Recall Register

2003 Land Rover Range Rover: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 2003 Land Rover Range Rover. The campaign is 08V635000. NHTSA received the report on 3 Dec 2008. The NHTSA record gives the component Power Train / Driveline / Driveshaft. NHTSA has 97 complaints on file for this model year. 2 NHTSA investigations name this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of campaign 08V635000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will install a revised design of the propeller shaft, the flange kit and heat shield kit. The recall began on january 6, 2009. Owners may contact land rover at 1-800- 637-6837.

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .

Since the last update

No tracked figure of this page changed in a data update. What the log tracks

All updates to the register

Recall campaigns

1 campaign. 19,168 units in total.

  1. 08V635000Received . 19,168 units.

    Power Train / Driveline / Driveshaft

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Land rover is recalling 19,168 my 2003-2005 range rover vehicles. The front differential coupling sleeve and the propeller shaft may be misaligned, resulting in spline wear over a period of time. As the wear between the propeller shaft and the differential spline coupling progresses, noise and vibration are expected.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Continued vehicle operation can eventually result in the splines shearing and a loss of drive, increasing the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will install a revised design of the propeller shaft, the flange kit and heat shield kit. The recall began on january 6, 2009. Owners may contact land rover at 1-800- 637-6837.

    Report filed by LAND ROVER. Manufacturer campaign number P041. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

97 complaints, 133 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

  • 2003 Land Rover Range Rover
  • All 2003 vehicles
2003 Land Rover Range Rover: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component2003 Range RoverAll 2003 vehiclesRange Rover, all yearsMentions
Power Train714.3118.5174.595
Steering60.248.1110.88
Electrical System45.1122.890.56
Suspension37.65991.25
Unknown or Other30.12349.24
Engine and Engine Cooling30.174.557.24
Service Brakes30.131.539.84
Exterior Lighting7.534.610.91
Latches/Locks/Linkages7.512.121.71
Tires7.520.110.91

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 14.

Complaints that report a crash
1
Complaints that report a fire
1
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
6 Jun 2022

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 2003 Land Rover Range Rover, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2008, with 28 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 2003 Land Rover Range Rover
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
EA07012Engineering analysisFRONT DIFF. / PROPELLER SHAFT FAILUREPower Train / Axle Assembly / Axle Shaft14 Aug 200710 Dec 200808V635000
PE07019Preliminary evaluationFRONT DIFFERENTIAL/DRIVESHAFT FAILUREPower Train / Axle Assembly / Axle Shaft4 Apr 200715 Aug 2007

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2003 Land Rover Range Rover: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/land-rover/range-rover/2003/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
LAND ROVER

The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2003 Land Rover Range Rover?
19,168 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Land Rover Range Rover have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 75 recall campaigns for the Land Rover Range Rover, model years 1974 to 2026. 1 of them names the 2003 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2003 Land Rover Range Rover name most often?
Power Train: 95 of 133 component mentions, or 714.3 per 1,000. For all 2003 vehicles the figure is 118.5 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2003 Land Rover Range Rover open?
No. Each of the 2 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.