Thread: 2016 Discovery 4 SDV6 - broken crankshaft?

Originally Posted by Smocky

Well, I just need to follow a process I suppose. I was towing a 1T trailer at the time and as far as I can see in the Consumer Guarantee laws, it's actually pretty clear. I just hope they go the easy path and not the hard path as no one wins that way.

The towing is irrelevant,many failed and had never towed anything.

Originally Posted by Smocky

Well, I just need to follow a process I suppose. I was towing a 1T trailer at the time and as far as I can see in the Consumer Guarantee laws, it's actually pretty clear. I just hope they go the easy path and not the hard path as no one wins that way. If I have to, I will get a lawyer and we will go down a civil path. Would be interesting to see if they want to go through legal discovery about whether they know this is an issue.

Seriously, if it's a relatively small amount of cases, they should just fix those without much fuss. Don't need to go through recalls or anything silly. If it's a small number because they went a bit too thin on the crank shaft, then just make good in those cases.

That's the angle I'd be attacking if it was me. Under Australian consumer law products have to be reasonably durable. Hard to argue that a failed engine with around 100,000kms and regular scheduled servicing (not abused with missed service intervals) is defiantly not reasonably durable

Can't say as I like the look of the new Defender Smocky and that box hanging off the side window looks odd. But then I don't like the new Rangie either with it's little rear lights and bland looks.
I don't think any choice I make will be "inspired", more like picking a replacement with a blind fold on and hoping.
The bit I'm dreading is selling the "D" privately as the possible buyers scare me to death with their awful driving and not wanting to identify who they are etc. But I hate the thought of being screwed by the car yards even more.
I remember my younger bro selling his 7 year old little used and in absolutely top condition V8 Ford Fairlane some years back.... he'd never kept a car so long before but never got around to selling it as he mostly drove his wife's Merc and the Fairlane sat in the garage.
He visited several yards around Sydney and salesman/yard buyers couldn't even be bothered looking at it and just quoted 2.5 - 4K as per their bible.
So he phoned around and a country dealer offered 12K if it was as good as he said. He got his 12K and the dealer flogged it off to a farmer in less than a week for 15. And bro bought a top of the range RR Sport off them. Winners all round.
I think I'll flog it while it's got 6 months after market warranty left and hope what little hair I've got left is still there after some of the loonies have driven it and frightened the crap out of me.
AlanH.

Originally Posted by Smocky

We'll see how we go, because I am starting at zero and see no reason why I should pay 50%. They'll need to explain that to me to avoid me going down the Consumer Affairs route for selling a product that is nt fit for purpose. It has been a while, but I'm pretty sure there's an implied contract in their somewhere, when the explain what the car is capable of, and the 3T towing capacity etc, then it fails doing what they say it can do.

50% seems 100% a sell out. But we'll see.

Sorry to say but don't you think plenty have been down this route before and got no where. The issue is to enforce the consumer law YOU will have to take LR to court, there is no one there to do it for you. The costs are so high that is is easier to just take the 50% if it is being offered and go with that or fund the engine change yourself.

If you are prepared to be fund a court action yourself then there is a chance you may win but as the car is 6 years of age the court will not give you 100% but a proportion based on what they consider a reasonable life of the engine is - then the 50% offered by LR starts to look better.

Its not right but that is what the system is, despite complaints to the ACCC nothing has happened and then they can only take organisations to court for decision as they generally cannot give directions themselves.

So a reality check is needed.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

TDV8 swap yes,not a 2.7/3.0 hybrid.

Replacing a 3.0 with a 2.7 has been done.

DISCO3.CO.UK - View topic - LR4 3.0 conversion to 2.7

Then get a well maintained D2 while you wait for your Ineos Grenadier to arrive 😊

Originally Posted by Smocky

The thing is, the right car for me is still a Disco.

Keen to know if you come up with any inspired choices.

big +1 RRS 3.6 TDV8, should be pretty easy as the Disco SDV6 engine was available in the range rover sport too at the time.

no way id spend any significant amount money putting the same engine back in

but at the same time id think a tdv8 might not be the easiest or cheapest engine to find, so i think there would be value in working out something common from another brand, as likely there will be plenty of interest in this particularly going forward.

The TDV8s are about Range Rover Vogue L322 Wrecking TDV6 TDV8 3.6 Engine Transmission parts Tailgate | eBay

Probably cheaper to buy a wreck from pickles so you have the ECUs etc as well.

I'd love to do it.