Hi to all you members.New here so go easy with me.

I've been reading all the posts now for months and decided to bite the bullet and order one of these babys.
Having been a Land Rover owner many times in the past (2 Range Rovers) and (7 Disco's) and by Defender 90 i know to well the problems i may have.

I picked up my new car on the 24th May. Well i was well impressed, drove smoothly and was just the ticket. That was until after a couple of days when upon start up it puffed out a large cloud of black smoke. So i contacted the dealer(Williams of Manchester) and was told id could just be the engine needed a good blow out !!!

So last friday i was on the motorway and gave it a bit of stick and it puffed out a bigger cloud of black smoke and then died on me. I managed to limp home and rang teh dealer straight away. To cut a long story short it was taken to the garage and on Monday i got the phone call to say it needed a new engine. AS i had only covered 300 miles in the 2 weeks of ownership i rejected the vehicle. They spoke tp Land Rover who agreed so now i have to wait another 3 months for my new car. To say i am a bit p....d off is an under statement but 10/10 to the dealer for the service they have given me.

Any comments?

Welcome craigeman

so sorry to hear your bad luck with your new motor, i hope that L/R really look after you when you do get your replacement, did they say what the problem with the engine was???? some of my Previous cars
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RRS TDV8 HSE silver
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Disco3 HSE silver
RRS 2.7 HSE silver
RRS 3.0 HSE BALTI BLUE
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Audi R8 V10 Spyder
AC Cobra
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Landrover Defender 110
Suzuki Jimney

Thanks Envoy.

One of the pistons was defective from manufacture. And guess what, its the first one they have had!!

How many times have Land Rover customers heard that one.?

That really is bad luck, lets hope your new one will be better, and lets hope that this is a one off, saying me with a two week old TDV8  some of my Previous cars
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P38 Range Rover Autobiography
RRS 2.7 HSE Silver
RRS TDV8 HSE silver
FFRR Vogue black
Disco3 HSE silver
RRS 2.7 HSE silver
RRS 3.0 HSE BALTI BLUE
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current vehicles
RRS 3.0 L494 Autobiography
Audi R8 V10 Spyder
AC Cobra
Landrover Defender 90
Landrover Defender 110
Suzuki Jimney

I think I can back LR up on that piston story - I don't think there has been anybody on here that has had that problem or needed a new engine in the 2 years since launch.
I am surprised that you have to wait 3 months for a replacement TDv6 though, unless your "lemon" had a lot of factory options on it. 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

Hi Tim.

Only the usual. DVD'S, Tow Pack, Privacy Glass and 20" Alloys.

Forgot to say that I'm really sorry to hear about your problem, and welcome to the forums!
Colour maybe? Maybe the compounds are full of Java Black RHD RRS's at the moment! Hope you hadn't ordered a white one otherwise I could understand the wait! 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

craigeman wrote:

Thanks Envoy.

One of the pistons was defective from manufacture. And guess what, its the first one they have had!!

How many times have Land Rover customers heard that one.?

Welcome and very sorry to here of your woe.

It's the first one I've heard of. But I would have thought LR could source a TDV6 quicker than that for you. I would consider pushing them on that and see if one can be found around the dealers.....ok might not have the DVD screens..but if you push for a decent discount they can be done aftermarket by Prestige Audio (one of this sites sponsers) or anyone else. TDV6 - gone
TDV8 - gone
Audi Q5 3.0 Tdi Sline wef 6/11/10

RRSJo (edit due to senility) your tale is quite believable!
Remember the Ford Escort XR3 (not the XR3i)?? My father took delivery of a White one in Bristol on the launch day and set out to drive back to Scotland in it. He got as far as Birmingham before there was a huge bang and most of the engine dropped out onto the M6. After phoning the dealer in Bristol a COVERED recovery vehicle showed up in less than 30 minutes from a Birmingham Ford dealer and the car was taken away their service bay where a techy from Ford was waiting to look at it - his passing comment to my father was "we knew before launch that there had been a bunch of defective engines installed, yours is the first but we expect many more in the next couple of days!" My father was gobsmacked that Ford had done nothing to trace the duff engines, but the reply was the same as yours Kaine - it was cheaper to let the customers have an engine go bang and fit a new one, especially a few weeks before a major product launch!
That XR3 went on to cover 190,000 miles in 5 years with my father's ownership and then my sister bought it and ran it for another 2 years. It only "died" because somebody had the misfortune to have their speedboat jump off it's trailer and land on the XR3 crushing it beyond viable repair! It never missed another beat in all those miles and was one of the most reliable cars we have had in our family 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

Last edited by Tim in Scotland on Wed Jun 06 2007 5:26pm. Edited 2 times in total

Who's Kaine  TDV6 - gone
TDV8 - gone
Audi Q5 3.0 Tdi Sline wef 6/11/10

Er - it's Jo not Kaine.  Gone - 2008 TDV8, Stornoway Grey, ebony, zabrano trim, TV, Tasmods, mudflaps.

OK sorry guys, must be too much sun on this glorious day up here or premature senility! 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

Tim - I was going to say exactly what Jo said though

craigeman wrote:

....and was told id could just be the engine needed a good blow out !!!

How close to the truth they were.....but probably not expecting a piston through the sidewall!

Sorry to hear about your probs craigeman, not a great intro to LR, but unfortunately not an unusual story! RRS TDV6 Bluetooth, VR, Roof