Power Train Problems of Land Rover LR4

Land Rover LR4 owners have reported 11 power train related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 7 most common power train problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's power train (5 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's driveshaft (1 problem). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.


Recently reported Power Train problems of Land Rover LR4

The Power Train problem

The transmission oil cooler pipes commonly leak on 2010-2013 Lr4 and range rover sport (LS) to the extent that a TSB (ltb00378nas2) was issued on September 9th 2014 by jlr. The fluid leak causes undue wear on the transmission along with corrosion of the chasis.   Read details...

The Driveshaft problem

Vehicle drive shaft in �drive� but it�s not engaged when pressing on the gas pedal. Vehicle acted like it was in neutral. Vehicle was driving in motion, but then would not accelerate.   Read details...

The Transmission Slip Out Of Gear problem

While driving on the freeway, the transmission dropped out of gear and engine revved past 7k rpm and the car decelerated. "transmission fault" was displayed and service engine light came on. Had to coast the car across four busy lanes of traffic with non responsive gas petal to the   Read details...

The Vehicle Shudder problem

While merging onto interstate, vehicle suddenly began smoking, shuddering and losing power. Continued down interstate until I could exit. At the top of the exit ramp thick acrid smoke was pouring out of the exhaust and the vehicle began to shake even worse.   Read details...

The Transmission Noise problem

2012 lr 4hse started making an unusual noise at 47000 miles. No warnings of any sort displayed. I immediately attempted to drive it to the nearest mechanic 14 miles away. Car stalled in the middle of a busy road within 1.   Read details...




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