2018 Land Rover Range Rover Sport

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. We just joined a class action lawsuit over this issue alleging Range Rover has known about this dangerous situation in many of their cars for many years but they continue to market and sell the cars as "safe vehicles" without recalling the defective parts.

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. RIGHT THEN I SAW SOME VERSIONS OF THE FOLLOWING MESSAGES ON THE DISPLAY: "FORWARD ALERT NOT AVAILABLE" "AEB NOT AVAILABLE (OR WORKING)" "POWER STEERING FUNCTION REDUCED." RIGHT AFTER THE TURN THE STEERING AGAIN BECAME IMPOSSIBLE TO MOVE. I BARELY MANAGED TO MANEUVER MY CAR INTO A STRIP CENTER LOT - IT TOOK AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF POWER TO TURN THE CAR AND HAD TO BE DONE IN MULTIPLE FORWARD AND REVERSE STEPS. SUBSEQUENTLY, I CALLED THE ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE LINE, AND THEY SENT A FLATBED TO TAKE THE CAR TO LAND ROVER HOUSTON CENTRAL ON OLD KATY ROAD. ALL OF THIS HAPPENED AROUND DINNER TIME (7.30/8PM) ON SATURDAY, 5/11. THE DEALERSHIP, OF COURSE, WAS CLOSED BY THEN AND SO THE CAR IS PARKED THERE WAITING FOR SERVICE TO LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED. THIS IS MY WIFE'S CAR AND SHE GENERALLY TRANSPORTS OUR KIDS IN IT. I WAS INCIDENTALLY DRIVING IT YESTERDAY AS WE ARE GOING TO A FAMILY EVENT. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A BIG DEAL IF THERE WAS A CAR IN THE NEXT LANE TO US. IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE CAR WOULD LOCK IT'S BASIC FUNCTIONALITY (STEERING) MIDWAY AT A DECENT SPEED. I LOOKED ONLINE AND THERE IS SOME REFERENCE TO A SAFETY RECALL (N227 (NHTSA 18V-625)) - NOT SURE IF THIS IS RELATED. WE RECEIVED NO NOTIFICATION AT LEAST FROM ANYONE REGARDING ANY RECALL ON OUR CAR.

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. THIRDLY HAVE ONGOING ISSUES WITH TOUCH SCREEN VEHICLE CONTROLS, TRAILER TOW PACKAGE, FAILURE OF SURROUND CAMERA SYSTEM, PARK ASSIST SYSTEM FAILURE. IN THE FIRST 90 DAYS OF OWNERSHIP VEHICLE HAS NOT ONLY BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT ALSO HAS BEEN IN THE DEALERS POSSESSION OVER 50 DAYS. VEHICLE REMAINS AT THE DEALER AS UNSAFE TO DRIVE FOR ABOVE ISSUES THAT REMAIN ONGOING.

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". TWO LAND ROVER DEALERS (WEST CHESTER PA AND WAYNE PA) HAVE CONFIRMED THAT NUMEROUS CUSTOMERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS ISSUE BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX IT AND HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING SOLUTIONS FOR MONTHS. THE SERVICE MANAGER IN WEST CHESTER PA CONFIRMED THAT ONE OF THEIR SERVICE TECHNICIANS, WHEN TESTING THIS ISSUE, WAS ALMOST HIT BY A MOVING CAR IN FRONT OF THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE CAR HE WAS DRIVING DID NOT REACT SOON ENOUGH AFTER HE DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATION PEDAL. THE WAYNE PA SERVICE DEPT CONFIRMED THAT THERE IS 0.8 SECOND THROTTLE DELAY WHEN TESTING ANOTHER CAR (NOT MINE). I FORMERLY SUBMITTED A CASE TO LAND ROVER JAGUAR OF NORTH AMERICA BUT THEY HAVE NOT YET RESOLVED THIS ISSUE. THESE CARS SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROAD WITH THIS ISSUE!