Stationary - one of the electronic control module is not communicating with some of the parts. Not sure if this is software upgrade required or what the issue might be.
Engine & cooling
Land Rover LR3 Engine problems by year
16 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Land Rover LR3's engine & cooling. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
Engine complaints by model year
Latest LR3 engine complaints
After coming to a complete stop, the engine revved up, almost getting into an accident, had to stand on the brake in order to keep it from taking off, immediately shifted to neutral, engine continued racing while in nuetral.
I was pulling into a staples store parking space and went to stop. The lr3 accelerated as I was braking and the powerful engine revved & wanted to keep driving the lr3 forward. I kept my foot on the brake and immediateley shifted the lr3 into park; shifted back & forth before the lr3 stopped idle. Luckily there were no people or cars directly in front of me, but I did go across the lane and nearly hit a parked car. I am so concerned that I drove directly to the library; talked to a friend who said it sounded...
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like "sudden acceleration", so I googled "2007 lr3 sudden accleration"; this issue is on land rover forums, but there is no consistant definitive cause/solution to the issue. Filing a complaint with nhtsa and calling the mechanic tomorrow.
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Tl* the contact owns a 2005 landrover lr3. The contact stated that the check engine warning light flashed and remained illuminated. While at a stop light to make a left turn, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle, but the failure continued. The contact stated that when the fuel was lower than a quarter of a tank, the vehicle randomly stalled. The vin was not included in nhtsa campaign numbers: 07v011000 (fuel system, gasoline) and 05v376000 (fuel system, gasoline). The...
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dealer did not notify the contact of nhtsa campaign number: 08v248000 (steering), which was not completed before the contact owned the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a repair shop for inspection and diagnosis. The manufacturer was notified of the failures and provided no remedy. The approximate failure mileage was 80,060.
While on the highway in slow traffic, electronic park brake failure first warning flashed and engine suddenly lost power all lights then gradually appearing with a transmission warning next etc etc. Luckily I was near an exit where I waited on a tow. I then while waiting noticed that my trans selector can move out of park with the key in my hand. My complaint is principally that land rover will not sympathize with me on the fact that because of such a safety hazard that their relevant recalls should extend until the system is fixed properly and not just until the warentee is over.
2006 Lr3 with only 93k miles had the timing chain break while on the highway and the engine immediately shut down. The vehicle has a full service history at an authorized land rover dealer showing recommended maintenance has been performed during the life of the vehicle. The damage to the engine (valves etc.) Is estimated at $5500 to repair. The timing chain is made of metal and based on industry expertise is not supposed to break for the life of the engine or past 200,000+ miles. Research online shows this has...
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happened to other lr3 owners with vehicles with less than 100k miles. Based upon the expectations for the lifespan of a timing chain and other similar incidents, I believe there may be a defective part on this vehicle associated with the timing chain and it's related components. There are no manufacturer recommended guidelines to replace the timing chain prior to 100k miles and it is expected to last far longer than 100k miles based upon normal wear and tear for this vehicle. We have only used the vehicle us roads as you would a typical automobile (no off-roading hobbies etc.) We are pursuing this matter with land rover directly and reporting this as a safety issue to alert other lr3 owners. *Tr
On two separate occasions the vehicle lost power and came to a complete stop while we where driving on the freeway. *Tr
Pitted camshaft caused rocker arm to brake and stall. *Tr
Vehicle has approximately 65k miles and have been notified that the suspension air compressor must be replaced. This appears to be a very common problem. The dealer is unable to repair the vehicle at this time due to the part being on back order due to the number of vehicles needing this same repair. The compressors are obviously not the best quality with the elevated level of failures. Hopefully the part comes in before a complete failure of the compressor. *Tr
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 land rover lr3. Approximately three years ago, the engine light constantly illuminated on the instrument panel. As a result, the vehicle was constantly at the dealer being repaired. Two years ago, the contact received a recall notice regarding the fuel system. The vehicle also has other issues and the dealer installed a new compressor. The contact is still constantly having to take the vehicle to the dealer for repairs. The vin and nhtsa campaign id number were unknown. The failure and current mileages were 38,727.
In jan. 2006 We bought a land rover lr3 ls, a month after we bought the car we begun having problems. The engine light warning lighted up a couple of times. The engine light warning lighted up & there was a burning smell coming from the air vents as well. We called the dealer & they said not to worry that it could wait, we insisted & finally they allowed us to bring the car into the dealer. All they said was that the compressor was dirty & that's why a burning smell came out of the vents & the engine light...
