Two problems related to car accelerates on its own have been reported for the 2001 Land Rover Discovery Ii. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
2001 Land Rover Discovery Ii. Consumer writes in regards to possible unintended acceleration the consumer stated he took his vehicle to the car wash. As the vehicle was exiting the automatic car wash tunnel, a young man entered the vehicle, started the engine and according to him, it suddenly accelerated and rear ended another customer's vehicle. The manager at the car wash informed the consumer a recall had been issued regarding sudden acceleration. When the consumer contacted Land Rover, he was informed no recall or service bulletin had been issued with respect to his particular vehicle.
Owner was driving at approximately 5 mph and vehicle surged forward and began accelerating. Vehicle went across a ditch, and landed up side down. Vehicle was totaled. There were no injuries. Also, upon impact, air bags failed to deploy. Consumer stated that there was a recall in 2002 concerning and accelerator problem. The recall was for his model and year vehicle and believes it's possibly related the sudden acceleration he experienced.
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