2004 Land Rover New Range Rover defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2004 Land Rover New Range Rover. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• FRONT DIFF. / PROPELLER SHAFT FAILURE
  Engineering Analysis EA07012 · opened Aug 14, 2007 · closed Dec 10, 2008 · led to recall 08V635000

  Summary:in a letter dated december 2, 2008, ford motor company (ford) notified nhtsa that land rover is conducting a safety recall of model year (my) 2003 through 2005 range rover vehicles built at the solihull (uk) assembly plant from january 3, 2002 through february 22, 2005, to replace the front driveshaft joint (nh…

• FRONT DIFFERENTIAL/DRIVESHAFT FAILURE
  Preliminary Evaluation PE07019 · opened Apr 4, 2007 · closed Aug 15, 2007

  In response to an information request (ir) letter sent by the office of defects investigation (odi), ford stated that the primary cause for the majority of the reported front differential/drive shaft failures is a misalignment of the joint between the two components.certain levels of misalignment may over time cause an…