Thread: When to service the D4?

Let the fun begin....
2.7Ltr Originally 12M/24K Km's, 3.0/5.0Ltr Originally 12M/26K Km's.

Corporate Servicing.
LR will now pay the labour time for the 6 Month health check but this does NOT include oil & oil filter-If customer requests this, then the customer must pay for oil & oil filter & yes it is expensive.

NON Corporate/Private buyer.
It is recommended to do, but not compulsory, If the customer does want the 6 month health check to be carried out & yes the customer must pay for this also which again does not include labour, oil & oil filter this time.

It is recommended to do 6mnth wise as if the vehicle is regulary looked at
then LR will look favorably at your vehicle when warranty expires.

HTH.

Are we talking dealer service here?

I've always had my new (Toyota) cars serviced by the guy down the road who does a full by-the-book dealer service but has the advantage of being cheaper (less overheads) and is only a walk away. To date he's done a spot on job. In fact I'd have to say I always felt more confident having him do it than some "unknown" at the dealer. If I have to take my D4 back to the dealer its a full on hike cross town.

I know car manufacturers always "insist" that cars be dealer serviced, but are there any valid reason for choosing dealer service over standard garage service when it comes to Landrovers???

Ron

Yes,
Thats not from me either working for a dealer, but.

If you purchased the vehicle & never returned.......
If there is a bulletin that needs to be done to your vehicle, It will never get done.
Also recalls, if you move while owning your vehicle LR will never be able to send out the info you reqire. Again a NON delaer will not have access to the LR computer to check what Recall, Actions &/or Service Bulletins are required to be done to your vehicle albeit an expensive one!

Some of the service bulletins are quite handy, If u have a small niggling problem, you may find that the delaer can fix rather quickly while the NON dealer is charging you hours to repair!

Also all warranty work must be carried out by a LR dealer.
Unless authorised by LR (ie Darwin)

Cheers.

Watpub, have a look in the D4 Electric trailer brakes as this has the photo of the Red Arc controller i promised.

Thanks Pete,

The good thing about the D4 service is that it's not required as often as the Toyota was (every 5,000 ks). Even though LR are talking 26k I'd still have it done every 10-12k. You're probably right that it would be to my advantage to get a dealer service. Might even bring it into town and go shopping while it's being done!

And, I saw the RedArc controller pictures the other day. Looks good, and I think they're more practical than the Prodigys give the in-dash mounting. I've now been told my D4 has gone to build so I'll be in touch in the next few months. I'd be pretty keen to hit the road with the van for a shake down soon after getting the car.

Is there any recommendation for running the vehicle in before towing? I'm getting conflicting stories from salesmen. Old salts recommend the tried and true 1,000 kms while the young guns reckon they've run in on the benches and should be fine from the start.

Regards,

Ron

Speaking of small funny problems...

Sometimes my reversing camera wont turn off. You have to stop and start the car to reset it.

Ahh Land Rover Glitches.......

Mowog, Wait for the Q093, there is a heap of downloads (I am talking hours here) to fix a lot of niggling little things.

Ron, Yes the vehicles are bench run prior to fitting & then run in the vehicle for a short while.
It is always best as i did for the first few hundred K's to just basically take it easy on baking, varying rev's etc etc. I am still from the old school & doing it this way wont hurt anything anyway.

Cheers

I have a big road trip in June will Q093 be done before then?

I might couple that with a once over and an oil change.

It should, but i would ring your dealer & book in a month prior to going away.