flatbed and brought to the dealer.

We own a Land Rover Discovery 2018. When driving the 2018 Land Rover Discovery there is a significant lag in the throttle spot on the time you push the gas pedal to the time the car recognizes that input and begins to move. Sometimes the lag is up to two seconds. This has almost caused a couple of accidents as you push on the gas expecting the car to move and it doesn't move and then surges unexpectedly after the long lag. This has been reported to Land Rover for sometime, since before last summer 2018 yet they done nothing to fix it yet. The Land Rover dealership says to contact Land Rover corporate. Land rover corporate says to contact the dealership. No one has any idea when it will be fixed and the dealership acknowledges that Land Rover corporate has known about it for quite some time. They also stated it is a problem in the Land Rover model, the range rover, as well. Could someone at nhsta please open an inquiry before anyone gets seriously hurt or worse as Land Rover doesn't seem to be in a hurry to resolve it. Some one is going to get hurt or worse, if they haven't already.

Brake pedal always speaks. Countless rattles in vehicle.

Car won't start but turns over normally. Beginning about a month and a half ago so I've noticed a few times it feeling like its going to die like it's being held back a little bit when I'm driving on the freeway not having enough to get it going like something is clogged or something. . . . Fuel pump I was wondering and going to get it checked but it only happens when I'm on the freeway for a little bit and when I slow down it feels like its going to die also after getting off the freeway are slowing down but it does it also when I'm going at higher speeds on the freeway but only then not when I'm driving through town.

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Excessive rust on the frame at key points, such as front suspension, engine block. Told by the dealer the body has to come off to fix rust problem. The were other cars in the shop same year, same model. Was told if I hit a hard bump or whole in road, the front end could collapse. Land rover is being non responsive.

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Service brakes, hydraulic. Under normal braking abs is activated when applying brakes and causes brakes vibrate/pulse and make it extremely difficult to stop requiring pumping of brake pedal. Happens most frequently at low speeds when turning a corner, out of a driveway when very likely to his pedestrians or oncoming traffic when unabe to break. At higher speeds up to 25-30 mph the same situation arises but you generally have more time and distance to recover. Otherwise breaks work most of the time, which makes this glitch so frustrating and seemingly unrelated to break pad or wear and tear issues, as substantiated by similar NHTSA complaint #s: 882300, 8011620, 10028658, 10024539, 10110112.

Side step broke off, substantiated by similar NHTSA complaint # = 603676.

Technical service report from independent british Land Rover specialists, bethesda customer states engine makes a tapping noise, mostly at idle. Diagnosis - verified noise. Oil light on due to low oil pressure, vehicle in VIN range for oil pump failure due to misaligned front cover from the manufacturer. Oil pump damage has occurred, and needs to be changed. Correct repair is engine replacement, as damage to bearings can occur. Failure also caused by block alignment positioning. At this point, no noticeable engine damage has occurred, and to avoid engine replacement can replace oil pump assembly. Oil pump replacement would only be temporary �x, as problem will most likely arise years down the line. Will need to check front cover for damage during repair. Additionally, large oil leak from intake end seals detected. Recommend replace oil pump, align front cover, replace intake gasket while noting there may be chances of engine failure, bearing damage & damage to front cover detected during service. Notes: to avoid engine failure, replaced oil pump at a cost of $2,600 due to misaligned front cover from the Land Rover manufacturer. Will likely need to replace engine in the future at an expected cost of $10,000 due to block alignment positioning manufacturing errors from Land Rover. Customer will have to pay for these repairs in their entirety, despite the fact that they are caused by original manufacturing defects, as Land Rover has not issued a recall. Please assist - there are thousands of very similar complaints posted on multiple Land Rover forums online.

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