Thread: Puma Defender Turbo Hose Recall Notice...Who's Received one?

Originally Posted by IBN

Hi Pickles,
Well I had a look and all seems well. The air filter looks undamaged and appears to be securely mounted. Shame that I was not aware of possible issues before the fix so a before/after comparison could be made. At the moment I have no reason for my dealer service cynicism gland to kick in.
Ivars

I'm very happy for you, glad it all worked out, you've got Sniegy there, who know's what He's doing, & I've got Bernie at ULR,.........but I ain't received any "notice" yet?!
Thanks, Pickles.

just had mine fitted..very fussy myself no damage done..never thought there would be.more important things in life to worry about than this you'll be right pickles

Originally Posted by Pickles2

G'Day Ivars.
Have you looked under the bonnet yet?
I'm RRREEAALLLYYY particular about stuff like that, I wish I wasn't 'cause I get a few grey hairs (well I haven't got any black ones left!) worrying about stuff like this, so I'd be interested to know what you can see.
Pickles.

I had a look under mine and it appears that I have the hose with the wire coiled around it. It misses the steering column by the tiniest of margins.... Do I leave it or take it up with the dealer?

Originally Posted by JamesB71

I had a look under mine and it appears that I have the hose with the wire coiled around it. It misses the steering column by the tiniest of margins.... Do I leave it or take it up with the dealer?

That is what I have (wire coil), our Defender was manufactured 9/13, it appears to be in the VIN range, but I ain't heard nothing yet.
Pickles.

Originally Posted by JamesB71

I had a look under mine and it appears that I have the hose with the wire coiled around it. It misses the steering column by the tiniest of margins.... Do I leave it or take it up with the dealer?

Have a look at the pics on this thread posts 50 and 51.

The latest fix has a bracket on the alternator as shown in #51

If yours dont have the bracket upgrade, I would definitely get it done.
Ive had two trips to Perth on a truck, due to hose failures - very inconvenient

Its also dangerous as the the steering has the the potential to get wrapped up in the coil

Turns out there was in fact a recall on mine. Letter turned up a few weeks after they told me there wasnt any recall on my vin.... Ffs. Im dreading dealing with the dealer again.

I picked up my 90 from a tamworth dealer,a few hours from home..so i am taking it to artarmon on thursday for the hose job, won't go near my nearest dealer, bad meeting with the service manager there over another issue. I guess I'm saying take yours somewhere else if you can James..

Had mine fitted yesterday, all good