2008 Land Rover LR2 Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“I have been hearing a loud whirring noise coming from the back wheels and kept on getting louder. I took it in to auto repair and it is the rear differential that has gone out. After searching online I found that this is a common problem with 2008 LR2, and shoud be on recall!”

“My wife and I started noticing a humming noise coming from the rear end of the vehicle that seems to slowly be getting worse. Then we started getting a transmission fault error message on the dash. Started doing research and have found many others with the same symptoms before their rear differential goes out completely. We are driving the LR2 across country a few times this next year. It's probaly going to go out at some point. If this is such a well known issue. I don't understand why a recall hasn't been issued!”

“Takata recall when moving at low or regular speed and turning, there is a rumbling stumping sound coming from the rear. I took it to the shop and it was diagnosed that the rear differential was the issue. On researching the land-rover forum, I found that my issue was not peculiar to me alone but it was a major issue with other 2008 LR2 owners and costly to change too. However land-rover issued a technical service bulletin ltb00342 (issue 3) in aug 2011) about this. Why not a recall for the faulty rear differential or free replacement of the”

“I purchased the car in march of 2017 with 101,000 miles on it. It now has 119,000. As of 24 jun 2019, the rear end began making a noise while turning. I took it to a local import repair shop. My mechanic informed me that the differential is currently being held together with zip-ties. Zip. Ties. As I have never had work done on the rear end of the car, that means that the zip-ties were put on before I purchased the vehicle. I have no idea when but the real question is this: how long is a differential supposed to last? The differential is currently locked into all-wheel drive all the time. …”

“Like 1000s of other owners, my LR2 needs rear differential replaced. Why NHTSA has not reviewed this is unbelievable. The volvo's built with same design have problems with rear differential failing as well. The cost of this repair $2400-3000.. Has the NHTSA even looked into this? This is an expensive repair and I'm reading blogs where many people are attempting to do the repairs themselves n giving each other 'trial n error' tips. Others are posting asking what's the worst that can happen if they don't do the repairs. Well, the transmission can lock up causing an accident. …”