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[Mechanical] Loss of power in TDV6
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marksc
Joined: 16 Jul 2008
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 1
 
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Russian roulette driving . When I pull away from home am I going to get to more than 10MPH without an error message or not. This is the daily roll of the dice . The dealership has had the information on the problem numerous time and failed to rectify the problem properly. The last fix was a surprise phone call to inform us that a spare part that had been ordered had arrived. This was fitted over two days when we were told only few hours would be needed. when contacted we were told that the car was in bits still and we could hire a car from them . The part that they apparently needed to replace was the crank shaft sensor as this was supposed to be the origin of the fault mentioned ( no power when pulling out into traffic). Then when the car was returned the following day after a few miles of driving over two day's the fault occured again and ( in Less than 40 miles) the gear leaver came off in my hand with no connection to the manual gear box. This was half way up a steep hill on a main route and caused a major traffic problem till the car could be recovered. The car was the inspected by the dealers and they informed us that the gear linkage had come loose and caused the clutch to burn out.
They have apparently replaced the clutch on the car and reconnected the gear box . After reluctantly accepting the car back after 20 miles driving on the day of collection I have got home to friction burning smell from the car that is persistent and very noticeable round the car. I have checked the disk's and these are all quite cool so it look's like its going to be the dealer recovering the car again in the morning.
Ps the car came back empty evertime they had it even though I had just fueled it .
As for service report's they are very good at telling you they have washed and polished the car. But what have they done in the repair????????????? no details your under warranty....
NOW don't get me wrong here I Am NOT a Landrover winger.
over the Years I have own 5 discovery's ,1 freelander, 1P38 Range Rover. and driven many more.
200tdi 3door , 300tdi 3 door, 300tdi 5 door, Tdi5 , Discover 3., Discover 3.
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 Wed Jul 16 2008 11:09pm |
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DND3
Joined: 24 Jun 2006
Location: Clanketyclanksville.
Posts: 501
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Dicky Dash, Like You, I just can't understand why they insist that there is not a fault. Are these 'technicians' totally devoid of ANY training?  If the 'oil' level is increasing, then it seems fair to assume that either fuel is getting into the sump (from the cylinders poss via a faulty injector) and watering the oil down for you, or coolant is leaking into the oil somehow (are you losing coolant?), neither of these conditions are acceptable under any circumstances. PS, Did they perform any form of Power Balance Test, to see if any of the cylinders were underperforming?
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| Thu Jul 17 2008 12:06am |
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norto
Joined: 10 Apr 2006
Location: batemans bay
Posts: 993
 
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When we were playing on Big Red on of the D3s had no power and wouldnt go over 20 kph.
We disconnected the battery for 5 minutes, this made no difference.
So put the car in neatral and revved the ring out of it,
It hasnt missed a beat since AFAIK Peter
"Global Warming" The religion of the left
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| Thu Jul 17 2008 9:14am |
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blue meanie
Joined: 04 Aug 2005
Location: nfi !
Posts: 2683
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power thing sounds remarkably similar to the EGR valve problem that a few of us have suffered from? also sounds as if they maybe don't actually have the skills to fit a new clutch properly  and if the fuel tank is coming back empty each time you take it in full, then if I were you I'd be raising merry hell about it as I would consider it to be theft and nothing less  I think you need to get onto the 'phone to LR customer services pronto ! global warming my ars...!!!
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| Thu Jul 17 2008 9:30am |
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PaulP
Joined: 04 May 2007
Location: Barcelona
Posts: 760
 
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What Blue Meanie said... 
Are you saying that you left the car FULL of fuel and it has been returned EMPTY every time? 
If LR Customer services don't help, then you could simply phone the police. Although I'm exaggerating, this could easily be considered theft as they obviously didn't drive your D3 very far to test the clutch and it's rather difficult to use an entire tank during a clutch change 2006 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue
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| Thu Jul 17 2008 10:58am |
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