2003 Land Rover Discovery Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“I have faithfully followed the passport to service maintenance requirements and the vehicle was last serviced on 1/17/10. Upon delivery, the car was making a whistling sound, which I thought was a belt that needed lubrication. . On 02/25/10, the vehicle was driving rough for about 7 miles when the drive shaft broke.”

“On my way home from picking up my grandchild there was some vibrating on the passenger side of the automobile. Than a loud explosion followed by rubber burning smell and lost of control of car. Managed to pull over car would not rolling had to engage parking brake. Had car towed home. Drive shaft seperated and destroyed transmission pan. Broke pieces off of tansmission. Change rotors and brake and car still will not come to a complete stop without sliding a bit. Abs lights come on every time this happens. Both incidents happen while im driving streets or highway.”

“Purchased Land Rover Discovery less then a month ago, since then the dash board looks like a christmas tree with the number of warning lights that are on. Was told by the dealer that the ABS modulator was out and it would $3500.00 just for the part, even though I researched it and found a repair kit for under a $100. However, the most recent warning light is the oil light and the car over heats in a very short amount of time, and knocks and bings. After reading the several post on this web sight, I too am now part of a long list of customers that have major issues with Land Rover. …”

“I parked my landrover Discovery in the grocery store parking lot, pulled the key out and walked toward the store. After a crashing noise I turned around to see my car had rolled back into a van. My transmission was still in drive and I had been able to remove the key from the ignigtion. I called my landrover dealer. After explaining what happened I asked why the key could be removed in the drive position, he said he didn't know and would have to look into it. He then directed me to the collision center for repairs. …”

“Own a 2003 Land Rover Discovery. Was driving when vechicle started to vibrate and drive rough - immediately after that, a noise was heard coming from underneath the vechicle. The car immediately stopped while the engine was still running and would not move. The vehicle was towed to a mechanic. They found that the front drive shaft double spicer had broke at the transfer case mounting point and would need a new drive shaft. The vehicle was repaired. …”