Thread: The reason LandRover isnt building in this market

Oh dear Digger. That is poo from pan to plait. Sorry to hear it.

I still think you have an oil flow problem. That many blown Turbos can't just be faulty Turbos.

X2

Sad to see you on the receiving end of these sorts of issues..

They do stretch the friendship at times--

Hopefully you are no longer sitting by the roadside,,,

Thanks guys, not sure what happened to the rest of my post somehow I cut it short... here is the full post.. sorry about that..


And this thread rears its ugly head again...

It seems that the Land Rover gods have decided that as far as they are concerned
I can go and get trucked about this time of year! Before you think I have a potty mouth
Let me explain...
this
Last year, at Melrose this was my vehicle travelling back into camp...Attachment 120595
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And this is today...
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Last year is was when turbo number three died after just over 600 kms, the one before that lasted 50kms!!, and the one before that was the original but put onto the replacement motor.

This year it was when turbo 4 crapped itself as I was travelling along a straight stretch of flat road at a constant about 105 (travels nice there) and suddenly the dreaded familiar sound of a turbo dying..

I am not as young as I used to be, but my ears are finely tuned now to hear that terrible sound as it starts and today as I cruised down the highway, on the way to buy a roof rack for my impending big trip at Easter, there it was... but back to the start...

Through all this I have done research to understand a turbo, it's best described as this...

"A turbo: Exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens, and you go faster."

Thanks Jeremy Clarkson!

It is also the cause of grief for me in my house...

We have been planning for a trip starting at Easter at the Melrose Land Rover show (get there if you haven't been it's great, run by the Land Rover Register of SA. LRREGSA ) myself and my 14 year old son (who has caught the bug and is already playing around with a '57 88" that is his..) have planned to go from Melrose with an Alien tour.

If you are ever invited to go on tour with the Alien, jump on board, they're great, this one Including down the coast to Ceduna, up to Maralinga for a few days, back to Ceduna, up Googs Track, Kingoonya, Glendambo, Pima/woomera, lake Mary, andamooka, farina via the mulgaria track (this is my old stomping ground) and then down for a stop (flinders?) to Melrose and home... both my lad and I have been saving all year for this...

Due to previous trouble with my car I've pulled out of a Simpson crossing, a trip to Dalhousie and a trip to the Salt lake racing at Lake Gairdner .... after surging further than 7,000k, (about my average distance between catastrophic mechanical failures) I got some faith back in the car, looks like those breakdowns are over!

Ha, fate is a cruel anchor!

On the way to buy a roof rack for the impending trip today, The excrement hit the wind circulation device!! Break down at 11.30 on the side of the highway, about 15k from the nearest town. About 100k to Adelaide (if that).

Spoke to Michael SCHIEFFERS (if that's spelt wrong sorry mike!) who is service manager at solitaire motors, since Louis English abandoned me ( sorry Louis ) by moving to work for Land Rover in Melbourne ( you lucky Victorian bastards!! ) Michael has stepped into the breach and has been really good. Anyway he said get it there via LR assist and he'd have it hoisted immediatelyto try and see what was going on.

Called LR assist, yep we'll have you picked up in 90 minutes on the outside! That's good service... so I waited on the side of the rather hot roadway with a car that was turned off to try and save whatever may be left, for the truck to come (this is contracted out from LR).

So now the waiting game begins.. sadly I've become very good at this game. There are a number of different techniques but since it's very hot outside I decided to crouch down under the spindly scrub and trees along side the road where my car was.

This was not a bad position until I realised that people driving past may feel that I am in need of toilet paper due to the position I was in! I then tried the casual lean position against the small thin trunks, sadly the noises that the trees made when I leaned on them was very much a warning for me to get off! So back to my default position and I stood around like a stale bottle of...... anyway.. it was only going to be until 1pm at the latest...

1pm, .......no not yet,
1.15pm.....nup
1.30pm....no, nada, nine, zip
1.45pm....aww cmon fellas
2pm.........the bastards have abandoned meeee!
2.01pm. He is here !

