mine too, having had freelander which had electrical faults and leak, 3 discoverys all fine and a strange rrs. think i will also be going elsewhere, the garage owner told me that the crank case would have blown when i was driving it the dreaded day, that would explain the black smoke.3

think i will go for a mini

I only have sympathy for LR's position. The "dash-like-Christmas-tree" issues and recalls ought to be set aside, irritating though they must have been. This was an engine issue: it failed and even if the failure was not directly related to the failure to service the car from delivery until over 18,000 miles, keeping to the service schedule is clearly the responsibility of the owner. I think a £500 contribution is very reasonable (good grief, it's not much more than the cost of the missed service), even if the diagnosis was that there was a warranty problem with the engine.

Here's the litmus test: pay the £500, get the car back and take LR to the small claims court. I reckon you'll lose in pretty short order. Every silver lining has a cloud

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its not about the 500 its the principle, 2 years 5 month old car with 20k on clock its shocking, they have admitted liability by offering to fix it

Just out of interest, how are you going to get 3 kids and all their belongings in a Mini after using a RRS for the past 2 years? 2008 TDV8, Stornoway Grey with Alpaca premium leather, Adaptive cruise, Adaptive Bi-xenons, sunroof, Premium Nav, Premium ICE Logic 7, telephone, active locking rear diff, console coolbox, seat memory, powerfold mirrors, tow pack, window tint, dual battery, engel fridge, Goodyear Mud-Terrain tyres.

leave them at home...


'the engine specialist has came back and said it was a fault, wonder if it would have been found at service???

julie wrote:

its not about the 500 its the principle, 2 years 5 month old car with 20k on clock its shocking, they have admitted liability by offering to fix it

julie wrote:

its not about the 500 its the principle, 2 years 5 month old car with 20k on clock its shocking, they have admitted liability by offering to fix it

Whilst I sympathise, the "they're liable because they offered to fix it" thing doesn't help - because this is becoming a more and more common an angle for people to take, goodwill gestures from companies are quickly becoming a thing of the past.

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As engine failure under go.It's the time spend some cash for buying some parts for it's repair.



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sorry i dont understand wot u mean

got car back great feels like new car!!!!!!!!!!! landrover have changed engine in rrs to 3l

Thats a result and all for £500, surely you are going to keep it now, despite your earlier post. MY10 3.0 HSE Santorini Black, Ivory Premium & extended leather, privacy, paddles, diamond turned alloys, Ipod lead that charges, tasmods, rrsport.co.uk stickers

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I assume they fitted a like for like replacement 2.7? WINNER - 2009 ‘Just Doing What It’s Designed To Do’ Award

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no still trading in, there was other minor things showed up when they done extensive road tests, i thinks its been a friday car....

yes they changed the engine like for like, i spoke with guy in showroom and after i told him long and boring storey he said they have changed all rrs to 3l wonder if they really knew engine wasnt performing!
anyway thanks to all who commented and i will now go clean the thing