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Well the news is that the part should be at the dealers tomorrow and the car fixed by Friday 1st Feb. Donna from CRC has kept my up to date which is all I require. Only issue now is collecting the car which won't be that hard ! Hope to talk to the tech and get the low down on the fault will let all SVD 8 owners know what to expect.
No News and Friday the 1st is gone and CRC don't seem to have any news to refer to me. Pain in the arse with no contact as I have out of town business trips that will need to correspond with getting my car back from Tamworth.
Latest News is the part has been in Tamworth for a week but dealer is to busy and understaffed . Looks like next Wednesday or later before car is ready, this will be getting on to six weeks without the vehicle. I do get feedback after sending e-mails to CRC , and this is good. I was advised by CRC that I can contact the dealer direct and have the name of the Dealer Representative.
I am not stressed by the breakdown or the responses , I didn't like the fact that the part was going to be 6 weeks away, turned out it was 3 . Now I want to understand exactly what broke and in particular what was done to change the situation from reoccurring ?
Phone call today my car is ready to collect. Hope to talk to the tech and get the lowdown on the fix. Land Rover CRC through the Assist group have organised the travel, will be out of the disco sport tomorrow. JT fossey have been very good with keeping me informed which is all I have required.
So 5-6 weeks to fix - really not good enough.
Yes it has been a long wait, good that the car still had warranty. I have purchased extended warranty now and hope I don't have to use it. All in all the car has been pretty reliable, 2 turbo failures , actually actuator failures , and some front brake issues that I fixed by changing brake pad material. will clock up 1200 k's getting back so should know if any thing else turns up. Will let the board know what went wrong after I speak to the tech, I am keen to know exactly what the issue was.
I picked the car up had a discussion with the technician and am now a little wiser. It seems the problem was that oil or seeping out of the oil level sender up the Harnas to where it joins another harnas and then tracking back down to the turbo actuator causing a short .
So they still have not worked out how to stop oil ingress into a wiring loom , Been a LandRover problem since 1999.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bails
Can't say enough for Tamworth's JT Fossy. Kept me in the loop Phone calls to advise progress and good description of the issue.
Home without faults and had 7.3/100 on the fuel burn, which I know is very optimistic, but I have done well over 1000 k's and still fuel in the tank. Will fill up and get an accurate idea of consumption soon.
Well filled up today and the real fuel burn was 8.4 litres per 100 K's. Very good considering some of the running was around town. Majority of the running was highway Tamworth Moree , Moree Wollongong via Sydney. Great being back in the RRS like having a new car again.