Younger bro had a RRS Autobio until recently and believe me he thrashes a motor. Hated the black smoke screen out the back when booting it but never had too much trouble with it at all and certainly never a crankshaft prob. With my more sedate driving and better servicing (he had dealer types do it) I don't think it's something to lay awake worrying about.
I'd be more worried if they closed the Guinness brewery down......
AlanH.
Paul
D2,D2,D2a,D4,'09 Defender 110(sons), all moved on.
'56 S1,been in the family since...'56
Comes out of hibernation every few months for a run
To provide some context, there's been an issue in South Korea with diesel BMWs catching on fire:
South Korea to ban some BMW vehicles over engine fires - BBC News
I think that I read in the Economist that the suspicions had spread to other imported brands, which is likely why JLR Korea initiated the recall. I note that, from the posts above, it appears to have been JLR Australia that brought up "fires" as an issue.
Arapiles
2014 D4 HSE
A recall has now been issued in China for the TDV6/SDV6 engines. Stating “some of the vehicles in this recall may have premature wear due to insufficient lubrication. In extreme cases, the crankshaft may break, causing the engine's power output to be interrupted, posing a safety hazard.”
http://www.dpac.gov.cn/qczh/gnzhqc/2...229_81234.html
and for the translated version Google Translate
2014, MY14 Discovery TDV6, Fuji White (2018-Now)
2003, Discovery 2a, Td5 Manual, Zambezi Silver (2012-2018)
2007, Adventure Offroad Campers, Grand Tourer (2015-Now)
"premature wear due to insufficient lubrication. In extreme cases, the crankshaft may break, causing the engine's power output to be interrupted" . I really like that bit.
Hopefully as mine is a June 2016 build it won't happen to it....... in the meantime as I said previously I'd worry more about the possibility of brewers closing down.
HNY to everyone and stop worrying about maybe/might do things.
AlanH.
[QUOTE=kelvo;2869511]A recall has now been issued in China for the TDV6/SDV6 engines. Stating “[COLOR=#333333]some of the vehicles in this recall may have premature wear due to insufficient lubrication. In extreme cases, the crankshaft may break, causing the engine's power output to be interrupted, posing a safety hazard.”[/COLOR
That’s amazing they’re not really worried about poor old cobber with the broken crank that may buy another car one day but only really worried about the consequences of what may happen, when it occurs on some busy highway to third parties
Too many lawyers in the company I think
Search AULRO.com ONLY! |
Search All the Web! |
---|
|
|
Bookmarks