2002 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY II Problems & Recalls

VEHICLE LOST THE BRAKE FLUID. NO BRAKES. ALL LINES AND CHASSIS RUSTED. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH, THE DRIVESHAFT CAME APART WITHOUT WARNING AND I WAS ALMOST GOT IN AN ACCIDENT WHICH I WAS ABLE TO AVOID. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP IN ALEXANDRIA, VA ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS MOST COMMON IN LAND ROVER AND RANGE ROVER. IT SHOULD BE RECALLE...

Mileage: 99,168

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY II. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF ANTI FREEZE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT A HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN DUE TO A COOLANT LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIR...

Mileage: 80,000

LAND ROVER DISCOVERY II WELL MAINTAINED AT 112 MILES PRESENTED SLIGHT COOLANT AND OIL LEAKAGE. OVERHEATED TWICE. COOLANT LEAK WORSENED RESULTING IN VISUAL INSPECTION BY OWNER. SEVERE COOLANT LEAK EVIDENT FROM RIGHT SIDE REAR HEAD GASKET AND EITHER LEFT SIDE FRONT HEAD GASKET OR FRONT COVER. OIL LEAK...

Mileage: 112,000

LAND ROVER DISCOVERY II WELL MAINTAINED AT 112 MILES PRESENTED SLIGHT COOLANT AND OIL LEAKAGE. OVERHEATED TWICE. COOLANT LEAK WORSENED RESULTING IN VISUAL INSPECTION BY OWNER. SEVERE COOLANT LEAK EVIDENT FROM RIGHT SIDE REAR HEAD GASKET AND EITHER LEFT SIDE FRONT HEAD GASKET OR FRONT COVER. OIL LEAK...

Mileage: 112,000

WHILE DRIVING OUR LAND ROVER IT STARTED TO OVERHEAT. I PULLED OF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHILE SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP SINCE IT WOULD NOT START AFTER ALLOWING IT TO COOL. THE REPAIR SHOP INDICATED THAT THE ALUMINUM CAMS HAD MELTED AND THAT THEY ALONE COULD NOT...

Mileage: 87,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY II. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO, THE CONTACT BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT AFTER DRIVING ONE MILE, THE VEHICLE WOULD OVERHEAT. HE WOULD THEN MOVE THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROADWAY AND ALLOW IT TO COOL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AFTER COOLING OFF UNTIL...

Mileage: 110,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY II. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN FEBRUARY 2010, THE VEHICLE BEGAN LOSING OIL PRESSURE WHEN IDLING AND THE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED REGARDING THE IDENTICAL SYMPTOMS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT...

Mileage: 124,000

I OWN A 2002 DISCOVERY SERIES 2 AT ABOUT 92000 MILES THE FRONT DRIVE SHAFT FAILED, WITH NO WARNING. I HAVE REPLACED IT WITH A USED ONE FROM A 2002 ALSO AND NOT EVEN 1 MONTH LATER THE REPLACEMENT ALSO FAILED NOW I'M RELUCTANT TO REPLACE IT AGAIN AT ANOTHER 900 DOLLARS. ALSO I HAVE THE OLD ONE THAT FA...

Mileage: 92,000

BEGAN HEARING A SMALL SQUEAKING NOISE FROM UNDER VEHICLE AT LOW TO MODERATE SPEEDS. DRIVESHAFT UJOINT WAS GOING OUT. IT WENT OUT AT 45K MILES, AND RECENTLY AT 87K. COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS SUV. *TR

Mileage: 87,000

HEAD GASKET LEAK. COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS SUV. LOCAL LR REPAIR SAID $1650 - $2500. HEAD GASKETS ON THIS ENGINE CAN GO OUT EVERY 35K. COOLANT LEAKS FROM THE BACK OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. NOT DETRIMENTAL, BUT CAN CAUSE THE CONSTANT SMELL OF COOLANT. NO PUDDLES. MY COOLANT LEVEL DROPS ABOUT A QUAR...

Mileage: 87,000

2002 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY OVERHEATING AND LEAKING COOLANT.*TR

Mileage: 79,000

MY 2002 LANDROVER DISCOVERY BEGAN TO OVER HEAT. THE ENGINE HAS 68K ON IT, THEY STATED THE HEAD GASKET IS BLOWN AND FLUIDS LEAKED INTERNALLY. COST TO REPLACE ENGINE IS 10,500.00, REFURBISHED ENGINE RUNS 7,300.00. *TR

Mileage: 68,000

LAND ROVER DISCOVERY SERIES II 2002 SUFFERING FROM SEEMINGLY RANDOM APPEARANCE OF THREE WARNING LIGHTS (ALWAYS TOGETHER) ABS, TRACTION CONTROL, HILL DESCENT. KNOWN TO MANY DISCOVERY OWNERS AS THE THREE AMIGOS THESE LIGHTS ARE APPARENTLY THE RESULT OF A PROBLEM WITH THE ABS MODULATOR AND LAND ROV...

