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Electrical System, latches/locks/linkages, unknown Or Other
01/01/2006
MANUFACTURER: LAND ROVER MODEL: RANGE ROVER 4.0SE YEAR: 1999 LOCATION: NEW YORK CITY DUE TO A HIGH RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD FROM BUILDING/COMMERCIAL ANTENNAS, MY VEHICLE'S BECM (COMPUTER) HAS BEEN RECEIVING/ATTRACTING SIGNALS ERRONEOUSLY WHILE PARKED INSIDE A GARAGE. AS A RESULT, THE COMPUTER IS KEPT ACTIVE THE ENTIRE TIME IT IS PARKED THUS DRAINING THE BATTERY. IN ADDITION, THE SIGNAL HAS CAUSED BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE DOORS TO SHORT AND MALFUNCTION. SINCE THE VEHICLE'S BATTERY IS FULLY DRAINED, IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. BOTH FRONT AND RIGHT SIDE DOOR LATCHES PLUS BATTERY HAD TO BE REPLACED. FINALLY, A SWITCH HAD TO BE INSTALLED IN ORDER TO MANUALLY TURN THE COMPUTER ON AND OFF. TOTAL PARTS AND LABOR PLUS TOWING COSTS HAVE TOTALED TO APPROX. $3,000. FINALLY, ANOTHER RANGE ROVER IN MY GARAGE HAS EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AND WILL HAVE TO UNDERGO THE SAME TYPE OF REPAIRS AND INCUR THE SAME COSTS. *JB
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Power Train
11/07/2005
DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS NHTSA RECALL 00V377000 CONCERNING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FOR A VEHICLE THAT IS IN DEALER'S SHOP BEING REPAIRED. THIS VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL. *AK
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Service Brakes, Hydraulic, engine And Engine Cooling, power Train
07/09/2004
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
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Air Bags
05/23/2002
ON MAY 23, 2002 BROUGHT TO LAND ROVER (PHILIPS HWY) FOR SRS/AIRBAG LIGHT ON. UNDER WARRANTY. ON 8/05/02 SRS/AIRBAG LIGHT ON AGAIN PARTS ORDERED AND THE TRUCK WENT IN ON ANOTHER DAY TO BE FIXED. ON 10/08/02 SRS/AIRBAG LIGHT ON AGAIN NOTED ON RECEIPT. ON 3/17/03 SRS/AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON FOR THE FOURTH TIME PARTS WERE ORDERED ON 3/20/03 TRUCK NEEDED TO BE BROUGHT BACK WHEN PARTS WERE IN. DURING THAT TIME PERIOD I WAS NEVER CALLED TO TELL ME THE PARTS ARE IN. AROUND THE END OF MAY WE CALLED AND THEY SAID THE PARTS WERE IN. THE TRUCK WAS BROUGHT BACK IN ON 9/29/03 AT ATLANTIC BLVD A NEW DEALERSHIP THAT BOUGHT OUT THE OLD ONE. ON 10/03/03 THE TRUCK WAS PICKED UP ON 11/14/03 SRS/AIRBAG LIGHT ON AGAIN. AT THIS POINT [XXX] MY HUSBAND CALLED LAND ROVER ON ATLANTIC BLVD ON 11/15 THEN AGAIN 11/17 AND 11/18/03 ONCE IN THE MORNING THEN THE AFTERNOON. MESSAGES WERE LEFT FOR MARK WADE THE MANAGER. [XXX] (HUSBAND) WENT THERE ON 11/18 AFTER NO CALL WAS RETURNED. [XXX] SPOKE WITH [XXX] ABOUT THE SITUATIO...
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Air Bags
03/03/2004
WHILE DRIVING AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
