Thread: My New MY12 Defender 90 is broken already!

Originally Posted by dullbird

I can. Take whining Pom jokes hell I have lived here for 6 years and I hear it almost daily

I didn't think Ian was that mean to you .

Originally Posted by Scouse

I didn't think Ian was that mean to you .

Naah she's standing in front of her mirror making jokes at her reflection's expense. Best not explain how mirrors work

Oh wait, Lou's a pom not a blonde

Originally Posted by Judo

Don't forget, Aussies are all exported British criminals. Which makes me think..... Imagine trying to use a Defender as a getaway in a bank robbery. Flawless plan.

Did the English export the black fellas here too?

Originally Posted by tomalophicon

Did the English export the black fellas here too?

No the tel co's have done that.

Hi Andrew,

My turbo pipe fell off 25 minutes after I drove it out the showroom. The dealer called me a taxi and the tow truck and gave me a brand new Freelander for the rest of the weekend and the Monday while it was fixed. The reason it came off - hose fited at an angle which under pressure did not have the strength to hold it's self on. It needs to sit at 90 degrees.

At around 4,000km I had another engine shut down whilst driving. This time the temp had shot right up and on investigation I found a cooling system hose had a hole in it. Again, on a Saturday morning the tow truck came and this time I was given a brand new Evoque for the weekend - the wife was pleased, maybe even more so this time! The reason for this fail was the clip holding the hose underneath was sitting with it's tightener on top of it's pipe instead of underneath and had been rubbing on the other. I will try to picture the pipe so you can check yours to make sure it wont happen to you someday.

Where the two roof panels meet, just behind the drivers door the filler has dried out and cracked. I also have a rust spot on the bottom right hand corner of the rear door. And, there is a leek into the cabin just on the right drivers foot. It's going into the garage once more for a whole new windscreen seal and to the body shop to fix and repaint the rest and roof. This I'm told will be a big job taking up to a week to complete. They have arranged a car for me in it's place once again.

The dealer has been excellent in every case. No questions, just solutions and a replacement car within minutes everytime. I can't give them any more praise they have been great.

Other than that everything seems to be OK, for now!!!

FlyingBlue Pirana

I haven't had any more problems with it since - it's now up to 8,000 km and the engine is settling in nicely. Of course it might be a bit too soon to say anything, but am more than happy with it.

Yeah have had the same hose probs as FlyingBluePirahna so I reckon our 90s were built on the same day and the hose fitter was having a bad day! All good now just ready for 10k service when I get back from UK next week.. Gonna get some seat covers while I'm here and maybe a couple of other bits.

Time for some Land Rover jokes to lighten the mood:
Land Rover and BMW did a test to see which car was the most airtight.
So BMW and LR locked a cat in a both a 3 series and a Defender and came back a couple of days later to see how the cats fared. The cat in the BMW died from asphyxiation and they couldn't find the cat that was in the Defender.
How do you know your Landy has run out of oil - it has stopped leaking. etc.
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