Service Brakes Problems of Land Rover LR3

After a heavy rainstorm in [xxx] , my 2005 Land Rover Lr3 experienced catastrophic water intrusion through the a-pillar design flaw documented in Land Rover’s own TSB la501-007. When I opened the passenger door, ~1. 5 inches of water poured out. Immediately afterward, the vehicle developed multiple failures: flickering lights, radio inoperative, driver’s window stuck, abs warning lights illuminated, “transmission fault” error displayed, and the air suspension automatically lowered into its fail-safe mode. This is not wear and tear. Land rover has acknowledged the defect internally (a-pillar locator holes allowing water ingress into the footwell), but never issued a recall or owner notification. Flooding the footwell shorts the electrical/fuse boxes, causing cascading failures in braking, suspension, powertrain, and electrical systems. This presents a serious safety hazard as the vehicle may lose proper braking, suspension height, or drivetrain function simply from exposure to rain. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

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Our vehicle throws a code that locks parking brake when driving and immediately stops the car it has happened multiple times luckily we were on side roads with vehicles not behind us this happened at least three times the transmission was rebuilt as the solution but continued to happen now two grand to replace parking module which has put us in danger five times and no diagnostic report till now that is the problem this time it happened in mountains in a snow storm right before we entered the highway had we been on the highway we would have been rearended it has happened at 40miles an hour 25 15 35 and parked there were no codes thrown under testing until this last one with the snowy road a car traveling behind me would not have been able to stop it gives me about 30 secs to 1 minute to pul over before it stops.

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The contact owns a 2005 Land Rover Lr3. The contact stated that while driving at any speed, the brakes would independently activate. In addition, the steering wheel seized, the vehicle shook violently, and the rotor was bright red. The contact merged the vehicle to the shoulder of the road. The vehicle shut off and restarted. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was informed that the failure was electrical related. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the failure occurred multiple times. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.

Hello- I am not positive if this is the exact location to be sending this. I am a witness to a defect or a malfunction while driving a 5 month old 2006 Land Rover Lr3. While driving on the highway in the mountains of colorado, my car's brakes locked up while driving around 68 mph. This caused me to skid to a complete stop on the highway. However, while coming to a stop my seat belt did not engage, causing me to hit my head and tear muscles in my back, which I had checked out at the doctor. After this happened, I was still at a complete stop on the highway not allowing me to drive or move out of the way from on coming traffic. As the state trooper phrased it, you are very lucky to be alive and not injured. After contacting Land Rover along with the dealer, I have not been able to solve anything. I am very worried that this could happen to someone else. I also have witnessed, items on the car which I feel need to have a recall on because of the fact the same has happened to the loaner cars as well. Stated below are the areas that need to be looked at which Land Rover is over looking or will not give us any information on. - drivers side left passenger door, will not lock along with the other doors after using the remote lock. However, if opened the alarm will sound. - radio- keeps over heating, in which they have had to replace mine three times over the 5 month period of ownership. - seat belts not engaging. I have no reason to believe after this incident that the seat belts will engaged at all if a crash were to take place. Along with other issues. Please contact back as soon as possible. Thank you.

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We have owned the Lr3 model of Land Rover since Dec. 2004, and since the car was six months up to the present day, the care experiences total system failure at any given random point in time. When this failure occurs one can not control the car, can not brake, can not accelerate, it just freezes, and stalls on you. I was driving on the highway in June when this first happened and this occurred to me three times in a row within hours. I had to wait for the car to kick itself out of its frozen trance and regained control. Took it the next day to the service and they could not re-create the problem so they did nothing. I also felt they did not take my complaint seriously. It happened again in August and then in September and they said the car needed software updating, or at least that was the excuse they gave to me that occasion. I kept expressing my concerns that it was more than software but to no avail. Then soon after, I could not turn the car on, the car would stall with frequency and some more complete failures. So again I took it back in, and they experienced this failure condition twice in their own service area. The car was in service for almost two weeks and they concluded it was "cable" troubles. There is no guarantee in our opinion that this will not happen again and if it does this seriously poses a threat of life or risk of injury not only to me, my spouse, but also to my children, or others on the road. I am not willing to take that gamble and we are in discussions on replacing the vehicle or if all else fails we will go to litigation.