https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Land Rover LR3. en-us Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:51:31 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-2169058 Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The fuel tank is structurally compromised due to premature deterioration of the component holding it in place on the vehicle including the tank guard rusting through. https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-2143066 Sat, 25 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT Shortly after purchase the dash board begain to display warning lights. Then suspension warnings. The pump for the air bag suspension stopped working. The cars ride height was bellow the bumpers & seemingly had no shock activity. I stoped driving it because it said i could cause extensive damage if it continued to be on the road. I replaced the pump/compressor & it appeared to have been fixed. Abo https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-2143067 Sat, 25 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT Shortly after purchase the dash board begain to display warning lights. Then suspension warnings. The pump for the air bag suspension stopped working. The cars ride height was bellow the bumpers & seemingly had no shock activity. I stoped driving it because it said i could cause extensive damage if it continued to be on the road. I replaced the pump/compressor & it appeared to have been fixed. Abo https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-2133330 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT After a heavy rainstorm in [XXX] , my 2005 Land Rover LR3 experienced catastrophic water intrusion through the A-pillar design flaw documented in Land Rover’s own TSB LA501-007. When I opened the passenger door, ~1.5 inches of water poured out. Immediately afterward, the vehicle developed multiple failures: flickering lights, radio inoperative, driver’s window stuck, ABS warning lights illuminated https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-2133331 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT After a heavy rainstorm in [XXX] , my 2005 Land Rover LR3 experienced catastrophic water intrusion through the A-pillar design flaw documented in Land Rover’s own TSB LA501-007. When I opened the passenger door, ~1.5 inches of water poured out. Immediately afterward, the vehicle developed multiple failures: flickering lights, radio inoperative, driver’s window stuck, ABS warning lights illuminated https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-2133332 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT After a heavy rainstorm in [XXX] , my 2005 Land Rover LR3 experienced catastrophic water intrusion through the A-pillar design flaw documented in Land Rover’s own TSB LA501-007. When I opened the passenger door, ~1.5 inches of water poured out. Immediately afterward, the vehicle developed multiple failures: flickering lights, radio inoperative, driver’s window stuck, ABS warning lights illuminated https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-2082189 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT HOC SYSTEM NOT AVAILABLE. TRANSMISSION FAULT STEERING WHEEL SUSPENSION https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-2082190 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT HOC SYSTEM NOT AVAILABLE. TRANSMISSION FAULT STEERING WHEEL SUSPENSION https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-1901553 Mon, 12 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2007 Land Rover LR3. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH and depressing the brake pedal, there was a delay in the vehicle responding. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact aggressively depressed the brake pedal, and the vehicle came to a complete stop. The dealer was contacted and stated that the vehicle needed to be diagnosed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-1837520 Wed, 31 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT The sunroof shattered when a door was opened. Vehicle was not in motion. Tiny shards of glass fell all over front seats and console of vehicle and continued to fall while driving home. https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-1827297 Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT Others of same model and year were recalled and mine was not, despite having same issue with airbag fault in steering column https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-1814817 Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT As electrical harness issue as described in NHTSA Reference #10056417, the suspension fails and dash reports suspension fault, leading to a suspension that is extremely unstable and could cause vehicle to roll over even at low speeds less than 30 MPH. My safety and the safety of nearby drivers was at risk while driving in a construction area near my home. I had to make an emergency erratic stop, https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-1645081 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 LAND ROVER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, WATER WOULD ENTER THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CARPET WAS SOAKED. THE CONTACT WAS UNAWARE OF THE WHERE THE WATER WAS ENTERING THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO CONCERNED THAT ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS IN THE VEHICLE COULD BE AFFECTED BY WATER INTRUSION INTO UNSEALED ELECTRICAL PORTS OR PLUGS https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-1637254 Tue, 14 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT OUR VEHICLE THROWS A CODE THAT LOCKS PARKING BRAKE WHEN DRIVING AND IMMEDIATELY STOPS THE CAR IT HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES LUCKILY WE WERE ON SIDE ROADS WITH VEHICLES NOT BEHIND US THIS HAPPENED AT LEAST THREE TIMES THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT AS THE SOLUTION BUT CONTINUED TO HAPPEN NOW TWO GRAND TO REPLACE PARKING MODULE WHICH HAS PUT US IN DANGER FIVE TIMES AND NO DIAGNOSTIC RE https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-1636320 Sat, 11 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT SUSPENSION FAULT LIGHT COMES ON WHEN DRIVING. VEHICLE MOVES UP AND DOWN. I HAVE SEEN MORE THAN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE AIR COMPRESSOR AND FAULTY SENSORS. WHY AREN'T THEY BEING REPAIRED BY LAND ROVER. A VEHICLE OF THIS TYPE AND COST SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. ARE THEY WAITING FOR TIME TO RUN OUT? https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-1622793 Thu, 21 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMT SINCE PURCHASING MY SECOND HAND 2005 LAND ROVER LR3 IN 2013, I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM. I