Thread: Jaguar Land Rover recall TDV6 engined vehicles

Originally Posted by rapserv

Originally Posted by ATH

"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.

You obviously have deep pockets and no concerns about being faced with a massive repair bill if things go wrong!

If you can’t sleep at night because of it, just sell. It’s quite simple. No amount of talking about it changes the odds or the outcome.

"causing the engine's power output to be interrupted" " Actually this is the bit I was saying I really liked. Of course the engines powers going to be interrupted if the crankshaft breaks! Reads like the type of bull we get from pollies and their bureaucrat employees.
I've certainly thought of flogging it but it runs superbly and does all I want so intend keeping for another year then buy....what?
AlanH.

Originally Posted by ATH

"causing the engine's power output to be interrupted" " Actually this is the bit I was saying I really liked. Of course the engines powers going to be interrupted if the crankshaft breaks! Reads like the type of bull we get from pollies and their bureaucrat employees.

A friend had one in his shop and the only difference was a slight vibration at idle. Drove fine. The break wasn't straight through the crank but on an angle, so the halves were holding against each other.

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

If you can’t sleep at night because of it, just sell. It’s quite simple. No amount of talking about it changes the odds or the outcome.

I can sleep at night ok, however, I am concerned about a possible failure down the track .. probably when I'm in the middle of nowhere!!
I think you're wrong.
Talking about it is EXACTLY what we should be doing because LR can't use the excuse that they 'new nothing about it' if one suffers this failure and wants to pursue LR over it .. or .. 'we've had no complaints from anybody else' about such a problem!!
It ALWAYS pays to leave a paper trail, because, you can be absolutely certain, that they will try to escape ANY responsibility.

They’re all out of warranty. They barely cared when they were in warranty and very few were looked after out of warranty. You can talk about it all you want but the simple fact is, they just don’t care, and will never care.

Probably the reason they can get away with not caring is they know that those employed supposedly to protect consumers across the land, are only interested in their own careers. Upsetting those with money who know those in charge and pollies wouldn't help that.
We had a problem with a new caravan years ago and the local consumer affairs "officers" response was "I hesitate to take action against Mr (name withheld) as he's an icon of the industry". My response was unprintable here but that attitude is the same across the country if what we can read on various websites is true.
Don't ever rely on backing from the seat polishers paid to protect your interests.
AlanH.

Originally Posted by econti

A friend had one in his shop and the only difference was a slight vibration at idle. Drove fine. The break wasn't straight through the crank but on an angle, so the halves were holding against each other.

Many years ago I bought a high mileage Datsun 200B for a son. It had a slight engine vibration. Ran really well and I drove it home about 60klms from seller. Turned out to have a broken crankshaft....

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

They’re all out of warranty. They barely cared when they were in warranty and very few were looked after out of warranty. You can talk about it all you want but the simple fact is, they just don’t care, and will never care.

Yes .. I agree .. LR have never cared!!
The fact that the vehicles are out of warranty does not put an end to the issue. Decisions from consumer protection authorities often include out of warranty directives.
Warranties are a 'statutory requirement' they are NOT the 'be all end all'.