This Problem Across All Years
2012 Range Rover Evoque suddenly, and without warning died while driving in traffic, and would not restart. It needed to be pushed away from oncoming traffic. A sheriff deputy was summoned to control traffic, as we did this. There were no warning lamps, or messages appearing on the display, both before and after the incident. Currently the car is at a foreign repair facility here in Lexington, KY. The name of the facility is: Scheller Automotive, (859) 225-6277. I spoke earlier with Andy, who stated it was an issue with no compression, which prevented it from being started. He believed it had to do with a dislocated cam gear, which caused a timing failure. According to him, there is a Range Rover service bulletin which they received describing this engine failing, but no recall regarding this issue. He said they now have THREE vehicles in the shop, with this same problem. This catastrophic failure could lead to definite safety concerns, by causing the car to die unexpectedly, without warning, and losing power steering, power breaks, and the possibility of safely exiting vehicle while in traffic.
2012 Range Rover Evoque suddenly, and without warning died while driving in traffic, and would not restart. It needed to be pushed away from oncoming traffic. A sheriff deputy was summoned to control traffic, as we did this. There were no warning lamps, or messages appearing on the display, both before and after the incident. Currently the car is at a foreign repair facility here in Lexington, KY. The name of the facility is: Scheller Automotive, (859) 225-6277. I spoke earlier with Andy, who stated it was an issue with no compression, which prevented it from being started. He believed it had to do with a dislocated cam gear, which caused a timing failure. According to him, there is a Range Rover service bulletin which they received describing this engine failing, but no recall regarding this issue. He said they now have THREE vehicles in the shop, with this same problem. This catastrophic failure could lead to definite safety concerns, by causing the car to die unexpectedly, without warning, and losing power steering, power breaks, and the possibility of safely exiting vehicle while in traffic.
WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE LOOSES POWER. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM AND CAN NOT BE PREDICTED. NO SIGNS OR SIGNALS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM BEFORE CAR STALLS. VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS SITUATION. ALMOST GOT STRUCK FROM BEHIND. PULLED OVER, TURNED VEHICLE OFF, THEN BACK ON AND RESTARTED AND DROVE WITH NO ISSUES. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. USUALLY HAPPENS AFTER DEESCALATION OF SPEED, LIKE EXITING EXPRESSWAY BUT HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET. TOOK VEHICLE TO LAND ROVER AND WAS TOLD IF THERE WEREN'T ANY MESSAGES DISPLAYED, THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG.
WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE LOOSES POWER. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM AND CAN NOT BE PREDICTED. NO SIGNS OR SIGNALS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM BEFORE CAR STALLS. VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS SITUATION. ALMOST GOT STRUCK FROM BEHIND. PULLED OVER, TURNED VEHICLE OFF, THEN BACK ON AND RESTARTED AND DROVE WITH NO ISSUES. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. USUALLY HAPPENS AFTER DEESCALATION OF SPEED, LIKE EXITING EXPRESSWAY BUT HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET. TOOK VEHICLE TO LAND ROVER AND WAS TOLD IF THERE WEREN'T ANY MESSAGES DISPLAYED, THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG.
TITLE: SUDDEN LOST OF TRACTION AT REAR AXLE AT HIGH WAY SPEED. VEHICLE MILEAGE: 40,000; AGE: 5 YEARS; AWD MODEL WITH REAR ELECTRICAL DIFFERENTIAL POWER COUPLING (HALDEX GEN 4 ) DESCRIPTION: VEHICLE WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, DASHBOARD SHOWN MESSAGE: "TRANSMISSION FAULT TRACTION REDUCED". THE REAR AXLE WAS FOUND TO BE DISCONNECTED FROM DRIVETRAIN AND WILL NOT RECONNECT UNDER SLIPPERY CONDITION. ROOT CAUSE: REAR ELECTRICAL DIFFERENTIAL (HALDEX GEN 4) USE PNUEMATIC CONTROLLED CLUTCHES TO CONNECT/DISCONNECT REAR AXLE TO TRANSMISSION FOR TORQUE COUPLING. THE CLUTCH RELIES ON PNUEMATIC PUMP (LAND ROVER PART NUMBER LR075763) TO PROVIDE PRESSURE FOR COUPLING. THE PUMP USE BRUSHED DC MOTOR. OVERTIME, CLUTCH MATERIAL DISSOLVE INTO DIFFERENTIAL FLUID AND CLOGS UP FILTER OF THE PNUEMATIC LINE, CAUSING PUMP RUNNING AT HIGH DUTY CYCLE. THE MOTOR FAILED DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT AND BRUSHES DISCONNECT FROM MOTOR WINDING. CAUSING PUMP TO FAIL. FOR REFERENCE, VOLVO AND OTHE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER WHO USE SIMILAR DIFFERENTIAL UNIT (HALDEX GEN 4) REQUIRES SERVICING OF THE DIFFERENTIAL TO PREVENT SUCH FAILURE. LAND ROVER DOES NOT SUCH PROCEDURE. LAND ROVER HAS TSB THAT DESCRIBES SUCH FAILURE AND MENTIONED THE PUMP WILL NEED TO CHANGE. HTTPS://STATIC.NHTSA.GOV/ODI/TSBS/2015/SB-10074556-2280.PDF
