3.2
definitely annoying- Crashes / Fires:
- 0 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 0 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 42,732 miles
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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
- Sunnyvale, CA, USA
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.
- Davie, FL, USA
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.
- Fair Oaks Ranch, TX, USA
- Atlanta, GA, USA