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Meiang



Member Since: 29 Apr 2011
Location: Perth
Posts: 403

Australia 2010 Range Rover Sport TDV8 HSE Santorini Black
Year 7 of Ownership

I started year 7 of ownership this January for my 2010 TDV8. Just turned over 35,000km.

The car goes back to the dealer next week to have the airconditioning system looked at. They replaced the compressor for thge 4th time just before Christmas. The noise it made with the 4 previous compressors has not returned (yet) but now the system does not work properly. It can sometimes take 1/2 hour for really cold air to come out of the vents and it happens like someone just flicks a switch. On cooler days it struggles to blow cold air and the air flow changes significantly every few minutes on manual control.

The drive train shunt is as bad as every. I haven't learnt to live with it, just accepted its too hard to fix.

I got the driver seat leather and foam replaced under warranty. They have allowed me to fit it myself. All was going well until I removed the foam from its factory box to find the foam was ripped at both front seam edges. It looks like a design fault and the foam gets ripped when removed from the moulding process. Now what glue to use?

The battery needs charging once a week still to keep it fully charged. I've had it checked and no fault can be found either with the battery or charging system. Another one that just too hard to fix.

Post #519021 Sun Feb 26 2017 10:05am
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Andy K



Member Since: 18 Sep 2015
Location: GL
Posts: 4966

England 2005 Range Rover Sport TDV6 HSE Rimini Red

Use a CTEK charger if you don't have one.

Post #519025 Sun Feb 26 2017 10:39am
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Meiang



Member Since: 29 Apr 2011
Location: Perth
Posts: 403

Australia 2010 Range Rover Sport TDV8 HSE Santorini Black
CTEK Charger

I use one all the time. I still need to connect the battery once a week.

Post #519029 Sun Feb 26 2017 11:06am
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RRSTDV8



Member Since: 12 Aug 2011
Location: Northamptonshire
Posts: 8987

United Kingdom 2012 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Orkney Grey

3000 miles a year? No wonder it's unhappy! 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Post #519045 Sun Feb 26 2017 1:24pm
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Puslinch



Member Since: 08 Jan 2017
Location: Surrey
Posts: 201

United Kingdom 2012 Range Rover Sport 3.0 TDV6 HSE Firenze Red

+1 for ctek, have them on all my cars.... 2018 Telsa MS
2012 Range Rover Sport HSE+
1990 Porsche 944
1985 LR 90 Soft top V8

Post #519048 Sun Feb 26 2017 1:32pm
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Meiang



Member Since: 29 Apr 2011
Location: Perth
Posts: 403

Australia 2010 Range Rover Sport TDV8 HSE Santorini Black
Year 7 of Ownership

I got my car back today. The gas was low in the AC system, needed 150g which seems a lot when the total is 650g.

They gave me a new MY 2017 Evoque as a loan car (320km on the clock). What a pile of !.

It has the worst transmission shunts that I have ever experienced (make my problem look like a non event). The service manager said "yes its not one of Landrovers best models"

In addition it has no throttle feel (lots of cotton wool), severe pitch side to side, can't see out of (thats normal now), harsh suspension for no reason, no room, really crap ergonomics and is really expensive to buy

My MY 2010 RRS is light years ahead in every department.

Also they replaced my black wheel weights with silver ones when they rotated the wheels - silver wheel weights dont look good on black rims.

Post #520849 Tue Mar 14 2017 11:31am
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Hog



Member Since: 03 Dec 2015
Location: Wassenaar
Posts: 254

Netherlands 2012 Range Rover Sport SDV6 HSE Lux Buckingham Blue

You start to sound like a massochist after 7 years of only complaints. Rolling with laughter Wy you did not ditch te car? Or the rest is even worse? In Holland we love bicycle's . It is an option Very Happy

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