2017 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Engine Problems

“I was driving in the left lane of a major highway at 65 MPH and was braking slightly for traffic and the car suddenly lost power and gearbox fault and parking break fault started flashing. I had to cut off three lanes of moving traffic to get to a shoulder. The car was stuck in drive but would not accelerate. We shut the ignition and the car became stuck in park. I had been complaining of noises and a poor performance for months with no resolution. …”

“The vehicle completely shut down while I was driving on a major highway causing a life-threatening situation. This is the second time the issue has occurred. The first time I was exiting a highway and managed to get to the access road before the engine shut down again. It will restart and immediately shut down. It seems to occur when slowing down following highway driving at 55+MPH. Both incidents required police assistance to redirect heavy traffic.”

“We leased from rosenthal jaguar/Land Rover in vienna, va on january 7, 2018 a 2017 Land Rover rr evoque. We leased the vehicle for use by our son, who is a ph.d. Student. During the past year, our son has had two potentially life-threatening incidents with the vehicle. On february 16, 2019 while driving the range rover on hwy 476 near philadelphia, when he accelerated, the engine cut out, leaving him traveling at a substantial rate of speed on a highway without power. A light appeared on the dashboard reading gear box fault . …”

“I was driving on the southern state parkway in new york during rush hour. Driving approx 10mph at a steady pace and had been in the car for about an hour. All of a sudden my 2017 evoque stalled out when I pressed the gas pedal. I came to a stop in the middle of the traffic lane, as there wasn't enough time to pull off the road. Once I shifted the shift knob into park, the knob disappeared into the center console as pictured. Numerous attempts were made to restart the car with no luck and no error indication on the dash. …”

“The vehicle completely shut off, rendering a 'life-threatening malfunction', while exiting the toll road at over 30mph. This episode was repeated once more at the same location one month later. On the third episode, the vehicle completely shut off while at a stoplight. And the most recent, fourth, episode included an alert text stating 'gear-box failure'.”