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2003 Land Rover Range Rover Recalls & Complaints

The 2003 Land Rover Range Rover has 1 NHTSA recall campaign and 95 owner complaints on file as of November 3, 2026. Recall repairs are usually free at an authorized Land Rover dealer.

NHTSA recall and complaint data for the 2003 Land Rover Range Rover. Recall data is refreshed daily from NHTSA.

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2003 Land Rover Range Rover owner complaints

Owners have filed 95 complaints with NHTSA about the 2003 Land Rover Range Rover, describing incidents dated May 23, 2003 to June 3, 2022.

Most-cited components

  • Power Train 73 complaints
  • Steering 8 complaints
  • Electrical System 6 complaints
  • Engine 5 complaints
  • Service Brakes 5 complaints
  • Suspension 4 complaints

Of the 95 complaints on file, 1 reports a crash and 1 a fire (owner-reported, not verified by NHTSA).

Newest complaints

  • ODI #11467872 · Filed

    The contact owns a 2003 Land Rover Range Rover. The contact stated while driving 40 MPH on the highway, he felt a vibration and pulled over to inspect the vehicle. The contact stated that the vehicle then failed to exceed 35 MPH. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to…

  • ODI #11084686 · Filed

    TAKATA RECALL MY AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON. THE AIRBAG LIGHT JUST STAY ON.

  • ODI #11045157 · Filed

    DRIVING DOWN A ROAD LOST POWER AND MADE GRINDING NOISE.

Read all 95 complaints

Owner-reported

2003 Land Rover Range Rover mileage at failure

82 of the 95 complaints on file for the 2003 Land Rover Range Rover give the vehicle's mileage when the problem happened.

Mileage at failure by component, from owners' complaints to NHTSA
Power TrainMedian 60,000 milesMiddle half 50,000–75,000 milesBased on 63 complaints

A component's median is its 50th percentile, and its middle half runs from its 25th to its 75th percentile.

Owners give the mileage themselves, often as a round number, and NHTSA doesn't check it. A complaint that names several components counts under each one, and mileages that can't be right, such as 999,999, or 50 miles on a five-year-old car, are left out.

These figures describe the complaints owners filed. They don't predict when a particular vehicle will have a problem, and vehicles that never had one aren't counted.

Mileage from NHTSA's complaints file of October 31, 2026. How these figures are worked out

NHTSA defect investigations

NHTSA's investigations file lists the 2003 Land Rover Range Rover in 2 investigations. A listed model year means only that an investigation names it; it says nothing about any particular vehicle. An open investigation is not a finding that a safety defect exists, and NHTSA can close one without a recall.

Open and recently closed NHTSA defect investigations

FRONT DRIVESHAFT JOINT REPLACEMENT

NHTSA #08V635000 · Power Train — Driveline — Driveshaft · NHTSA notice

Reported December 3, 2008 · LAND ROVER

Potentially affected: 19,168 vehicles

Land Rover campaign P041 · Owners notified January 5, 2009 · Vehicles built January 3, 2002 – February 22, 2005 (per NHTSA) · Recall influenced by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation

Defect description

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.

Safety consequence

CONTINUED VEHICLE OPERATION CAN EVENTUALLY RESULT IN THE SPLINES SHEARING AND A LOSS OF DRIVE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

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.

Notes

LAND ROVER RECALL NO. P041.CUSTOMERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.

Other Land Rover Range Rover model years

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