2006 Land Rover Range Rover Sport Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“While driving my vehicle at approximately 40 MPH, I began to hear a loud squeal from beneath my vehicle, but no service lights were illuminated on the dash. Because something was clearly wrong, I pulled to the side of the road and had the vehicle towed. It was later determined that my front differential had failed after only 30,000 miles. Land rover is aware of the problem, however no recall was ever issued only a special service message to dealers. I subsequently learned that I was fortunate as some users have had the differential lock up bringing the vehicle to a skidding halt. …”

“On dec1, 2007 I was driving my 2006 Range Rover Sport supercharged on a major highway in toronto canada. All of a sudden their was a major squealing noise, then the front tires locked up. It was a major failure and could have been a huge accident. I managed to get the vehicle over to the side of the road. I was in a dangerous place. The police stopped, got a tow truck right away. The car was towed to thornhill Land Rover in toronto. Turns out it was a major differential failure. The splines all sheered off on the input drive tube. Land rover was great, they fixed the vehicle quickly. …”

“1) there were no signs or events leading up to the failure. 2) at 65 MPH the front differential came apart, locking up the front tires and putting the vehicle into an uncontrollable skid. The vehicle was totally disabled and we had a difficult time getting it off the highway. This almost caused us an accident and we were almost rear ended twice. Someone could have been seriously injured or killed! 3)Land Rover north scottsdale replaced front differential, front drive shaft bent and replaced drive shaft, front diff mount bent & straightened mount. They replaced them with new identical parts. …”

“2006 Range Rover Sport. Consumer states vehicle became inoperable due to a loud grinding noise the dealer informed the consumer the front differential was bad on the vehicle. When the drain plug was removed, the fluid had overheated and was full of metal shavings. The technician removed the differential and found the paint delaminated from the inside of the differential.”

“There are oil leaks coming from both front and rear differentials. It has been reported by other owners that both differentials eventually fail and the vehicle becomes inoperable. There has been incidents where the wheels have gotten locked. This has caused vehicles to come to a full stop resulting in hazardous situations where the owners of the vehicles have suffered life threatening incidents. Manufacturer knowingly refuses to replace a part that is prone to failing due to an error on their side. …”