Range Rover Hybrid - Major Problem

[Ocdbeemer]

Image this, it’s midnight, dark and raining. All of a sudden the car looses power on a busy motorway with no hard shoulder. You’ve got you family in the car and you need to get to a safe place. The consequences of what could happen are frightening.

The car gets recovered, repaired and returned. But, you find out that LandRover was fully aware of the fault but failed to inform you.

This is a major issue which apparently effects all hybrid RR’s produced this year. However, there are owners out there who are unaware.

LandRover’s response is unforgivable when you think this could easily have resulted in a fatality.

When you spend 100k on a premium car, you expect better !

[Willy Nilly]

If you wanted a reliable car, why did yo buy a Land Rover?

[cib24]

Willy Nilly said:

If you wanted a reliable car, why did yo buy a Land Rover?

Exactly. Buy Japanese or Korean.

[Ocdbeemer]

Totally agree, buts it’s not about the reliability, it’s about duty of care and making owners aware of a major problem.

[Ron99]

cib24 said:

Willy Nilly said:

If you wanted a reliable car, why did yo buy a Land Rover?

Exactly. Buy Japanese or Korean.

Don't forget Skoda, who were 3rd out of 26 manufacturers last year.
Or Vauxhall, who were 7th.

Sadly LR came in at 24th out of 26 last year, with only Audi and BMW being even more unreliable.

[Jazzy Jag]

Ocdbeemer said:

Totally agree, buts it’s not about the reliability, it’s about duty of care and making owners aware of a major problem.

What exactly is this major problem?

[Croutons]

Jazzy Jag said:

What exactly is this major problem?

A fking enormous sense of entitlement.

[Krikkit]

Croutons said:

Jazzy Jag said:

What exactly is this major problem?

A fking enormous sense of entitlement.

Sounds about right...

OP: "Loses power" presumably means limp mode != lost all power

Put hazards on, exit at next junction or layby, call for recovery...

[Jazzy Jag]

Krikkit said:

Loses power != lost all power?

Hence put hazards on, exit at next junction or layby, call for recovery...

So the major problem is that it ran out of fuel?

Terrible. JLR should definitely do something about that

[Ron99]

Croutons said:

Jazzy Jag said:

What exactly is this major problem?

A fking enormous sense of entitlement.

Indeed.
Nearly every RR I encounter is driven aggressively, intimidatingly or dangerously.

[to3m]

Ocdbeemer said:

Image this, it’s midnight, dark and raining. All of a sudden the car looses power on a busy motorway with no hard shoulder. You’ve got you family in the car and you need to get to a safe place. The consequences of what could happen are frightening.

The car gets recovered, repaired and returned. But, you find out that LandRover was fully aware of the fault but failed to inform you.

This is a major issue which apparently effects all hybrid RR’s produced this year. However, there are owners out there who are unaware.

LandRover’s response is unforgivable when you think this could easily have resulted in a fatality.

When you spend 100k on a premium car, you expect better !

Did this happen? Or are we just supposed to wonder what it would feel like if it did? Your post doesn't make it very clear.

I do agree that if you spend £100,000 on a car (assuming that's the RRP, I mean - don't just spend £100,000 on any old thing you find on gumtree) then there should be very little wrong with it, and it certainly shouldn't just stop dead while driving along.

[Barga]

Willy Nilly said:

If you wanted a reliable car, why did yo buy a Land Rover?

My wife's LR has done 38k miles in 3 years and hasn't missed a beat.

[Wills2]

Barga said:

Willy Nilly said:

If you wanted a reliable car, why did yo buy a Land Rover?

My wife's LR has done 38k miles in 3 years and hasn't missed a beat.

That's nothing I've done 83,000 miles in my m3 with no issues and apparently they're worse than land rover.

I guess I should just get a stty Vauxhall instead.

[ninepoint2]

Willy Nilly said:

If you wanted a reliable car, why did yo buy a Land Rover?

Nail and head

[Unbusy]

Genuinely surprised here. Being an old car guy I had no idea they cost so much.

[ettore]

Barga said:

My wife's LR has done 38k miles in 3 years and hasn't missed a beat.

75k in 4 years for me - not a single beat missed.

[classicaholic]

I have had 2 new range rovers in the last 8 years and done over 300k and only had 1 time it failed to keep moving. They are much more reliable these days.

[The Moose]

classicaholic said:

I have had 2 new range rovers in the last 8 years and done over 300k and only had 1 time it failed to keep moving. They are much more reliable these days.

Obviously not!!!

[Mr Tidy]

Ocdbeemer said:

Image this, it’s midnight, dark and raining. All of a sudden the car looses power on a busy motorway with no hard shoulder. You’ve got you family in the car and you need to get to a safe place. The consequences of what could happen are frightening.

The car gets recovered, repaired and returned. But, you find out that LandRover was fully aware of the fault but failed to inform you.

This is a major issue which apparently effects all hybrid RR’s produced this year. However, there are owners out there who are unaware.

LandRover’s response is unforgivable when you think this could easily have resulted in a fatality.

When you spend 100k on a premium car, you expect better !

Sad situation indeed OP.

But it may help other owners if you gave some information about the actual problem - or are you mirroring LRs approach to user-information? Couldn't you share the information with others?

We can't give any feedback on LRs response if you don't tell us what happened and what their response was FFS!

[98elise]

Wills2 said:

Barga said:

Willy Nilly said:

If you wanted a reliable car, why did yo buy a Land Rover?

My wife's LR has done 38k miles in 3 years and hasn't missed a beat.

That's nothing I've done 83,000 miles in my m3 with no issues and apparently they're worse than land rover.

I guess I should just get a stty Vauxhall instead.

I'm assuming neither of you did statistics at school