Mileage: 85,000

THE ANTILOCK BRAKES, HILL DESCENT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS ILLUMINATE ON MY LAND ROVER DISCOVERY ON A REGULAR BASIS. AFTER RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET THIS IS DUE TO THE ABS MODULATOR, AND IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. HOWEVER, NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED AS YET WITH THIS PART. *TR

Mileage: 89,000

MY ABS SENSOR IS DEFECTIVE AND MY BRAKES FAILED AND CRASHED INTO A PARKED CAR. *TR

TRAVELING SOUTH OF COLUMBUS, OH ON INTERSTATE, GOING BETWEEN 55-65 MPH. CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE, SUDDEN LOUD NOISE (AS IF TIRE BLEW OR WE HIT AN OBJECT) AND WE PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS BLACK SMOKE BILLOWED UP AND INTO THE CAR. TURNED OFF VEHICLE AND EXITED. UPON INSPECTION THE TIRES WERE FINE. ...

TRAVELING SOUTH OF COLUMBUS, OH ON INTERSTATE, GOING BETWEEN 55-65 MPH. CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE, SUDDEN LOUD NOISE (AS IF TIRE BLEW OR WE HIT AN OBJECT) AND WE PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS BLACK SMOKE BILLOWED UP AND INTO THE CAR. TURNED OFF VEHICLE AND EXITED. UPON INSPECTION THE TIRES WERE FINE. ...

TRAVELING SOUTH OF COLUMBUS, OH ON INTERSTATE, GOING BETWEEN 55-65 MPH. CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE, SUDDEN LOUD NOISE (AS IF TIRE BLEW OR WE HIT AN OBJECT) AND WE PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS BLACK SMOKE BILLOWED UP AND INTO THE CAR. TURNED OFF VEHICLE AND EXITED. UPON INSPECTION THE TIRES WERE FINE. ...

THE BRAKE PEDAL IS VERY SOFT. THE TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS LIGHTS FLASH ON AT-WILL. TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO LAND ROVER ANAHEIM HILLS WHO DETERMINED THE ABS MODULATOR IS GOING OUT AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. PURCHASED THE VEHICLE WITH APPROXIMATELY 74K MILES. MILEAGE WHEN TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP WAS 78...

Mileage: 77,790

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY II. ALL THE WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ABS MODULE HAD MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THERE WAS A NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 04V005000 (SERVICE BRAKES), HOWEVER; THE MANUFACTURER STATED THA...

Mileage: 67,000

POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED A FEW MONTH AGO AND THE WARRANTY COMPANY REPLACED IT IN MAY 07 W/A GENERIC PUMP. 2 WEEKS LATER IT FAILED AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME RUINED THE RESERVOIR AND RADIATOR, SO THOSE ITEMS HAD TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. THE DEALER REPLACED W/ A LR PSPUMP, BUT IT FAILED. SO THEY REPLACED I...

POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED A FEW MONTH AGO AND THE WARRANTY COMPANY REPLACED IT IN MAY 07 W/A GENERIC PUMP. 2 WEEKS LATER IT FAILED AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME RUINED THE RESERVOIR AND RADIATOR, SO THOSE ITEMS HAD TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. THE DEALER REPLACED W/ A LR PSPUMP, BUT IT FAILED. SO THEY REPLACED I...

POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED A FEW MONTH AGO AND THE WARRANTY COMPANY REPLACED IT IN MAY 07 W/A GENERIC PUMP. 2 WEEKS LATER IT FAILED AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME RUINED THE RESERVOIR AND RADIATOR, SO THOSE ITEMS HAD TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. THE DEALER REPLACED W/ A LR PSPUMP, BUT IT FAILED. SO THEY REPLACED I...

POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED A FEW MONTH AGO AND THE WARRANTY COMPANY REPLACED IT IN MAY 07 W/A GENERIC PUMP. 2 WEEKS LATER IT FAILED AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME RUINED THE RESERVOIR AND RADIATOR, SO THOSE ITEMS HAD TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. THE DEALER REPLACED W/ A LR PSPUMP, BUT IT FAILED. SO THEY REPLACED I...

POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED A FEW MONTH AGO AND THE WARRANTY COMPANY REPLACED IT IN MAY 07 W/A GENERIC PUMP. 2 WEEKS LATER IT FAILED AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME RUINED THE RESERVOIR AND RADIATOR, SO THOSE ITEMS HAD TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. THE DEALER REPLACED W/ A LR PSPUMP, BUT IT FAILED. SO THEY REPLACED I...

FRONT DRIVE SHAFT BROKE OFF DURING FREEWAY DRIVING. VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN USED OFFROAD. THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL AND MANY OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS RESULTS IN DANGEROUS DRIVING CONSEQUENCES. OUR VEHICLE ONLY HAS 46,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 46,700

FAILURE OF A U-JOINT LEADING THE NEXT FAILURE OF A TRANSFER CASE IN THE VEHICLE. *NM

Mileage: 61,000

TWO MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING MY 2002 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY SE II IT STARTED VIBRATING WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND I DRIVE SHAFT BROKE OFF AND FELL ONTO THE GROUND. THERE WAS NO WARNING IT HAPPENED SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING. I HAD TO GET IT TOWED 30 MILES BACK TO MY HOUSE...

