2004 Land Rover New Range Rover problems
NHTSA has received 55 complaints about the 2004 Land Rover New Range Rover, and 64% of them involve drivetrain & axles. After that come steering (5%) and transmission (5%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 55 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Drivetrain & axles 64% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 8 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 51,000 miles 45 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 14 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 16 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 7 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 45 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 51,000 miles. For drivetrain & axles specifically, the median reported mileage is about 51,000 miles (30 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 8 complaints mention a crash; 5 injuries reported.
It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
While driving at speed in excess of 60MPH the suspension, transmission, driveshafts failed multiple times. Require tow serviced each time due to complete powerfailures. Vehicle locked and forced me into emergency lane on the nj turnpike. Landrover replaced only the battery and alternator the first time and 3 months later the failure happened again , and they replaced the battery and alternator again.
Was at a red light 3 days ago and heard a loud bang from the transmission area of my 2004 range rover. I put the car in neutral then drive and heard a grinding sound. The car was unable to move. I had the car towed to range rover, encino approximately 100 miles away. Range rover said it was the front differential that was broken. The same day that I picked up the car from the service department, about 70 miles into the trip home the transmission began to rev while I was at a cruising speed of 70 MPH.
I was driving down a main road on us 69 in tyler, texas friday evening. The vehicle has 51000 miles on it. I was traveling at 40MPH when the car slipped out of gear and said to shift to neutral. Car died on the spot, and had to have it towed. Apparently it was due to front differential breaking. I read on webs ites that 2004 and older range rovers have this problem. My vehicle was in the process of having front differential,cv axle, and transmission replaced due to this problem.
Other model years of the New Range Rover
- 2023
- 2022
- 2004
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