EXPERIENCE DRIVABILITY CONCERNS SUCH AS HESITATION, MISFIRE, STALLING, ROUGH RUNNING, AND DIFFICULTY IN STARTING, AND THE 'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT IS ALMOST ALWAYS ILLUMINATED. I HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THESE ISSUES, AND HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY CHASING THE PROBLEM BY REPLACING EQUIPMENT AND SPE https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-1578950 Thu, 27 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT STATIONARY - ONE OF THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE IS NOT COMMUNICATING WITH SOME OF THE PARTS. NOT SURE IF THIS IS SOFTWARE UPGRADE REQUIRED OR WHAT THE ISSUE MIGHT BE. https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-1578951 Thu, 27 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT STATIONARY - ONE OF THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE IS NOT COMMUNICATING WITH SOME OF THE PARTS. NOT SURE IF THIS IS SOFTWARE UPGRADE REQUIRED OR WHAT THE ISSUE MIGHT BE. https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-1578952 Thu, 27 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT STATIONARY - ONE OF THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE IS NOT COMMUNICATING WITH SOME OF THE PARTS. NOT SURE IF THIS IS SOFTWARE UPGRADE REQUIRED OR WHAT THE ISSUE MIGHT BE. https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-1509131 Wed, 24 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMT THE AIR RIDE SUSPENSION IS TOTALLY DEAD. THERE WAS A RECALL YEARS AGO BUT I DIDNT GET IT DONE. NOW WHEN I SEARCH RECALLS ITS NOT THERE, BECAUSE SOMEONE THINKS THE WORK WAS COMPLETED. THAT IS SIMPLY FALSE. I CAN BARELY DRIVE THIS VEHICLE NOW BECAUSE THE LEFT SIDE DROPPED DUE TO AIR SUSPENSION. THE SERVICE GUY TOLD ME THE SUSPENSION WAS BUILT IMPROPERLY. https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-1493742 Thu, 23 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMT SUNROOF GLASS EXPLODED WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED IN A SECURE PARKING AREA. https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-1479975 Mon, 02 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT SHOULDER BRACKET MANUFACTURING DEFECT, ALL YEARS, PROBABLY LR4 AS WELL AS EOROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL MODELS DISCOVERY 3 AND 4, RANGE ROVER SPORT CASTING SPLITS AND CRACKS AT MULTIPLE POINTS AROUND BOLT HOLE OVER TIME. 4 OF 4 UNITS I INSPECTED WITH SIMILARR FAILURE. THERE WAS NO INCIDENT, FRAYED SEATBELT, ORDERED USED REPLACEMENT, THEY WERE AS BAD AS THE ONE ON THE VEHICLE, ALL WERE CRACKED. NO https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-1452068 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE ENGINE REVVED UP, ALMOST GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT, HAD TO STAND ON THE BRAKE IN ORDER TO KEEP IT FROM TAKING OFF, IMMEDIATELY SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL, ENGINE CONTINUED RACING WHILE IN NUETRAL. https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-1452069 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE ENGINE REVVED UP, ALMOST GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT, HAD TO STAND ON THE BRAKE IN ORDER TO KEEP IT FROM TAKING OFF, IMMEDIATELY SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL, ENGINE CONTINUED RACING WHILE IN NUETRAL. https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-1431234 Thu, 07 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT I WAS PULLING INTO A STAPLES STORE PARKING SPACE AND WENT TO STOP. THE LR3 ACCELERATED AS I WAS BRAKING AND THE POWERFUL ENGINE REVVED & WANTED TO KEEP DRIVING THE LR3 FORWARD. I KEPT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND IMMEDIATELEY SHIFTED THE LR3 INTO PARK; SHIFTED BACK & FORTH BEFORE THE LR3 STOPPED IDLE. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO PEOPLE OR CARS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I DID GO ACROSS THE LANE AND NEA https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-1431235 Thu, 07 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT I WAS PULLING INTO A STAPLES STORE PARKING SPACE AND WENT TO STOP. THE LR3 ACCELERATED AS I WAS BRAKING AND THE POWERFUL ENGINE REVVED & WANTED TO KEEP DRIVING THE LR3 FORWARD. I KEPT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND IMMEDIATELEY SHIFTED THE LR3 INTO PARK; SHIFTED BACK & FORTH BEFORE THE LR3 STOPPED IDLE. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO PEOPLE OR CARS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I DID GO ACROSS THE LANE AND NEA https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-1431236 Thu, 07 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT I WAS PULLING INTO A STAPLES STORE PARKING SPACE AND WENT TO STOP. THE LR3 ACCELERATED AS I WAS BRAKING AND THE POWERFUL ENGINE REVVED & WANTED TO KEEP DRIVING THE LR3 FORWARD. I KEPT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND IMMEDIATELEY SHIFTED THE LR3 INTO PARK; SHIFTED BACK & FORTH BEFORE THE LR3 STOPPED IDLE. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO PEOPLE OR CARS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I DID GO ACROSS THE LANE AND NEA https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-1410163 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMT UPON STOPPING QUICKLY OR SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE STALLS CREATING VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR DRIVER. HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY AND INTERSECTION TO DATE AND NEARLY CREATED TWO SERIOUS ACCIDENTS SURELY WOULD HAVE BEEN FATAL HAD THEY OCCURRED https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-1410164 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMT UPON STOPPING QUICKLY OR SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE STALLS CREATING VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR DRIVER. HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY AND INTERSECTION TO DATE AND NEARLY CREATED TWO SERIOUS ACCIDENTS SURELY WOULD HAVE BEEN FATAL HAD THEY OCCURRED https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3 https://plaincars.com/make/land-rover-lr3#complaint-1391348 Wed, 12 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMT VEHICLE AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP STATIONARY WITH ENGINE RUNNING IN DRIVE, IE, STOP LIGHT, STOP SIGN, AND PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO GAS PEDAL THE VEHCLE FAILS TO MOVE FORWARD FOR SEVERAL SECONDS, MORE PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO GAS PEDAL TO ELICIT RESPONSE FROM VEHICLE AND SUDDENLY EVERYTHING SEEMS TO 'KICK' IN RESULTING IN A VIOLENT JOLT AS VEHICLE SUDDENLY REVS UP AND BEGINS TO MOVE. DELAY BETWE