In yet another blow it's the tow truck operator from MY town, this won't be a source of amusement for time to come...

The car is loaded up sadly I've seen the underside of my car from this angle too many times.. on the truck into Solitaire Land Rover at about 4pm (travelled with the tow truck driver)

Arrived at 4pm, Michael was waiting outside and straight inside it went, there was a mob of blokes swarming over it like flies on..... well on my defender, but at the moment the other word would likely still be appropriate.....

Maybe I've misjudged it, maybe a hose or even something else minor? no - a snowball spending summer holidaying in Andamooka had a better chance...

They came in and broke the news in much the same way I deliver a death message at work, sit down, have some water, sorry the turbo has gone again.....
Continuing that theme I'm working through the seven stages of grief!

They are working on it over the next few days to try and find out what the problem is...

My problem is that now it looks like the trip is off, I don't think I can trust it... therefore payments for maralinga and caravan parks already made are likely forfeit..... (not happy Land Rover...)

The Melrose LRREGSA show at Easter is also likely to be compromised.... another payment gone... (cheers Land Rover)

The Land Rover experience day that solitaires sent me was booked in for this Saturday, I reckon that's buggered too! And with less than 5 days notice, now null and void... the irony is strong with this one...

So now they've loaned me a disco sport, new, small, shiny, low kms, ....what the hell were they thinking? There is no tow ball, and looking about the car I see it has more airbags for pedestrians outside the car than mine has for drivers/passengers!! (Serious there is an airbag on the bonnet!!)

Interesting to see what they decide this time... another turbo? (how many did Garrett make??) Will it be another engine swap? Do they have a 110 tucked away somewhere to do the right thing?

I feel that the vehicle isn't in any way suitable to do ANY of what it's designed for... it has repeatedly failed to proceed in a monotonously repetitive fashion.
And that, Land Rover, is a damning thing, a disgraceful display of company to customer loyalty.

Again here I feel I should point out Solitaire seems to be doing what they can, but surely this is past that point?

I feel that the promise of adventure you market is a bit different to that you pictured...my idea of adventure is not meeting the myriad of tow truck drivers who have full lifted my car back to Land Rover, nor is it travelling in the truck with numerous blokes driving said trucks with my car on the back.

How long until these repetitive major mechanical failure become my financial problem?

You have managed to take my dream car and turn it into a nightmare, it's sad that I have more faith in the old series vehicles I have than in this vehicle... and, god help me, the wife's Magna, now over 200,000kms and still not a problem....and still retains the reputation of the most reliable vehicle at my house... thanks Land Rover!

It's time they stepped up and sorted this big time ....

Maybe I'm just whinging now, and I'm sorry for that, - if I look at it subjectively I suppose other than the fact it can't be trusted , it constantly suffers major mechanical problems dying in out of the way places, it's been a good car....

So now the waiting game begins again.... I'm sure I won't hear stuff all from Land Rover Australia who showed an immense lack of interest a year ago, nor have I heard anything at all back from BMG, bundy Land Rover whom I bought it from originally and sent emails to last year, funny, they were happy with my money when the car was bought... Thank god at the moment for Solitaires..

My rant ends...

After reading that all i could do was shake my head in disbelief .I feel for you digger. I probably would of burnt it to the ground by now. How much more can you take? There comes a time when enough is enough. Landrover should really replace it with a new vehicle. That is just ridiculous on there behalf. But of course they won't admit that. Good luck with it whatever you decide to do mate.

I can only think of one thing to say....

Bugger

Let's hope LRA do the decent thing.

Digger, I think you have won the unenviable prize of owning the worst Puma ever. LRA should warranty that well after standard time given it's spent so much of that time being repaired. I would start thinking of asking for a full or substantial refund as it's clearly not of merchantable quality, and not fit for purpose.

Digger - I make this offer to you... seriously....

You can take my D4 and do the trip