2002 Land Rover Discovery II Steering Problems

“I have owned my 2002 Land Rover discovery se for 2 years. About 8-9 months ago, I noticed that at certain speeds, my steering wheel will shake back and forth, or shimmy, sometimes somewhat violently. I have taken it to aristocrat motors, the only service center in my area for land rovers, and have described the problem three times. The first time they said they checked the tires and they were fine. That was it. The second time, I called and asked why it was doing it, and was told by the service manager that that's just what land rovers do and there was nothing they could do about it. …”

“Traveling south of columbus, oh on interstate, going between 55-65 MPH. Car began to shake, sudden loud noise (as if tire blew or we hit an object) and we pulled to the side of the road as black smoke billowed up and into the car. Turned off vehicle and exited. Upon inspection the tires were fine. Called aaa and had car towed to nearest Land Rover dealer in dublin, oh. Next day we were told the drive shaft came apart and then damaged the transmision and catalytic converter pipe, along with doing extensive damage to the floor board. …”

“Power steering pump failed a few month ago and the warranty company replaced it in may 07 w/a generic pump. 2 weeks later it failed again, but this time ruined the reservoir and radiator, so those items had to be replaced as well. The dealer replaced w/ a lr pspump, but it failed. So they replaced it with another, but it failed one week later. The warranty company approved an engine replacement, which was completed. I had the car one day and it was returned to lr b/c it was making a horrible noise. Lr replaced the rack and pinion steering. …”