1.7

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
100,003 miles

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1996 Land Rover Discovery brakes problems

brakes problem

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1996 Land Rover Discovery Owner Comments

problem #3

Apr 052010

Discovery 8-cyl

  • 150,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

ABS system is faulty. Activation at low speeds, dry pavement, and low or high pressure on pedal. I can hear the pump activate for no reason. I also feel the pedal vibrate and the truck continues to roll. Almost killed a pedestrian once or twice. After it did the same to my wife I clipped the sensors and took out the light bulb in the dashboard. I drive better than the ABS ECU computes. No problems since completely deactivating and unplugging system. Please include new ranges of vehicles in these recalls. I will be powerless to have this reimbursed otherwise. Also need to re-evaluate recall range for the fuel neck filler problem. My truck was in for the tank recall but they failed to do the filler neck and I have spent years trading out iac, throttle sensors, and maf sensors trying to figure out the problem. Thank you sanfrancisco Land Rover. Sarcasm intended.

- Arcata, CA, USA

problem #2

Apr 052010

Discovery

  • 150,000 miles
Gas tank recall done in san francisco but they failed to check the fuel filler neck problem. I have had multiple mystery issues ever since, ruling out the fuel tank and pump as they were both new. I have since tracked the problem to the fuel filler neck that the dealer failed to fix. I believe my vehicle to have been manufactured incorrectly and repaired in the same manner. My vehicle does not come up in a recall search for the filler neck and I believe the recall should be amended to include mine. I have read all 80 of the complaints relative to this problem and mine is less than 40 units away from the complaint vehicles. I also have been battling the ABS problems of not stopping and the ABS activation for no reason. I almost wrecked a few times because of the ABS kicking on for no reason- low speed, dry pavement, easy soft brake pressure. I clipped the front wheel ABS sensors and I have had no problems with ABS since. Faulty software in the ABS ECU is probably to blame but it would do no good to blame the computer with bodiers lying in the street.

- Arcata, CA, USA

problem #1

Jan 242014

Discovery

  • 10 miles
Service brakes, hydraulic. Under normal braking ABS is activated when applying brakes and causes brakes vibrate/pulse and make it extremely difficult to stop requiring pumping of brake pedal. Happens most frequently at low speeds when turning a corner, ie: Out of a driveway when very likely to his pedestrians or oncoming traffic when unable to break. At higher speeds up to 25-30 mph the same situation arises but you generally have more time and distance to recover. Otherwise breaks work most of the time, which makes this glitch so frustrating and seemingly unrelated to break pad or wear and tear issues, as substantiated by similar NHTSA complaint #S: 882300, 8011620, 10028658, 10024539, 10110112.

- Seattle, WA, USA

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