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warning was now off & it would come back on because this was a software problem that they had become aware of & there was nothing they could do about it right now. The engine warning light came back that same day. We are afraid to drive the car & not being sure of it just being because of the software problem or if there is something really wrong with the car. We went to the dealer 3 different times, first have the car checked, second speak with the service manager & third with the general manager. All three visits we got the same answer a software problem & no solution. As we continued to do research about our software problem on the internet, we were astonished to find out that the engine of the lr3 v6 is a ford 4.0 & Not a bmw motor as they used to be. The main reason we bought this car was because of the bmw motor the car was supposed to have. No one at the dealer ever told us that the lr3 v6 was a ford motor & the v8 was a jaguar motor eventhough we asked several times the difference between the lr3 v6 & v8. Until now the engine light warning keeps coming on & off & also the burning smell comes out of the vents. The dealer does not have a fix for our problem yet. Because of all the problems mentioned above we feel that there has been a fraud, the dealer has been selling these cars since the summer of 2005,in jan. '06 The dealer sold the car knowing this problem was going to arise with the engine light warning turning on & off due to the software problem. *Nm
We have owned the lr3 model of land rover since dec. 2004, And since the car was six months up to the present day, the care experiences total system failure at any given random point in time. When this failure occurs one can not control the car, can not brake, can not accelerate, it just freezes, and stalls on you. I was driving on the highway in june when this first happened and this occurred to me three times in a row within hours. I had to wait for the car to kick itself out of its frozen trance and regained...
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control. Took it the next day to the service and they could not re-create the problem so they did nothing. I also felt they did not take my complaint seriously. It happened again in august and then in september and they said the car needed software updating, or at least that was the excuse they gave to me that occasion. I kept expressing my concerns that it was more than software but to no avail. Then soon after, I could not turn the car on, the car would stall with frequency and some more complete failures. So again I took it back in, and they experienced this failure condition twice in their own service area. The car was in service for almost two weeks and they concluded it was "cable" troubles. There is no guarantee in our opinion that this will not happen again and if it does this seriously poses a threat of life or risk of injury not only to me, my spouse, but also to my children, or others on the road. I am not willing to take that gamble and we are in discussions on replacing the vehicle or if all else fails we will go to litigation. *Nm
Fuel leak while driving. I was driving through a mountain pass (during extreme fire danger btw) with the windows open. I smell gas... I pull over when I finally can about 2 miles later. I see gas pouring out the right rear of the car, on top of the hot exhaust pipe... Causing the gas to vaporize and smoke. I opened the fuel door and removed the fuel cap. Sounds like a liquid was violently boiling came from the filler pipe. A passing motorcyclist who was behind me stopped to let me know he thought I was also leaking...
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gas. The problem continued as I tried to drive another leg of 3 miles or so. Finally I stopped the car for about 30 minutes. When I restarted the car, the problem seemed to go away. Major safety issue here... To me it seems like there was some pump at work, pumping gas from the tank out to the overfill hole of the filler pipe.... I have no other explanation for what was happening. Apparently I am not the only one with this problem... Others have talked about it on lore owner forums. *Nm
I purchased this vehicle 5 weeks ago. I have already made 2 payments on it. In those 5 weeks, I was able to drive my vehicle in satisfactory condition for about a week. While driving the vehicle in the second week, I experienced power failure and I called the dealership. I was told that I probably had "bad gas" and that if it did not conitinue to lose power, I would be all right. The problems shortly ended after about 10 miles, so I continued. That same week, I got an alert from the car's computer...
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that told me to contact the dealership immediately. I did so and the dealership picked up the vehicle. It was returned after 3 days and I was told the only problem was that the gas cap was not put on tightly enough. The first of the next week, I was on my way out of town, and experienced the same loss of power. I drove it immediately to the dealership and after waiting an hour, was told it would take about 2 hours to fix the problem- a vaccum leak. When I did not receive the car back 2 business days later (after multiple calls to the dealership), I was told the engine had a noise and they did not know how to fix it. Now I am being told they are bringing in a specialist and hope to have it back to me in a few days-"it will take several more days, but we think it can be fixed." They have now had my vehicle for a week and half for this last problem- and do not forsee getting it back this week. I do not think that a $53,000 brand new vehicle should be experiencing these kinds of mechanical problems.
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