2018 Land Rover Range Rover Sport Vehicle speed control Problems

“I am the owner of a 2018 Range Rover Sport. I bought the car about 11 months back from Land Rover of san antonio. It current has just over 9,000 miles. I along with my family was driving in houston on the busy ih-10 feeder lanes and when I attempted to turn left on gessner road, the steering of my car locked for a few seconds, and then came back to normal function - in that split second my car slipped into the next turn lane. Fortunately, the car turning in that lane was behind us, and so we avoided an accident. …”

“The 2018 model has a significant throttle delay when accelerating the car from a stop, resulting in delay in movement after pressing the accelerator pedal. This can be very dangerous when turning onto busy roads and when accelerating at stop signs, as it takes 1-2 seconds before the car registers that the accelerator pedal has been depressed, and then jolts forward at a high speed to catch up . …”

“Immediately after purchasing noted episodes of sudden loss of acceleration from a stop with vehicle warning lights. Repeated dealer visits failed to disclose source of issue. Finally on the interstate for a return dealer visit had sudden and almost total loss of engine power that resulted in near collision. Was only able to obtain speed of 48 MPH with fully depressed accelerator. Second issue is episodes of complete and total failure of the cruise control to include total loss of radar proximity warning system while on the interstate. …”

“My brother in law was driving my 2018 Range Rover (with only 47,000 miles) on the busy highway. Without any warning, the car lost power. He was able to swerve into breakdown lane (thankful he was in right lane). The car was smoking so badly he thought the car was going to explode into fire so he and his wife evacuated the car and sat a safe distance away. Car was towed to the Range Rover Dealer where it was diagnosed. We were told the coolant manifold pipes under the supercharger ruptured causing what they believed was a catastrophic engine failure. …”