TITLE: SUDDEN LOST OF TRACTION AT REAR AXLE AT HIGH WAY SPEED. VEHICLE MILEAGE: 40,000; AGE: 5 YEARS; AWD MODEL WITH REAR ELECTRICAL DIFFERENTIAL POWER COUPLING (HALDEX GEN 4 ) DESCRIPTION: VEHICLE WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, DASHBOARD SHOWN MESSAGE: "TRANSMISSION FAULT TRACTION REDUCED". THE REAR AXLE WAS FOUND TO BE DISCONNECTED FROM DRIVETRAIN AND WILL NOT RECONNECT UNDER SLIPPERY CONDITION. ROOT CAUSE: REAR ELECTRICAL DIFFERENTIAL (HALDEX GEN 4) USE PNUEMATIC CONTROLLED CLUTCHES TO CONNECT/DISCONNECT REAR AXLE TO TRANSMISSION FOR TORQUE COUPLING. THE CLUTCH RELIES ON PNUEMATIC PUMP (LAND ROVER PART NUMBER LR075763) TO PROVIDE PRESSURE FOR COUPLING. THE PUMP USE BRUSHED DC MOTOR. OVERTIME, CLUTCH MATERIAL DISSOLVE INTO DIFFERENTIAL FLUID AND CLOGS UP FILTER OF THE PNUEMATIC LINE, CAUSING PUMP RUNNING AT HIGH DUTY CYCLE. THE MOTOR FAILED DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT AND BRUSHES DISCONNECT FROM MOTOR WINDING. CAUSING PUMP TO FAIL. FOR REFERENCE, VOLVO AND OTHE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER WHO USE SIMILAR DIFFERENTIAL UNIT (HALDEX GEN 4) REQUIRES SERVICING OF THE DIFFERENTIAL TO PREVENT SUCH FAILURE. LAND ROVER DOES NOT SUCH PROCEDURE. LAND ROVER HAS TSB THAT DESCRIBES SUCH FAILURE AND MENTIONED THE PUMP WILL NEED TO CHANGE. HTTPS://STATIC.NHTSA.GOV/ODI/TSBS/2015/SB-10074556-2280.PDF
DRIVING ON THE MAIN HWY WHEN I NOTICED THAT A INDICATED LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD "TRANSMISSION FAULT TRACTION REDUCED". THE CAR DIDN'T HANDLE ANY DIFFERENT SO I IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THE DEALER VIA PHONE. SPOKE TO THE SERVICE ADVISER WHO STATED TO PULL OFF THE ROAD, TURN OFF THE MOTOR AND AFTER A FEW MINS RESTART IT AND THAT SHOULD CLEAR THE FAULT. IF NOT, JUST MAKE AN APPT FOR SERVICE. UNFORTUNATELY THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CLEARED USING THE ABOVE RESTARTING PROCEDURE. UPON ARRIVING AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE NEXT AVAILABLE APPT 5 DAYS LATER, THE BATTERY WAS SUPPOSEDLY DEAD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ACCORDING TO THEM BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT START THE VEHICLE. WHICH IS STRANGE SINCE PRIOR TO THAT I HAD NO WARNING LIGHTS OF ANY BATTERY PROBLEMS COME ON. A DAY LATER, THE ADVISER CALLED ME AGAIN AND STATED THAT NOT ONLY DID I HAVE A DEAD BATTERY BUT THE POWER PUMP DIFFERENTIAL TO THE TRANSMISSION WAS FOUND TO BE FAULTY AND WOULD BE REPLACED. THIS IS A 3YR OLD CAR WITH LESS THAN 32K MILES ON IT WITH MOSTLY HWY DRIVING. *TR
DRIVING ON THE MAIN HWY WHEN I NOTICED THAT A INDICATED LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD "TRANSMISSION FAULT TRACTION REDUCED". THE CAR DIDN'T HANDLE ANY DIFFERENT SO I IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THE DEALER VIA PHONE. SPOKE TO THE SERVICE ADVISER WHO STATED TO PULL OFF THE ROAD, TURN OFF THE MOTOR AND AFTER A FEW MINS RESTART IT AND THAT SHOULD CLEAR THE FAULT. IF NOT, JUST MAKE AN APPT FOR SERVICE. UNFORTUNATELY THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CLEARED USING THE ABOVE RESTARTING PROCEDURE. UPON ARRIVING AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE NEXT AVAILABLE APPT 5 DAYS LATER, THE BATTERY WAS SUPPOSEDLY DEAD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ACCORDING TO THEM BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT START THE VEHICLE. WHICH IS STRANGE SINCE PRIOR TO THAT I HAD NO WARNING LIGHTS OF ANY BATTERY PROBLEMS COME ON. A DAY LATER, THE ADVISER CALLED ME AGAIN AND STATED THAT NOT ONLY DID I HAVE A DEAD BATTERY BUT THE POWER PUMP DIFFERENTIAL TO THE TRANSMISSION WAS FOUND TO BE FAULTY AND WOULD BE REPLACED. THIS IS A 3YR OLD CAR WITH LESS THAN 32K MILES ON IT WITH MOSTLY HWY DRIVING. *TR
WHILE DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR, I WENT TO ACCELERATE TO PASS A CAR AND THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER, AMBER WANING LIGHT CAME ON, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I COULD NOT GO FASTER THAN 35 MPH. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT BUT I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN ENOUGH TO GET BACK IN THE SLOW LANE. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER THE NEXT DAY. THE LONER EVOQUE THEY GAVE ME DID THE SAME THING IN RAINY WEATHER ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2012. *TR
WHILE DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR, I WENT TO ACCELERATE TO PASS A CAR AND THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER, AMBER WANING LIGHT CAME ON, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I COULD NOT GO FASTER THAN 35 MPH. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT BUT I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN ENOUGH TO GET BACK IN THE SLOW LANE. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER THE NEXT DAY. THE LONER EVOQUE THEY GAVE ME DID THE SAME THING IN RAINY WEATHER ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2012. *TR