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1994 Land Rover Defender 110 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Dec 1, 2000
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Dec 1, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1994 Land Rover Defender 110. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

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Powertrain (other)
Filed Dec 1, 2000

COMPRISES A STANDARD SOLID BEAM AXLE WITH A FLANGE WELDED ONTO END OF THE AXLE TUBE ,TO SUPPORT THE BACKING PLATE, ROTOR, HUB, INNER AXLE SHAFT, WHEEL AND TIRE. THE FLANGE ON RIGHT HAND SIDE SEPARATED FROM THE AXLE TUBE AT THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL WELD SEAM BETWEEN FLANGE AND AXLE TUBE. OF THE 12+ INCHES OF SEAM, THERE WERE ONLY ABOUT 1" OF SPOT WELDING AND LITTLE WELD PENETRATION AT THAT. IN LOOKING AT THE SEPARATED FLANGE, IT HAD TO HAVE BEEN DIVINE INTERVENTION THAT IT DIDN'T SEPARATE WHILE ROLLING IT OUT OF THE SHOWROOM 8 YEARS AGO. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD BROUGHT ON BY CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT WORKMANSHIP. THE WERE APPROX 6000 DEFENDER 90'S SHIPPED TO THIS COUNTRY, AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS DISCOVERY AND RANGE ROVER MODELS, ALL AXLES BEING EITHER SIMILAR OF MANUFACTURE OR NEAR SIMILAR IN DESIGN, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, BUILT AT THE SAME PLANT IN ENGLAND USING THE SAME TECHNIQUES. IF I HAD BEEN TRAVELLING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN THE FLANGE SEPARATED, THE RIGHT REAR OF THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE CRASHED TO THE GROUND, NO DOUBT LOSING CONTROL, PROBABLY ROLLING OVER, PROBABLY BEEN KILLED, PROBABLY INNOCENT BYSTANDERS BEEN KILLED; THERE IS NO TELLING WHAT A DISASTER THIS COULD HAVE BEEN. I HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS TO SEND TO YOU OF THE MAIN AXLE CASE AND THE FLANGE, CLEARLY SHOWING THAT THERE WAS A CLEAN SEPARATION AT THE SEAM. I HAVE MY LETTER TO LAND ROVER NORTH AMERICA. I ALSO HAVE THE ACTUAL AXLE AND FLANGE THAT I AM WILLING TO SEND TO YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I HAVE PUT THE VEHICLE UP FOR SALE. IT IS BETTER THAN LIVING IN FEAR THAT THE SAME WILL HAPPEN TO THE NEW AXLE I HAVE INSTALLED, OR THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO THE FRONT AXLE NEXT.HEEL AND TIRE.*AK

NHTSA ID
737144
Incident
Aug 18, 2000

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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