1999 Land Rover Range Rover

I WAS DRIVING MY '99 RANGE ROVER WHEN MY ABS, TRACTION CONTROL AND BRAKE LIGHTS LIT. WITHIN MINUTES, I LOST CONTROL OF MY BRAKES. UPON INSPECTION, MY BRAKE PADS WERE IN GOOD CONDITION, THE BRAKE FLUID CANISTER WAS FULL (AND THERE WERE NO LEAKS), AND WHEN I CHECKED MY BRAKE LINES, I FOUND THAT BRAKE FLUID WAS NOT PUMPING INTO THE TWO REAR BRAKES. I DID RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM: A FAILURE OF THE BRAKE MODULAR UNIT. DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 1999, THE MANUFACTURER USED PLASTIC COMPONENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE UNIT, BUT CHANGED THE PLASTIC TO STEEL. SINCE THEN, THE OWNERS OF VEHICLES WITH PLASTIC COMPONENTS HAVE SUFFERED BRAKE FAILURES RESULTING FROM THE BREAK DOWN OF THE PLASTIC COMPONENTS. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A SAFETY ISSUE AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. PEOPLE COULD DIE! *TR

DEAR SIR, HAVE YOU BEEN AWARE OF AN INADVERTENT LONG TRAVEL ISSUE OF SERVICE BRAKE AT OLDER (SERIES I-II) RANGER ROVERS ? THIS IS ALREADY A KNOWN ISSUE IN JAPAN BY INITIATING A SURPRISE AUDIT BY JAPAN MINISTRY OF LAND INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT (MLIT) AGAINST THE NATIONAL SALES COMPANY, PREMIUM AUTOMOBILE INCORPORATION (JAPAN) A FEW YEARS AGO. NOT ONLY A SMALL VOLUME (MORE THAN 50 CASES), THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF MARKET FEEDBACKS REGARDING THIS ISSUE. THIS PHENOMENON IS CAUSED NOT ONLY BY THE FOUL OF ABS UNIT ITSELF (CAUSED BY SOME METAL DEBRIS WITHIN THE ABS UNIT), BUT ALSO FOULS OF ACTUATOR, ABS PUMP UNIT, AND THE PRESSURE REGULATOR. ONCE AGAIN THE PHENOMENON EXPERIENCED BY LOTS OF JAPANESE CUSTOMERS IS ALWAYS THE SAME; INADVERTENT LONG BRAKE TRAVEL SCARCELY TO SHAFFE THE SERVICE BRAKE PEDAL PAD WITH THE FLOOR PANEL. IN ADDITION, THE REAR BRAKE FORCE WAS INACTIVE WHEN THIS FOUL OCCURS. THUS THIS PHENOMENON IS UTTERLY A SAFETY RELATED ISSUE, I AM STILL WONDERING WHY THE JAPAN MINISTRY IS RELUCTANT TO LET THE MANUFACTURER INITIATE A RECALL CAMPAIGN IN JAPAN. THE LAST THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD; THIS IS NOT A JAPAN UNIQUE ISSUE BUT MUST BE A KNOWN ISSUE NOT ONLY IN THE STATES BUT ALSO AT OTHER NATIONS. REGARDS, RANGE ROVER OWNER. *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 1999 RANGE ROVER. SHE STATES THAT SINCE SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE, SUCH AS ABS LIGHT STAYING ON/OIL LEAKAGE/ENGINE PROBLEMS/RADIATOR, FAILURE, AND TRANSMISSION COOLER LINE PROBLEMS.*AK THE CONSUMERS AIR BAG FAULT LIGHT HAS BEEN ON EVERY SINCE SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE FLUIDS HAVE BEEN CHANGED SEVERAL TIMES SUCH AS TRANS COOLER, OIL COOLER, BRAKE FLUID, MOTOR COOLANT, ETC.*SB