Thread: Land Rover dealership blew up my engine!

Originally Posted by shanegtr

Its a bit unfair to straight away blame the dealer for the failed engine without knowing the reason why it failed - it may or may not have been related to the work they had done. With such a new car you'll be getting a brand new donk so there shouldnt be any more issues there then a new engine in any other new car. It shouldnt be rocket science to change an engine over for any mechnanic. As for resale I cant see it being an issue and as far as I see it there is no requirement for you to disclose that its had an engine swap, but if I was buying a vehicle and it had an engine change then I'd be fine with it and for me its a positive (as long as it has been running for long enough to ensure any little niggles from the change over are sorted)

Agree.....if it wasn’t in for a service it could have failed on the owner.

A new engine will not devalue your vehicle at all.

Enjoy the fresh engine

Is it too rude a question to ask which dealership?

Originally Posted by Russlee029

Is it too rude a question to ask which dealership?

Irrelevant and also a breach of N&S

Especially as your first post!!!

People need to understand, offered warranty in Australia is good for us, it’s done to be competitive in a VERY competitive market.

In places like Thailand, where all the Pick Ups, Honda Jazz, Yaris, Civic, MG etc are built they get 12 months, end of story!

Appreciate everyone’s responses.

I still I’ll find it hard to believe that the car worked perfectly fine prior to it’s service, they do it, and straight away on completion for a test run, such catastrophic failure of all these components. Agreed, I’m glad it happened on their watch and not mine. But I somehow feel that someone has stuffed up...too coincidental I’m afraid.

As a side note, after several weeks of being without my car, and it ​hasn’t even been started to be repaired yet, (so I’m potentially another 4 weeks away from getting it back) LR Aust today have offered to compensate me on various levels, so that, I’m thankful for.

I’d be asking for a loan car for a start. Have you got one from them?

I wonder if they put enough or any oil in the engine? Roadtested and bang!