Thread: The front Puma axle saga continues.

This is the latest on this from Defender2.
"Hi everyone,
This is a quick update for you all.
My legal team have started the legal process towards JLR regarding this safety fault. The following is what as happened over the last few weeks. You can draw your own answers from this but its extremely disturbing.
1. I was offer 2 offers of money to shut up and sign a disclosure agreement on this subject i have refused both.(By Landrover)
2. Landrover are refusing to give under a court order the landrover engineer report on the axle. ( I have also been told that they will destroy the report and be fined by the court so it does not get out in the public knowledge )
3.The faulty axle was also fitted to 90 & 130 Confirmed.
4. The recall was not carried out correctly by the law, DVSA & EU was lied to by Landrover as they stated that all axles had been removed from service.( which is incorrect)
5. I've also been threatened by their executive team take the money and shut up or get nothing!!!!!

This is a dangerous company. There is also the possibility that a couple of accidents that caused death could have been caused by this fault. ( this is currently being investigated with the information available.

Sorry for the down post but you have a right to know"

Not the same but I wonder if we will ever see something loke this, but the American legal system is different.
MSN

Latest from Defender2
Safety Gate for dangerous non-food products

This is the interesting bit "Defective welding involving the vehicle's axle may cause the weld to break which can lead to a loss of mechanical resistance and the axle flange becoming detached, increasing the risk of an accident.
The product does not comply with the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles."
"Measures ordered by economic operators (to: Manufacturer)
Recall of the product from end users
Date of entry into force 25/07/2022"
So the vehicles have to be recalled, obviously the EU were not convinced that the brackets fitted by LR were the solution. Wonder what LR will do with the recalled vehicles?

There have been more developments. Please see these links on Defender2.
DEFENDER2.NET - View topic - MY2011/2012 Recall Action P047/048 Front Axle Case
DEFENDER2.NET - View topic - Puma 2012 Front Axle

Pleased to see our Defender is not in the recall range, but if it was I wouldn't be satisfied with the brackets, I would want a replacement casing.

Has anyone had any correspondence with JLR Aus on this? I'm in the range on defender2 and have the brackets fitted

Feel like it'll be like pulling teeth to get anything done though

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Pleased to see our Defender is not in the recall range, but if it was I wouldn't be satisfied with the brackets, I would want a replacement casing.

Do you really think Land Rover's recall range & the dodgy axles actually correspond ?
Have a look at your axle, it's easy to determine whether they were friction welded or not.

Colin

My VIN is on the recall list but when I rang JLR they said I was not subject to the recall.

Not sure how this could happen…