RRS_bunny wrote:

To be fair, they only charged $2k instead of the $6k

Damn....if Ritter couldn't fix it....must have been something very obscure and broken. Can't think of a logical reason why a new compressor would burn out so quickly unless it was faulty when supplied or it was having to work constantly. Is it all fixed yet? Gone - 2008 Stornoway Grey RRS 2.7 TDV6
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It was a lot of diagnostic time.

Had to take it out on the weekend (need the 4wd capabilities) and it was still faulting and dropping.

Not fixed - have to take it back, but I'd like to know what they are going to try next, given that the "replace everything" technique didn't work........

RRS_bunny wrote:

but I'd like to know what they are going to try next, given that the "replace everything" technique didn't work........

Its back at the dealer, and we have the awesome volvo back again. Conveniently there are no RR loan cars available.

People keep asking why we are driving a Volvo, suffice to say that LR aren't getting any good publicity.

I hope they have the courtesy of returning the car with a full tank this time. After all and sundry were taking it home for "test" purposes, it was returned with 1/3 tank of fuel. Bit rude. (not to mention the extra km's they are putting on the car)

I had the same issue with KM's and petrol for test usage!

Have they escalated and gotten the Land Rover Regional Technical manager involved yet?

2nd Rower wrote:

Have they escalated and gotten the Land Rover Regional Technical manager involved yet?

I'm guessing its him then, he was involved in my issues when after 7 months they were still occurring?

I sincerely hope you're not being billed T&M for all of this...?

2nd Rower wrote:

I sincerely hope you're not being billed T&M for all of this...?

Am I missing something, but don't you get a 12 month warranty on any original part replaced by a dealer?

That's how it used to work on my Holden once it was out of warranty..Had a water pump go a year outside of the warranty. I paid $700 for a OEM replacement by the dealer, this then failed within the 12 months so they fitted another new water pump at no cost.

All LR parts are warrantied for 1 year. If a part was replaced under warranty then it is 1 year or until the vehicle warranty expires, whichever is first.

Just on an outside chance, did they update the software after replacing the compressor? Malaysia Boleh!
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@Bobby

If they have charged you then sounds to me like you may be in line for a refund for the second compressor RRS_Bunny.

I am amazed at the poor level of diagnostics these days. The compressor is been driven by computers that are behaving erratically, possibly causing the compressor to fail. An erratic computer can caused by a number of things, but mechanical issues such as a poor earth or dry solder joint are common problems.
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Bobby wrote:

Just on an outside chance, did they update the software after replacing the compressor?

RRS_bunny wrote:

I would have thought that when a fault occurs, the fault code would be enough information to isolate the problem? I work in IT and the whole job is basically troubleshooting stuff that is going wrong, or will go wrong. It seriously shouldn't take this long to isolate the issue in the car..... Seems like whoever programmed\engineered the fault codes\comms system needs a good kick up the rear.