TDV6 SDV6 engine failure/success poll

Any further update StephCraig? We had a major problem with the DPF in our D4 at 90K km, LR told us that this should not have happened in a car that had been serviced properly like ours was, and covered most of the $7K repair bill unprompted. My only complaint was that we had to drive a poxy Jaguar SUV as a courtesy car while the D4 was repaired!

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Originally Posted by joshgtv

My only complaint was that we had to drive a poxy Jaguar SUV as a courtesy car while the D4 was repaired!

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The D4 is a SUV.

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Originally Posted by 101RRS

The D4 is a SUV.

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Ah yes, but there are SUV's and then there are Poxy SUV's......[thumbsupbig]

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Originally Posted by shack

I was going to post this on the thread with the L320 engine failure, but thought best to start fresh so as not to complicate the other.

I'm not aware of the numbers of these engines that are failing, and I've not seen a poll or register that indicates such.
I know some on this forum that are extremely unhappy with the situation though, and fair enough..

Would it be appropriate to run a poll on here (are polls allowable or doable) for people to list the car and failures experienced, and also the LACK of failure their car had experienced ?

I think this would be handy for people fighting for warranty/fair expectation, or even looking to buy, to get a realistic picture % wise of failure.

Cheers
James

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pm me please, i know a bloke who rebuilds, he is good, fair and well priced, all he does is d3 4, he just quoted me 1000$ for belt change 3l d4

Why does the TDV6 crankshaft snap? - YouTube

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Originally Posted by PerthDisco

Why does the TDV6 crankshaft snap? - YouTube

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Annnnddddd the reason is, another personal opinion based on - not much.

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Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

Annnnddddd the reason is, another personal opinion based on - not much.

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Except I put this guy at the Dazza level, someone who sees a lot of them and has pondered the problem from a number of angles. Like the Territory the issue is almost unheard of in Peugeot and Citroen and Jaguars so there’s a common vibe.

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Originally Posted by PerthDisco

Except I put this guy at the Dazza level, someone who sees a lot of them and has pondered the problem from a number of angles. Like the Territory the issue is almost unheard of in Peugeot and Citroen and Jaguars so there’s a common vibe.

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I like the fact he dismisses the myth of servicing which I’ve always believed. The rest, well there’s little substance to it. The overlap comments I don’t agree with, but I’m no mechanical engineer or metallurgist so I won’t postulate, but I think we all agree, there’s a design flaw that impacts a small percentage of vehicles.

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Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Stephcraig,

I feel for you and it concerns me the obvious reason you joined the forum.

I owned a D2 for 8 yrs and covered around 300k but spent $70,000 all ends up avoiding a catastrophe ie/ just in time repairs and modifications.

I had intention of purchasing a D4 but I'm scared ****less.

They are still the best cars on the road , but not for me.

There were a lot of insults to other brands in this forum such as "exploder" . "handgrenade", "playdough" , and I guess there's a lot of payback in last few years with exploding D4's.

I have a 10yo (by date) 4wd which uses nothing but consumeables and the only thing that breaks on long hard regular trips are a few stupid little plastic catches inside , and that's the way it should be too.

The manufacturers representatives contact me every so often....Imagine LR doing that.

I really hope you get a good result.

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Hi RB,
what have you got that only costs consumables? I was seriously thinking about a D4 as a tow car but Stephcraig's story is frightening - I need something that can tow 2t reasonably easily and is reliable enough that it's not going to cost the earth (although they're all expensive, eh?)
cheers Gerald

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Originally Posted by Didge

Hi RB,
what have you got that only costs consumables? I was seriously thinking about a D4 as a tow car but Stephcraig's story is frightening - I need something that can tow 2t reasonably easily and is reliable enough that it's not going to cost the earth (although they're all expensive, eh?)
cheers Gerald

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Isuzu dual cab or their SUV.

A mate had a rok but worried it was in too high a state of tune.

Took his newish Isuzu ute loaded right up to the high country a week or so ago and commented how different the old school low down torque was compared with the rok revving its guts out on the same roads.

Just a thought, DL