Thread: MY14 D4 Headlights Flickering?

Originally Posted by cjc_td5

Yes I have been worried about it Justin and was ****ed that the dealer was not interested in investigating at the last service. Tomorrow I'll be visiting my new local dealer (yay!) armed with complaints of noise, flickering & low battery and asking for a replacement alternator under my extended warranty. I don't really want the alternator to fail and take the battery with it.

Wow. A relatively simple thing to check and a known issue that is a 'good earner' for a repairer... bizarre lack of effort🤨

I have a diagnosis of sorts.
The dealer has diagnosed that the bearing on the front of the alternator is failing and is loading up the belt, and it is actually the tensioner that is squealing. A new alternator and tensioner is covered by warranty but I have to pay for a new belt. I'm OK with this as this can become a spare belt for travelling.

The kicker is that there are no D4 alternators in Australia so it has to come from the UK. A 2 week wait. They have offered a loan car for this period, a new Holden unfortunately as they are selling any Landrover or Jag they can get their hands on!

Also, 2 years ago I replaced my main battery when the original battery failed. I was too far away from the dealer to bother about a warranty claim so put a DELKOR AGM battery in it. In my battery check last night I found a genuine Landrover battery in it! I have no idea when this happened! It could only have been during a service but I did not pay for it. I asked the dealer to check the warranty history and he couldn't find it on there either. This has me stumped....