Thread: Faulty TD5 Oil Pump Bolt - Update

It would be worth digging up what you can on the subject and then go to consumer affairs in your state as well as the media (eg,a current affairs show) They love the battler, stck in the bush with kids and screwed over by a big company doing things on the cheeeeeep.

There is no way a new td5 will set you back $18k installed, new crate motors are only $5000 or so, didnt someone else here get theirs replaced under warranty for some reason ?

Owen, you have read my mind. Just this afternoon I sent off a complaint to the Dept of Fair Trading in NSW. I don't think I'm being unreasonable. If this had been a jumbo jet, and the bolt came loose and the jet crashed with no survivors, the airline would be taken to the cleaners. Luckily, after 3 hours stuck on the side of the road in 45 degree heat, H E L P arrived in the shape of the NRMA. Ruined the holiday though.

Loanrangie

Yeah it was Sith over in WA. All up, including labour, parts etc etc, the cost was:

Motor $14250
Labour $2200
Oil cooler and assorted hoses sundries $2230.

I'm spewing. I'd just whacked 4 new tyres and a dual battery in it prior to the holiday, plus rego & CPT plus an annual National Parks pass!!!

MickS,

Sorry to hear the news so far. But keep plugging away. You have our sympathy and continued support.

It probably suggests that we should have a section for model specific issues so that we can access these readily. Useful for existing and prospective owners.

A search revealed this issue being raised here in 2004:

http://www.aulro.com/modules.php?name=Foru...mp+bolt&start=0

Too many issues, too much information and not enough time.
:roll:

Thanks mate. Here's the other thing, LR are happy to pay for a second hand TD5, supply & install.....??? As this is my first ever LR, I've not been left with a very good taste in my mouth. Anyone know what I should look for or avoid with a second hand donk? LR submarines taken as a given....

There is always the golden rule:

"Never purchase the first of the new model...and always buy the last"

This regardless of the manufacturer. As Will Shakespeare wrote of Caliban the monster in the Tempest: "Sent into the world half made"

So that is the down side. The upside is that if you can get a recent engine with some sort of service record then you may be ahead or should I say less behind.

Worth pursuing on the side though... as a fall back position.

Thanks again mate. Just rang Land Rover in England. They tell me they pay a higher proportion, if not the full amount. Go figure.