patclan
22nd June 2012, 10:05 AM
Hi all, when I was fitting my roof top tent the other day I noticed some blisters around the alpine window on my 2009 defender, I thought oh well I need to take it in for them to have a look and was probably more annoyed I would have to remove the tent and roof rack to get the work done.
But I did the usual search on all things corrosion and defenders and ended up checking the front windscreen frame and hey low and behold there it was some blisters on the bottom corners of the frame.
I normally get all servicing and warranty work done at Austral in Brisbane as that's where I bought it and the wife drops it off on the way to work, but as I live on the coast I took it down to Bruce Lynton who normally do my 'emergency' warrant work.
They were good and got the paint shop guy over quick fast to have a look and they took some photos.
The thing is, they asked for a copy of my servicing receipts which I provided, but also asked for copies of the corrosion/ body inspection reports done each service.
I have never received or heard of this report, BL are getting them direct from Austral once Austral pull them out of Archives and then will send all this over to LR to get approval to get the work done.
Has anyone else received these reports from the dealer? And where else should I be looking for rust.
I am now a fair bit concerned that the inspections have never been done, the blisters I found would probably have been there in May when the car was last serviced so how it was missed if the inspection was done I don't know. Also if LR expect me to act on these reports somehow that I have never received then who is liable for any delay in fixing the rust/corrosion.
I am a bit confused by it all, I figured corrosion under the paintwork on the body + under warranty = fixed by LR. but seemingly it is up for debate..
Will wait and see when they get back to me.
On a side not to warranty issues, the clutch springs are starting to rattle again, it was a fight to get the first clutch changed over at 60k getting this one done at 90k is going to be impossible i think.
Is there a heavy duty clutch we can buy from a super engineering place to replace the crap in there?
cheers
Pat
But I did the usual search on all things corrosion and defenders and ended up checking the front windscreen frame and hey low and behold there it was some blisters on the bottom corners of the frame.
I normally get all servicing and warranty work done at Austral in Brisbane as that's where I bought it and the wife drops it off on the way to work, but as I live on the coast I took it down to Bruce Lynton who normally do my 'emergency' warrant work.
They were good and got the paint shop guy over quick fast to have a look and they took some photos.
The thing is, they asked for a copy of my servicing receipts which I provided, but also asked for copies of the corrosion/ body inspection reports done each service.
I have never received or heard of this report, BL are getting them direct from Austral once Austral pull them out of Archives and then will send all this over to LR to get approval to get the work done.
Has anyone else received these reports from the dealer? And where else should I be looking for rust.
I am now a fair bit concerned that the inspections have never been done, the blisters I found would probably have been there in May when the car was last serviced so how it was missed if the inspection was done I don't know. Also if LR expect me to act on these reports somehow that I have never received then who is liable for any delay in fixing the rust/corrosion.
I am a bit confused by it all, I figured corrosion under the paintwork on the body + under warranty = fixed by LR. but seemingly it is up for debate..
Will wait and see when they get back to me.
On a side not to warranty issues, the clutch springs are starting to rattle again, it was a fight to get the first clutch changed over at 60k getting this one done at 90k is going to be impossible i think.
Is there a heavy duty clutch we can buy from a super engineering place to replace the crap in there?
cheers
Pat