I've just come back from a weekend away to find a letter from Land Rover requesting me to book my 2010 RRS in for potential work on towbar FOC. Letter states possible wear on rear cross member if detachable towbar not "used" correctly. Anyone else had said letter or work completed regarding this or had issues with towbar/hook please?

Thanks.

ps I've not experienced any issues with towbar so far and always remove tow hook after use. 2016 L494 SDV6 HSE Dynamic Carpathian Grey

they will check for any wear outside tolerance and rectify if necessary.....book it in
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I've just recieved the same letter,,, thanks for reminding me as It had slipped my mind. To be honest i've never used the towbar but I'm going to get it booked in,,,,, anything Foc is worth having!! 2010 RRS, TDV8
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I had mine checked a couple of weeks ago. It was all checked in Peter Vardy Land Rover Aberdeen and I was told everything is fine and was given a new spec sheet to place in the manual. The removable towbar nose weight has now been changed. I think the nose weight is lowered to 150kg or something like that.

All in all it was a wasted day going all the way to get a piece of paper. Even though I told them the hitch had dropped previously with the car trailer fitted. (Luckily when it was sitting in the drive) I don't think i will use it again before i get a proper adjustable towbar fitted.

rudadu wrote:

I've just come back from a weekend away to find a letter from Land Rover requesting me to book my 2010 RRS in for potential work on towbar FOC. Letter states possible wear on rear cross member if detachable towbar not "used" correctly. Anyone else had said letter or work completed regarding this or had issues with towbar/hook please?

Thanks.

ps I've not experienced any issues with towbar so far and always remove tow hook after use.

I've just bought myself a 2010 RRS and in the process of many hours internet searching I stumbled across Topix. Lacking the VIN number of any car I might actually want to buy I entered the VIN of my wife's Disco 3. First thing that pops up was the recall. I didn't pay too much attention, but SWMBO goes into full panic mode and wangled herself an emergency appointment at the local LR dealer. We do use the tow bar every week or so to tow a horse box which obviously transports the most important male in her life. Anyway, it took the dealer an hour to get the tow bar off and then the service wallah eternal ashen faced and tells my wife that she shouldn't even think of towing until the work has been done. He confiscated the detachable tow bar and the car is now spending three days having the cross member replaced! All FOC, obviously.

Anyway, do take the recall seriously, but if you don't use the tow bar very often then you will probably be OK. Probably .......

This recall has me confused.

I had assumed that the rear cross member that the tow bar fits into is the same in all RRS sold around the worldk, the difference being the actual tow bar not the cross member - here in Aust we have a 350kg ball weight so I would have thought the problem would have manifested itself here more than the UK. We do not normally have the corrosion issues though.

We do not have the recall here yet the fitting is exactly the same.

Any ideas?

Garry 07MY RRS TDV6
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I'm far from being an expert, but....

As i understand it there are tow LR tow balls available. Both have a maximum trailer weight of 3,500kg (is that where you might have mistakenly got the 350kg figure from?) and both have the 150kg maximum nose weight. The difference is, as i think you know, one is detachable for occasional use and the other is for constant is and is not detachable. the problem arises when the detachable tow ball is in constant use. for some reason this seems to allow damp into the cross member. There is no fundamental fault with the tow bar itself (although it may become faulty through excess wear)

It may also be that you will have a recall in Austria, but it just hasn't happened yet. Some Disco 3 owners got the recall back in December, we received our letter three days ago (just after we took the car in anyway).

Australian vehicles are rated to tow 3500kg with a nose weight of 350kg. The UK goose neck type tow bars are not legal here. All our bars are a receiver that plugs up into the rear cross member with that stupid key system but the actual tow bar is inserted into the receiver.

Garry 07MY RRS TDV6
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I've got the removable one with a key. I have no key and it is rusted in place. What will they do if I send mine in? Don't want a big daft ugly thing fitted, will they just remove it altogether if asked? Get a 2005-2009 RRS (FAH500210) sat nav/dash mat here - the one that wasn't there when you bought the car.

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It didn't occur to us to take the key to the garage, and they never asked for it, so I assume the can sort it without they key. Or, they have a set of master keys. I presume you can opt to go without the heavy duty tow bar, but if your tow bar has been in place as long as it has then I'd reckon there is a decent chance you will have some corrosion of the cross member and need to get it checked.

I've not had a recall letter yet so am I likely to get one? I cannot remove the tow bar so hope to get a recall so LR can do it for me.

Assuming your vehicle is potentially affected then I'm sure you will eventually get one. They get the address details via the DVLA. I also suspect they have staggered the letters so the dealerships can cope. No reason why can't just call the dealership and book in for the check.