This morning Ive come to jump in my car and had a series of faults displayed.vehicle lean when cornering, emergency brake failure.blah blah blah.. this is the third day running as each previous day the faults have reset their-selves.

Only today the one that ive not seen before is Engine Failure

Just sat at home awaiting LR Assist as I did try to reset but nothing.

My pal who is the head of service has told me to get them to check the earth lead from the battery. Im worried that my 6 months old baby is fubar !

Bloody Landrover.... Just when my faith had been restored after a few years of FFRR problems. 

Last edited by Siberianfox on Sun Aug 21 2011 10:02pm. Edited 1 time in total

Oh foxy not again, i think i would be sending it back to the dealer for good and take them up on their offer of buying it back off you. i know of a lovely black very special edition with autobiography kit and 20" stormer alloy wheels on thats come up for sale it will be on a 61 plate too and you will still have change from what you will get for yours

Last edited by Ady 555 on Sun Aug 21 2011 10:35am. Edited 1 time in total

Iirc battery been flat can cause lots of faults, If been at the dealers fixing things the battery maybe a little on the low side

Ady: Ring me when youre Free....

Npinks. They were due out between 11:00 and 11:30 so hopefully will see him or indeed her soon... as i need to go out 

My poor car is being recovered into the dealer. Something to do with wiring loom 

Nightmare for you Foxy

Hope its sorted asap. FF 4.4 V8 Soooo looking forward to this bad boy
Ex 2006 RRS SC - garbage
Ex 2016 135i M Sport - dream car
Ex 2003 RS6 Avant - piece of cr*p
Ex 2014 320d X Drive, M Sport Touring - ok I guess
Ex 2007 RRS TDV8 - bloody loved it
EX 2007 FL2 XS - not so bad

Thanks Bradders.

After reading the report slip the assist guy gave me one of the faults is ??steering angle sensor?? No communication from Engine?? Im guessing as his writing is a bit unclear.

Any one else had this problem or seen these faults. ? 

So hows your replacement vehicle then foxy i'm sure you won't be in a rush to get yours back

Its ok thanks Ady. Just a bit worried about my car to be honest. I dont know what the issue could be, the engineer looked a bit perplexed as he said the engine isnt talking to the rest of the car through the wires as it should... Im thinking , I hope this is not going to be a lengthy drawn out issue.  

So what IS your replacement car then Foxy? I think if you do a search there have been postings about this problem before 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

It's not good when you have repeated probs with a newer car, my XF got taken away on a yellow lorry 10 times in it's 12 months with me + the 2 times I took it in and dumped it on them, hope Assist didnt palm you off with a dodgy F2 Eco warrior



They used to give me Jag X types which is akin to a mini cab........  08 2.7 RRS "S"
Td5 110......very modified
RS 5
Kawasaki ZX12R me, it's quick !

Sorry to hear about this Foxy,you must be nearly at the end of your tether with it,if they have offered to take it back I would snatch their hand off. MY2011 HSE Santorini/Ivory/Piano Black/Privacy Glass/TV .Sadly gone.
Audi A5 Sportback Black Edition 3.0 tdi quattro S Line

just goes to show ,they are not worth the list price

Foxy Take a hard unemotional line.

The RRS is an expenisve motor and you have every right to expect it to be 'right'

I'd give them 3 strikes; if they haven't fixed the repeating faults after the third attempt give it back. Tell them this because in the trade - this is the general rule-of-thumb.

It's a bit of a challenge if you keep getting different faults. But if you keep to the main groups like, electrics, engine transmission, suspension etc you can make life easily in agrguing for a replacement


I also returned an XF after 4 months because electical problems kept occurring and although they would have given me a new XF I refused as I didn't want the same issues.

Be careful how you negotiate !

At first I got an agreed value for my car then assessed their stock and knocked off 10% thier asking price and by arguing they 10% was the value I put on the hassle and my "opportunity loss" because thenjoyment of my new car had been compromised by the faults then got a deal.

I was told recently by the dealers car pick up man that they have a policy that it does replace if they haven't cured a problem after 3 attempts.
Pity the poor sod that gets one of these at auction thinking they've got a bargain. MY2011 HSE Santorini/Ivory/Piano Black/Privacy Glass/TV .Sadly gone.
Audi A5 Sportback Black Edition 3.0 tdi quattro S Line