LAND ROVER DISCOVERY II FRONT DRIVE SHAFTS WILL ALWAYS FAIL CATASTROPHICALLY BETWEEN 60,000 TO 70,000 MILES. EVERY LAND ROVER FORUM DISCUSSES THIS AND THE CONSENSUS IS THAT LAND ROVER SHOULD HAVE REPORTED THIS TO NHTSA AS A SAFETY ISSUE. WHEN THEY BREAK THE CONSEQUENCES INCLUDE THE SHAFT GOING INTO ...

Mileage: 62,000

LAND ROVER DISCOVERY II FRONT DRIVE SHAFTS WILL ALWAYS FAIL CATASTROPHICALLY BETWEEN 60,000 TO 70,000 MILES. EVERY LAND ROVER FORUM DISCUSSES THIS AND THE CONSENSUS IS THAT LAND ROVER SHOULD HAVE REPORTED THIS TO NHTSA AS A SAFETY ISSUE. WHEN THEY BREAK THE CONSEQUENCES INCLUDE THE SHAFT GOING INTO ...

Mileage: 62,000

ONLY 68,000 MILES AND VEHICLE OVERHEATS, INTERMITTENTLY. PROBLEM STILL EXIST. DEALER CAN'T FIND PROBLEM WANTS TO REPLACE ENGINE. JB

Mileage: 67,900

I HAVE OWNED MY 2002 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY SE FOR 2 YEARS. ABOUT 8-9 MONTHS AGO, I NOTICED THAT AT CERTAIN SPEEDS, MY STEERING WHEEL WILL SHAKE BACK AND FORTH, OR SHIMMY, SOMETIMES SOMEWHAT VIOLENTLY. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO ARISTOCRAT MOTORS, THE ONLY SERVICE CENTER IN MY AREA FOR LAND ROVERS, AND HAVE...

Mileage: 36,000

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO USE THE 2002 LANDROVER DISCOVERY II HILL DESCENT FEATURE THE GEAR SHIFT MECHANISM CAME OFF IN THE CONSUMER'S HAND. *NM THE VEHICLE HAD GONE OUT OF CONTROL WHILE GOING DOWN HILL. *SC

"NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V005000" ON THE ABS VALVE COVER BOLT. AFTER HAVING THE ABS MODULATOR ASSEMBLY VALVE COVERS STRENGTHENED AND THE RETAINING BOLTS REPLACED, THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTIO...

WHILE TURNING THE TC WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER HIT A CURB, CAUSING A MINOR VEHICLE COLLISION. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 29,000

PROBLEMS WITH 2002 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY OVER HEATING. *MR THE CONSUMER VIEWED SMOKE COMING FORM THE HOOD. THE CONSUMER VIEWED AND SAW A YELLOW LIGHT THAT LOOKED LIKE 2 CIRCLES JOINED WITH A LINE 0-0. THE VEHICLE HAD CAUGHT FIRE. *SC THE CONSUMER REMEMBERED RECEIVING A RECALL LETTER WHICH ...

THE DRIVE LINE ON OUR 2002 LANDROVER DISCOVERY II IS GOING OUT ON OUR SUV. WE HAVE DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM IN DEPTH WITH THE DEALER BUT AS OF YET THE SITUATION IS UNRESOLVED. THEY FEEL THAT BECAUSE THE CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY THAT WE SHOULD FIX IT OURSELVES. I FEEL THAT ON A CAR THIS NEW THAT ...

Mileage: 51,000

TIRES (GOODYEAR) WEAR UNEVEN (SIGNIFICANT CUPPING AFTER 10K MILES) AND INCREASE RISK OF TIRE FAILURE. LAND ROVER DEALERS AND CUSTOMER CARE ARE AWARE OF THIS OEM COMPONENT FAILURE IN THEIR DISCORVERY II VEHICLES BUT ARE NEGLIGENT AND REFUSE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. LAND ROVER KNOWS THAT THIS FAILURE D...

Mileage: 14,000

WHILE DRIVING 2002 LAND ROBER DISCOVERY 11, I SWERVED TO MISS A ON COMING CAR, THE LAND ROVER LOCKED UP, WENT OUT OF CONTROL, THE SEAT BELT & AIR BAG DID NOT WORK, I FLEW INTO THE WINDSHIELD, BUSTED UP MY HEAD, SHOULDER & KNEE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 2002 LAND ROBER DISCOVERY 11, I SWERVED TO MISS A ON COMING CAR, THE LAND ROVER LOCKED UP, WENT OUT OF CONTROL, THE SEAT BELT & AIR BAG DID NOT WORK, I FLEW INTO THE WINDSHIELD, BUSTED UP MY HEAD, SHOULDER & KNEE.*AK