I bought my RRS from a dealer so it came with LR warranty. Since then I have renewed directly - they send a reminder about a month before renewal date. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Popped in to the dealer on the way home hoping to see it body-off. They're actually changing the turbos with the body on. Had a look and the holes they're trying to get them through looks very tight. I hope they can get them installed properly that way! Was interesting to see the underside with all of the panels off. No obvious leaks anywhere which is good to see.

Had a bit of a downer from the service guy. Looks like the warranty is going to be the old one not my new one - the turbo failed 3 days before the new warranty. Typical. So it looks like I'm going to have to put my hand in my pocket to some extent. The service guy said "I'll look after you, don't worry" so I'm hoping that my using them for servicing etc. over the last three years might help me get a discount on labour. 2 turbos at £1k each plus about 20 hours labour means I can see a £1k bill coming my way. Still, better than having to pay the full whack!

Better not be too generous in the pub tonight!  2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

ISTR the LH turbo can be changed with the body on but I can't recall hearing of changing the RH one without lifting the body.

anyone kept a count of how many TDv8's have gone bang turbo wise? ..I know "Working Dog" from the ANZ forum
basically got left with a 25K ish bill when his turbo/injectors failed.. I do not believe he will touch another LR product
anyone got the stats, i know another person in Australia who is having a major head banging exercise with
LR Australia over his TDv8? Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

MY20 Defender 110 SE P400 Eiger/Ebony
MY10 3.0 RRS TDv6 Fuji/Ebony/Anigre

You don't want to know the numbers.....would scare you
I haven't heard of RH turbo being changed in situ, and to be honest, it only takes about four hours to remove and refit the body so seems a bit naughty to charge 20 hours when the job could be done in 6. Once the body is off, turbos take an hour a side. Only other cost is brake fluid with body off. 2x TDV6. SE and HSE. Both returned to sender with issues👀
TDV8 Sport HSE...... Gone. Loved it but it didn't love me!!
Now rolling in MY10 Fullfat TDV8 Vogue. Slammed it to go round corners🙈
Cruising daily #56 mph in a Volvo V8. 😱
Lots of other toys in the cupboard...😜

Dealer has informed me that, having put it together and tested it, further errors were thrown up. Apparently the new LH turbo is u/s and is now being replaced with another new turbo. So that will be three turbos they have had to fit. Cost to me is going to a little over £800 (£3000 paid by warranty - third turbo being a "parts warranty" issue and therefore obviously free).

The problem now is that I'm having the "what's going to fail next and when?" thoughts. Started mulling over whether to replace it and what to get instead. Confidence in it's future reliability is rather low at the moment... 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Exactly where I was a year ago after 16000 heart transplant. And why I went for Fulfat which has a better reliability record but not as much fun to own.
Seems to be regular issue with l/h replacement turbo failing, mine whistled and was replaced, having found debris from inlet system had gone through it. 2x TDV6. SE and HSE. Both returned to sender with issues👀
TDV8 Sport HSE...... Gone. Loved it but it didn't love me!!
Now rolling in MY10 Fullfat TDV8 Vogue. Slammed it to go round corners🙈
Cruising daily #56 mph in a Volvo V8. 😱
Lots of other toys in the cupboard...😜

Picked up my RRS this afternoon. Advice was to treat it like a new engine for a while to ensure the turbos are "bedded in". Not sure how necessary that is but it was something I had intended to do anyway.

The RRS felt strange after a week in the Evoque. Felt very tall with a much softer ride. Very "grown up"!

Just need to look at the ARB drop links and/or spring/dampers next... 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Hope it stays good

I appreciated my RRS (and it was a pre-facelift 2.7 at that time) a lot more after a day in an Evoque so can understand your feelings after a week.

My turbo failed on my 2007 TDV8 , I heard a loud pop followed by loads of black smoke .To cut a long story short I ended up having a fully re-con engine and two re-con turbos !!! the body had to be taken off to do this and the bill came to £8300 inc vat !! ive had the car back a couple of weeks now and its running sweet , but ive got to go easy for the first 1000 miles

Ouch! Glad it's running well now  2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

It finally seems to have happened - after months of 'fan-belt squeal' noises from the RHS and yours truly saying to various 'knowledgeable types (mechanics) that the noise must be a turbo, and them saying it wasn't, tonight I pulled out of a service station and my car went pop and lost power. Coasted down a hill, swung into a side road and switched it off. There was a bit of white smelly smoke (oil on exhaust?) and that was that. After trawling the forums again, I'm sure my initial diagnosis is correct and it has blown the RHS turbo. About 12 months ago the RHS EGR failed after LR specialists and the local indy told me the EGRs were fine, leaving me to ponder whether the two issues are related.
The car (did I mention it s a 2009 TDV8?) has done 240,000 km, and apart from the usual ARB bushes, an alternator, park brake actuator and the EGR's, has been veryreliable and a pleasure to drive. Sooooo... here we go on the turbo trail. The engine runs ok - I restarted it briefly then shut it off so as not court fate. It looks like a minimum of $1500 each for two turbos plus labour.I am very tempted to do it myself after reading the excellent posts on this forum, but I am time-poor. Woe is me. Lets hope there are no bits of shrapnel, swarf or other hard particles that have been distributed through the engine. If so, I'll be chucking away what was a very expensive car. After owning 3 classics and the RRS, I feel like I've lost a limb.  in LR we trust

TDV8 turbos are usually a body-off job so it needs a suitable ramp. My local dealer did manage to change both body-on first time. A couple of months later the RH turbo failed again. I put it down to them trying to do the job body-on previously. They took the body off to change it the second time. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

It was/is the LH turbo - $4000 later, new turbos supposed to be delivered tomorrow so I expect them next week... still up in the air whether to pull the body off! Any info on how to? Apart from needing a hoist, which I have access to. I haven't pulled the airbox off yet so here's hoping its oil free. in LR we trust

There is a walk-through, by Disco_Mikey, on disco3 showing how to remove the body.  2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed