| When you went to check your struts what did you find? |
| Both struts loose |
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6% |
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| Left strut loose |
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0% |
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| Right strut loose |
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38% |
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| Both struts tight |
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53% |
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mason1337
Joined: 21 Sep 2007
Location: Matthews
Posts: 24
 
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Bent the right mount on ours,
costed around $600 and a week for a body shop to fix it
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RobDot
Joined: 01 Feb 2008
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 17
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Mine was loose too, small dint now in the Pannel, Thanks Land Rover  (slackers), Must try harder.... Rob ... LR3 HSE AUTO.... Peasant chaser
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| Sun Mar 02 2008 4:33pm |
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shiny moose
Joined: 13 Nov 2007
Location: Capital of Mercia
Posts: 926
 
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The offending threaded parts are made buy Bougola I am told, I am still trying to get hold of the spec, to see what LR are using as a thread lock. Silver TDV6 S with sat nav, PTI and Moosed up a bit
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| Tue Mar 25 2008 2:39pm |
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SaxonSteve
Joined: 29 May 2007
Location: Somerset
Posts: 7
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 What a plank I am 
Too late, my top RH strutt has broken, I should have read this info ages ago!
Have spoken to Taunton LR - as my car is just out of warranty, they have said that as a goodwill gesture they will pay 50% of the cost to get it repaired. How does this sound to you guys? Should I push to get it done for free?
Any help would be gratefully recieved, Taunton have not as yet given me a price for the work, how much should it cost id I do have to pay 50% out of my own pocket? 
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| Sun Apr 20 2008 2:52pm |
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caverD3
Joined: 03 Jul 2006
Location: Sydney
Posts: 1663
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Dealer should have checked and tightened these as part of the 'enhancement' package ages ago. I am sure someone will provide the exact TSB. It should have been checked when service the was done about that time.
As it is a known issue and is not something that has happened I would argue for warranty claim....or claim against dealer for checking earlier. See if a note was made in your service invoices. Getting there is half the fun
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| Mon Apr 21 2008 12:35am |
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ronp
Joined: 29 Nov 2006
Location: Over the Edge!!
Posts: 3727
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agree with caverD3
I wouldn't pay a penny!!
It's a known fault.
The issue lies between your Dealer and Land Rover .. not you! .
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| Tue Apr 22 2008 5:02pm |
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simon
Joined: 11 Jan 2005
Location: You'll never know
Posts: 13675
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What caver said.
Well remembered 
Dealer should have thread locked the nuts to avoid the issue if they had actually tightened them up.
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| Tue Apr 22 2008 5:12pm |
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kwcooper
Joined: 23 Apr 2008
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Posts: 1
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I am a new owner of a 2006 HSE and my first time to login to this forum I find this topic about the rear lift-gate lose strut bolt. I just checked mine and low and behold, very lose! Required about 8 turns, I think it was about to fall out or be stripped badly just before falling out. Thanks forum!!!
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| Wed Apr 23 2008 2:59am |
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Slimer
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Joined: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Nanny State
Posts: 11629
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Glad we could help, welcome to the site    
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| Wed Apr 23 2008 10:31pm |
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dik56
Joined: 11 Mar 2008
Location: Swansea
Posts: 1
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My top right tailgate hydraulic arm fell off this week with no warning, and when I tried to relocate the arm mount I heard the "holding" nut drop inside the bodywork. As I've had the car only 2 months (05Reg) I took it back to the garage, but was told this is not covered by the"guarantee" as it relates to body work failure. Despite removing the brake light cluster I cannot get to the "dropped" nut so now I need to cut open the body work to be able to retrieve and relocate the nut using specialist equipment in the correct position, then have the body work rewelded and re painted.
I cannot believe a manufacturer like LandRover have such a major design fault as surely the "holding" nut should have been welded. or securely located, to the internal body work at the point of manufacture.
How many other issues are there like this on a Disco3?
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| Sun May 04 2008 2:37pm |
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Martin
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Joined: 06 Nov 2004
Location: Shoreham-by-Sea
Posts: 5101
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Try a different dealer - this is a well-known fault, and dealers should have fixed it during a vehicle service.
Even if your D3 is out of warranty there should be some goodwill due to it being a known problem.
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| Sun May 04 2008 2:42pm |
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catweasel
Joined: 05 May 2006
Location: ?????
Posts: 3945
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not sure what action to take with the dealer but from memory there are a couple of holes covered with what looks like cardboard or similar and will be painted the same colour as your D3. maybe try removing one of them to see if you can access the lost nut. would a rivnut do the job?
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| Sun May 04 2008 2:43pm |
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DSL
Joined: 11 May 2006
Location: In the Dog House!
Posts: 9159
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Well spotted Gareth!!!  He noticed mine were nearly "out" and we tightened them up. Another thing for the stealer Thursady. I'd checked them when I first learned of the issue but had completely forgotten about them.  Moral of the story being check them regularly, afterall it's a LR U drive so she likes to suprise you.  Honda Dog U better DUCK!!!!!
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