stoked!! just bought a (slightly used) 2016.5 TDV6

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Originally Posted by BrianElloy

Fair comment - I’ve considered this

If it’s not done right then there’s that risk for sure. Ive been in contact with Peter James from Superchips in NZ. Unlike plug in boxes that just up the pressure in the fuel rail, these guys (and others) properly tune the ECU (timing, fuel curve, boost etc etc) which is the same way JLR tunes their performance models. Way safer and so far they’ve had zero warranty issues after decades in the game.

Their warranty is a 12/20 warranty and as I said above is sympathetic to the car, being well within limits

I had a chat with the service manager at Barbagallo Land Rover. He said he’s ok with tuning as long as a warranty claim is not directly caused by the tune.

Look i know it still is a risk but hundreds of TDV6 and SDV6 owners have tuned their cars properly, with no failure.

Guess I’ll have to suck it and see?

LR's warranty (which is viewable on-line Land Rover(R) Warranty & Assistance - Land Rover(R) Australia) specifically states that LR is "not responsible for any repair or replacement that is required as a direct result of .... unauthorised modifications of the vehicle or parts (modifications outside of Land Rover specifications)". So ... if they can link a problem with the car to your mods then at the very least you're in for a big argument about it. The service manager at Barbagallo wasn't really being helpful or making any concessions - they just stated the obvious, which is that they don't care what you do to your car, but if a warranty claim can be linked to the changes you make then you're out of luck. Which is what their warranty states. Oh, and call me a cynic, but did the NZ tuners mean that they hadn't had any issues with their product (no warranty claims against their product not working) vs their clients having warranty claims against the vehicle manufacturer?

In any case, enjoy the car, they're an impressive vehicle.