HI JDGeary1 they have had my car in for nearly a month now and last week they told me they have spoken to the LR tech side and theyve come up with the answer renew the fuel pump ???.Apparently they have been test driving it all week put 500 miles on it and still want to keep it till next week to put some more miles to really test it -Why that much ?
this has been going on since mid august and they have spoke to the tech team every time it got towed back in so why did they not have the pump changed from the start.at a cost of 1k they reckon.
but reading your car problems youve already had the pump done with no result.
they tell me I can have the car back after the weekend but Im now thinking for how long will it last.
personally we dont even want the car and our money back would be a better option
Did they not give you a car while your car was in their garage ?

Hi, it wasn't the garage where the car's at fault, I purchased it from a dealer who did F all about the car, nor lend me a car. Rover Tune bent over backwards for me to get the car sorted out and also lent me a car for 4 months.

I went out and bought another in the interim because I got fed up with the dealer.

I had both low and high pressure fuels pumps replaced on mine, neither solved the problem.

Speak to another dealer today, they have two cars in with the same issue and apparently one is having a complete new engine installed at the expense of land Rover. Once mine is in with a dealership and if they cannot fix it, I shall be attacking Land Rover directly with the expense of getting mine dealt with one way or another, if they cannot find and fix their own cars.

I am hoping that its something they can find, if not, then whatever happens I shall be rattling some cages to get it solved.

I really dont know what to do if this happens again, the sales team has already been on to me to see if I want to chop it in against a new one but to be homest I dont really want to chuck any more money range rovers way I thought buying a four year old model would last me many years not just six months. it seems we both have the same problem with our cars and the tech team have obviously looked into them so why are they so sure that a new pump is going to sort it out when that remedy have failed on others ? shall we all gang up on them and demand a new engine each LOL
Just another thought - A neighbour of one of my customers had the same probs in his land rover as us with limp modes every time he went out he actually had the whole body lifted off to renew the turbo. the reason they went that far to do it cause he told them unless they sort it he will not be buying the new RRS he ordered for his wife -Job done straight away

Got my car back on Friday evening with a new high pressure fuel pump fitted and so far its been fine. Garage test drove it and put 500 miles on it from the time they fitted it so hopefully they they have sorted it.
all Ive got to do now is sort out the who ripped me off for £240:00 for allegelly putting a scratch on the bumber of their hire car

[quote="jdgeary1"]Hi, it wasn't the garage where the car's at fault, I purchased it from a dealer who did F all about the car, nor lend me a car. Rover Tune bent over backwards for me to get the car sorted out and also lent me a car for 4 months.

I went out and bought another in the interim because I got fed up with the dealer.

I had both low and high pressure fuels pumps replaced on mine, neither solved the problem.

Speak to another dealer today, they have two cars in with the same issue and apparently one is having a complete new engine installed at the expense of land Rover. Once mine is in with a dealership and if they cannot fix it, I shall be attacking Land Rover directly with the expense of getting mine dealt with one way or another, if they cannot find and fix their own cars.

I am hoping that its something they can find, if not, then whatever happens I shall be rattling some cages to get it solved.

Hi jdgeary1 Have you got your RRS sorted yet ? Ive had mine back about two weeks now and at the moment its going ok.just a question if you dont mind. when they fitted the high pressure pump on yours did it break down straight away or some time after ?

Pretty much straight away it failed, was yours just the high pressure fuel pump replacement?

Mine is now at Land Rover Guildford, as it seems that unless the vehicle is in with a main dealer, I cannot take the issue any further, to land rover technical support.

as far as I am aware the High pressure fuel pump was all they replaced.We have done a lot of miles in her since with no problems.They did tell me it cost them about £1400 for the parts

Just been told that that the £240:00 taken off my card for alledgedly scratching the bumper of a hire car given to me when my RRS broke down has now been put back after the lowlife manager of the well known car rental for that area admitted that the scratches were already there.
He actually showed us the scratches on the night we picked it up and told us not to worry about them as hes aware of them.then when we took it back we got the blame for them
so beware, speaking to one of my cards investigation team its happening a lot lately

jdgeary1 wrote:

Pretty much straight away it failed, was yours just the high pressure fuel pump is now at Land Rover Guildford, as it seems that unless the vehicle is in with a main dealer, I cannot take the issue any further, to land rover technical support.

A handful of faults does not a problem make...nor is it a reason not to buy a car you want Mike

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Not sure many prospective buyers would agree or those who pay good money and have problems would agree. Far better to have a very happy and satisfied customer base. I know the companies I have run would not have survived on this level of technical issues.

Im not sure that's the point.

firstly a few people with issues, doesn't make a problem

Secondly all cars have faults - ALL OF THEM

Thirdly its the dealers that you buy a car from, its them the issue is with (its usually them that cant fix or sort it) not Land Rover

Fourthly if you didn't buy something because you might get a broken one, then you wouldn't buy anything and nothing would need a warranty  Mike

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Im having the same trouble with mine. Fuel starvation under load.
Have changed fuel filter (no change) will be changing fuel rail in the next day or so.
Will keep you posted.
Was told probably fuel pump but best do these before Big expense.

Love my car but all issue's are common & expensive ones.

Suspension pump common Fault
Glow plugs Snapping common fault
Low fuel pressure Common fault
So many people having the same sort of problems.

Mate of mine with a 2011 rr sport with 40k on Turbo gone thanks very much .
3k bill.
Don't you just love range rover sports.

mse wrote:

Im not sure that's the point.

firstly a few people with issues, doesn't make a problem

Secondly all cars have faults - ALL OF THEM

Thirdly its the dealers that you buy a car from, its them the issue is with (its usually them that cant fix or sort it) not Land Rover

Fourthly if you didn't buy something because you might get a broken one, then you wouldn't buy anything and nothing would need a warranty

All manufacturers do, ford, VW, BMW etc etc - they all do. take the last 4 land rovers in 5 years ive owned, none have had faults of any significance - except a roof on a defender which the dealer damaged - in the same period there are cars of those makes and Citroen, Vauxhall in the family with big faults. Look at Toyota with the brake and accelerator issues not to long back.

So I come back to, if everyone on here complained about their sport - that would not be a significant sample as there will be 90% more happy people with no issues.

Media perception (and actually how good some of those garages dealerships are at customer service) mean that the old bad press just lingers. Mike

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