Probably down to all those snapped cranks they’re getting

https://www.porscheclubgb.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1005787

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Foot note... The car is well serviced (OPC) and kept well supplied with oil and consumables, not thrashed, generally used as family runaround, does not tow etc. Just standard use. I am surprised such a supposedly strong car could fail so easily.

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I am speaking to Porsche UK who may make a goodwill gesture, but the car has to be repaired at an OPC to get the gesture, and i have to commit to the OPC doing the work before they will agree to tell me the cost of the work or the goodwill gesture.

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As an update to this saga, the car has at last arrived back in the country. Porsche GB have refused to engage in this in any way, the OPC have been similarly vague other than offering a new engine at £24k. PORSCHE GB HAVE SAID THAT AS THEWRE IS NO GB RECALL FROM PORSCHE HQ, THEY WONT HELP AT ALL.

DiscoStu wrote:

Spent an evening? Just typed Porsche Cayenne crank into google and picked the first thread. As I said, could do the same for any manufacturer. Just pointing out that with over 1/2 million new Disco‘s sold, probably 3 times as many owners with 2nd and 3rd hand sales, there are not a lot of crank failures. It seems a lot when you read the forums, but bad news travels fast and repeatedly. I’m not saying it’s a non-issue, and can cause tremendous hardship - I’ve had a failed crank myself, but it was fixed under warranty. I suspect that the majority of those not under warranty belong to people that have never even bought a car from Land Rover anyway.

And agreed - it’s the dealers that cause majority of hard feelings, that was the same at the last place I worked as well. Vehicle manufacturers could gain a lot of customer loyalty by fixing the bad dealers.

Not sure why you picked on Porsche then? This still doesn’t address the fact that LR’s own extended warranty calls it a design fault and doesn’t cover it leaving you at the mercy of Good Will. When you look at the difficulties many have on here, RRS and even D5 us mere mortals wouldn’t fancy our luck getting a sensible judgement and these are people who have been long term regular brand new buyers - let’s face it J77 has bought more new cars than the rest of the forum put together and still has issues

Pelyma wrote:

Not sure why you picked on Porsche then?

Because you have one and are under the spell

I think the point is Paul you could pick on any manufacturer and find similar issues.

Maybe we aren't blind to the service LR seems to now specialise in. in the Telegraph today there is an article, The Best of British: our five favourite UK-built cars. Some of the selections might be questionable, but at number 5 the Range Rover.

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