2008 Land Rover LR2

I JUST BOUGHT A USED 2008 LAND ROVER LR2 AND I STARTED HEARING NOISES FROM REAR END WENT TO INDEPENDENT SPECIALIST FOR LAND ROVER HE TOLD ME THAT THIS ISSUE IS A COMMON IN THIS CAR...BAD REAR DIFFERENTIAL...HAVE A SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT W HIM IN TUESDAY ALSO HE TOLD TO CONTAC THE LAND.ROVER OF AMERICA BUT THEY R NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING BUT IT'S THEIR FAULT! PLEASE NHTSA CAN DO SOMETHING W IT? THANK YOU

3TIMES NOW FIRST BATTERY LIGHT GOES ON THEN ALL LIGHTS ON PANELS STARTS LIGHTING UP FOR NO REASON ANDCAR STARTS SLOWING DOWN AND THEN DIES WHILE DRIVING. IT HAPPENED ON A HIGHWAY AND ON BUSY RUSH HOUR. ALL SYSTEM SHUTS DOWN. IF WINDOWS ARE OPEN THERE IS NO WAY TO SECURE. IN ONE INSTANCE THE KEY WAS IN THE IGNITION AND WAS NOT ABLE TO RETRIEVE IT THIS IS NOT BEING RECOGNIZED ADDRESSED BY LAND ROVER. CANNOT KEEP ON IGNORING THIS ISSUE. UNFORTUNATELY NOT EVERYONE REPORTS TO THE MANUFACTURER, SOMEONE HAS TO DO SOMETHING THIS PROBLEMS ARE DRAINING THE WALLETS OF CONSUMERS BECAUSE EACH TIME CARS HAVE TO BE TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TO UNLOCK SYSTEM RELOAD SOFTWARE ONLY TO START A DIAGNOSE. ENDING UP WITH THOUSANDS IN REPAIRS . POLICE HAD TO STOP TO PUT FLARES LAST TIME THE CAR BROKE BECAUSE IT WAS DANGEROUS TO WAIT IN THE DARK FOR TOWING

MY STEERING COLUMN HAS LOCKED ON ME THREE TIMES AFTER STOPPING MY CAR. WHEN I WOULD REENTER, IT WOULD NOT START BUT MY STEERING COLUMN WOULD TURN. THE DEALERSHIP, EACH TIME, SAID MY STEERING COLUMN WAS LOCKED BECAUSE I NEEDED A BODY CONTROL MODULE, THEN A NEW BATTERY, AND THE 3RD TIME I HAD A BAD STEERING COLUMN. HOWEVER, IT WAS NEVER A RECALL. I SAW SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF THIS ONLINE, THOUGH NO ONE HAS BEEN KILLED AS A RESULT OF IT. THE CATCH IS THAT IT HAS CAUSED ME AND OTHERS LOTS OF MONEY (OVER $1400.00) EACH TIME THIS PROBLEM OCCURS. IT HAS NEVER STOPPED WHILE I AS DRIVING (ALWAYS STATIONARY), BUT IT DOES MAKE ME NERVOUS THAT IT MIGHT OR SIMPLY THAT I MAY GET STRANDED AGAIN WITH TOW AND REPAIR COSTS.

1ST TIME AFTER CAR WAS PARKED IN COSTCO, LEFT WITH MY DAUGHTER AND ALL OUR GROCERIES AND AFTER A COUPLE IF BLOCKS, WITHOUT ANY SIGN THE CAR SLOWLY DIED, WHILE DRIVNG. IT WAS 9 PM AND WAS THE MIDDLE OF BUSY ROAD. DANGEROUS. NOTHING ELECTRICAL WORKED, COULD N CLOSE WINDIWS, PUT NEUTRAL TO MOVE CAR FRIM INTERSECTIONWT HAD IT TOWED TO CAR CENTER AND CHANGED BATTERY. AFTER A COUPLE IF WEEKS LAST THURSDAY EVE, IN MY BUILDING GARAGE INSERTED KEY IN ENGINE, DID NOT TURN ON AT ALL. THE DRIVER DISPLAY SHOWED CHECK SYSTEM AS USUAL AND LIGHTS WERE ON, BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. HAD IT TOWED AGAIN TO VEHICLE CENTER, THEY RECOMMENDED TO TOW IT AGAIN TO DEALER. I HAVE CHECKED ON LINE MANY COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME ISSUE, NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE, THERE IS A COMPUTER PROBLEM THAT CAN LEAVE FAMILIES STRANDED IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS EITHER WITH BRAND NEW BOUGHT VEHICLE OR AFTER A COUPLE IF YEARS. IT SEEMS THAT LAND ROVER IS NOT RECOGNIZING THE COMPUTER, SOFTWARE PROBLEM THEY HAVE. AND THEY KEEP CHARGING THOUSANDS TO THE CONSUMERS FOR DEFAULT ISSUES IN THEIR ELECTRICAL, SOFTWARE SYSTEMS

I OWN A LAND ROVER LR2 2008, AND IT STARTED MAKING A HUMMING NOISE FROM THE BACK END STARTING AROUND 50,000 MILES. THE NOISE HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN LOUDER. AFTER CHANGING TIRES, DIFFERENTIAL FLUIDS, AND BRINGING IT TO A MECHANIC (INDEPENDENT), THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A FAULTY DIFFERENTIAL SYSTEM. ONLINE RESEARCH CONFIRMS THIS PROBLEM AS COMMON AMONG THIS MAKE MODEL AND YEAR. LAND ROVER NORTH AMERICA HAS NOT ISSUED ANY RECALLS FOR THE FAULTY DIFFERENTIAL SYSTEM AND IS NOT CORRELATED TO ANY FAULT OF THE OWNER/DRIVER. THE HUMMING NOISE IS LOUDEST WHEN ACCELERATING OR CRUISING. THE SOUND SOFTENS WHEN DE-ACCELERATING OR WHEN TURNING TO THE "RIGHT". CONTINUED USE OF A FAULTY REAR DIFFERENTIAL WILL RESULT IN THE GEARS LOCKING UP AND POSSIBLY LEADING TO AN ACCIDENT. FAULTY DIFFERENTIALS ARE NOT THE RESULT OF DRIVING PATTERNS NOR MAINTENANCE NEGLECT. CURRENT RATES TO FIX REAR DIFFERENTIALS ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL ARE BETWEEN $3K AND $5K AND LAND ROVER NORTH AMERICA DOES NOT OFFER ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. ONLINE RESEARCH INDICATES THIS PROBLEM IS A PATTERN AND A TREND AND LAND ROVER SHOULD ISSUE AN OFFICIAL RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 LAND ROVER LR2. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT FROM A PARKING SPACE AND COLLIDED INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACTED SUSTAINED FACE AND CHEST INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE CONTACT DID NOT KNOW IF A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

WITH 25,000 MILES THE KEYS WERE NOT WORKING, WE WENT TO THE DEALER THAT TOLD US THAT THE INSIDE BATTERY GETS RECHARGE WHILE WE DRIVE, BOTH KEYS WERE NOT GETTING ANY CHARGE, THE BATTERY CAN NOT BE REPLACED, YOU WILL HAVE TO BUY A NEW KEY AND GET IT PROGRAMMED BY THE DEALER AT A COST OF $500.00 EACH IN MIAMI, THERE IS NO WAY TO OPEN THE KEY OR TO GET A CHEAPER KEY.