beesle
Joined: 17 Jun 2008
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Hi guys,
Just had a phone call from williams, manchester regarding the excessive wear on the inside of all 4 tyres of my land rover.
Their technician has said that its either down to over/under inflation or balancing!!! sounds like he doesnt know himself. They want 773.00 for 4 new tyres and 222.00 for a 4 wheel alighnment.
I told her about the TSB LA204-008 regarding bush settle, she now going to look into it but Ive got a feeling they are just trying to get away with it
what should I do?? she ringing back shortly
Last edited by beesle on Mon Jul 21 2008 4:35pm; edited 1 time in total
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Bodsy
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Sounds like they're trying to get away with it. If it was over inflated, then surely it would be worn on the middle of teh tyre & under inflated on BOTH outside edges?
Blancing to be out on all four wheels? Possible, but unlikely....
£222 for wheel alignment!!!!!!   it! It's got a load of black bits on OK!!!
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| Mon Jul 21 2008 4:34pm |
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Rescue01
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I agree with Bodsy overinflated would result in wear in the centre and under would give you wear on the outer edges.
As for balancing being out i dont think that this would cause wear on the edges of all four tyres!!!
Sounds like an aligment problem 
I am sure there are better qualified to enlighten you.
Good luck  Its not the height of the fall but the sudden stop at the bottom that hurts!!
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| Mon Jul 21 2008 4:41pm |
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wiggs
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Its an alignment problem ..i have the same on mine 
Some one on here had 4 wheel alignment done for £99 if i remember correctly ( cant remember which dealer though) Help get this page up the rankings please
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| Mon Jul 21 2008 4:45pm |
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Rescue01
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beeesle, it take that "technician" quickly ruled out the inflation theory by checking the tyre pressures  Its not the height of the fall but the sudden stop at the bottom that hurts!!
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| Mon Jul 21 2008 4:55pm |
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largsbear
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HI i noticed the other day i had severe and I mean sever wear in the inside of my back2 tyres. Had to immediate get two from machonachies(sp). Does the bulletin still go for cars out of warranty? Also I think I have been given the wrong tyres...i asked for 112 and got 108h...will I be ok with these, I dont tow anything? TDv6 S 7 seat
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| Mon Jul 21 2008 8:31pm |
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largsbear
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Meant to mention my wheels are 255/60/18 108h TDv6 S 7 seat
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| Mon Jul 21 2008 8:37pm |
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NoDo$h
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You were sold the wrong tyres. Should be 255/60/18 111 or 112, NOT 108. Bush settle claim for out of warranty car will get nowhere I'm afraid, but get those tyres changed sharpish! Carbon footprint? I neither know nor give a damn
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| Mon Jul 21 2008 8:48pm |
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DaveT
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Here's my '05 when it was about 6mths old, displaying tyre wear due to mis alignment (both rears the same, fronts were ok). This was rectified under warranty, and didn't re-occur.
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| Mon Jul 21 2008 10:16pm |
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norto
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Get an opinion from a tyre specialist, then go
back to your dealer...it sounds like an alignment problem Peter
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| Mon Jul 21 2008 10:33pm |
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beesle
Joined: 17 Jun 2008
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Hi Guys,
just had a phone call from williams saying that TSB LA204-008 no longer exists!!  is this true???
what should i say to them when they ring back
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| Tue Jul 22 2008 11:44am |
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wiggs
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Has the problem just disapeared ..like the TSB ?
More than likely it has cost LR a lot of money in tyres and alignment ...and they dont want to pay anymore Help get this page up the rankings please
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| Tue Jul 22 2008 1:31pm |
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Gareth
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Maybe there is an alignment problem, but I would thank Williams for pointing it out, and take the car to a good tyre shop with laser alignment gear. You may save some money. Silver TDV6 HSE
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| Tue Jul 22 2008 1:48pm |
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ridgeback_moor
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Presumably you'll need to ask them to leave it in alignment mode for you, then when you've had it checked on the laser rig, take it back to the dealer to have it put back to normal suspension mode? I'm thinking of doing it this way myself, but my dealer seems to charge £50 quid a pop every time they plug in T4! D3 TDV6 S 2005 - TorqTune, Privacy Glass, Remote FBH, 19" HSE Alloys, Boot liner, retrofit F&R PDC, RAI
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| Tue Jul 22 2008 1:53pm |
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heapster
Joined: 21 Sep 2007
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wiggs wrote:Its an alignment problem ..i have the same on mine
Some one on here had 4 wheel alignment done for £99 if i remember correctly ( cant remember which dealer though)
Harwoods in Edenbridge (Kent but also has branches in Sussex and Hampshire from memory) will do it for £99 all in. You can't do it at Kwikfit or similar as its a 3D alignment with the air suspension rather than just toe-in/out. They reckon it's about 2.5 hours work (which fits with the £222 quote) but for that money, no-one ever got it done and they ended up with a bunch of complaints.
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