Thanks Bardley
The price is wow Range Rover Sport HST D350

Bardley wrote:

harisson wrote:

Thanks IRBails
It's on my list
Can you recommend a dongle?

Cheers
Haris

If you don't mind the shipping wait:-

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I've used this site before and all items arrived ok.

Hi
It’s been a while but the software upgrade has had moderate success. I’ve now gone 8000 miles since last oil change. This is twice the previous.
I suppose that’s the best we are going to get? Still only half the suggested interval.
Service indicator came on today although last week still had 1500 miles left- so sudden drop.
Do the newer models have this issue?

Is this software update simply making the threshold for triggering the warning higher?

That can't be good for the engine can it? Or were they running it at a very safe tolerance? Non JLR Vehicle

Yes, the update was designed to reduce LRs exposure to the cost of free oil changes by increasing the dilution threshold from 6% to 10% hence attempting to fool customers into believing that their cars now do more miles between oil changes.

Decide for yourselves whether you feel 10% oil dilution to be acceptable, oil companies don’t appear to think so. Plenty of info on the Discovery Sport forum on the subject including a number of engines failing just outside of the 3 year warranty period.

It is a massive LR cock up which they are trying to disguise by issuing questionable software updates and blaming the driver. Corporate led contempt for customers

This may well be true but do you have any facts to back up the allegation?

Tim Tim
RRS sold and replaced with a Skoda Kodiaq after appalling RR Dealer experience and LR inability to supply new cars in any sort of reasonable time frame..

This showed up on the Discovery 5 in 2017 just after it launched. Several posters on the D5 forum sent their oil for testing and found there was hardly any dilution and nowhere near the 6% figure.


There is no way to measure oil dilution from failed DPF regens so JLR try to calculate it and I guess on the very pessimistic side?

If in doubt send a sample off for testing. 2023 P440e SE Dynamic on order -cancelled

2022 HSE Dynamic P400e

2017 Discovery 3.0 HSE Silicon Silver Nimbus interior and a few extra toys SOLD

2013 HSE Black, Orkney Grey, Ebony Seats and Ivory Interior SOLD

2006 HSE

Plus a few other cars inbetween!

timhum wrote:

This may well be true but do you have any facts to back up the allegation?

Tim