Member Since: 14 Oct 2014
Location: Newquay, Cornwall
Posts: 820
MOT Failure - and not yet 4 years old!!
My vehicle - bought brand new July 2015 (MY16) went in for service and MOT today.
Received an email with 'vehicle health check' video - knew it wasn't going to be good news! - and yes - failed MOT on rear prop shaft bearing Can't believe it - 22,000 miles and never used off road.
Can't remember reading anything on this forum about such a failure (may have missed it though)
Shaken my faith in the product - again!
So £495 + vat and 1 hour plus to fit..... pleaded 'early life failure' etc. Good news is - been fixed - item in stock which surprised service advisor - so maybe a more common problem than I thought?
Good will gesture by Carrs Truro - without re course to LR - they have paid for it - just waiting for me to collect.2016MY Discovery HSE - Black
2009MY Toyota Land Cruiser (Lc4) - Black
11th Jul 2019 7:53 pm
DaveT
Member Since: 01 Aug 2005
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 2576
Guess what... mine did exactly the same, on its first mot. Surprise... Carr’s had one in stock.Long succession of Disco's since 2001...
SIII Lightweight - neglected & rusting. Bulkhead, A panels, vent panel & outriggers now disintegrated - Next years project!
11th Jul 2019 8:02 pm
robpenrose
Member Since: 12 Jan 2016
Location: Surrey / SW London
Posts: 2138
I had mine replaced at the last service, but at 9 years old and 100k.
Current: D4 HSE
Previous: BMW Z4M Coupe
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11th Jul 2019 8:03 pm
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14416
Re: MOT Failure - and not yet 4 years old!!
Dannyson wrote:
My vehicle - bought brand new July 2015 (MY16) went in for service and MOT today.
Received an email with 'vehicle health check' video - knew it wasn't going to be good news! - and yes - failed MOT on rear prop shaft bearing Can't believe it - 22,000 miles and never used off road.
Can't remember reading anything on this forum about such a failure (may have missed it though)
Shaken my faith in the product - again!
So £495 + vat and 1 hour plus to fit..... pleaded 'early life failure' etc. Good news is - been fixed - item in stock which surprised service advisor - so maybe a more common problem than I thought?
Good will gesture by Carrs Truro - without re course to LR - they have paid for it - just waiting for me to collect.
Great result but, 22,000 in 4 years = increased wear and tear.D4 HSE EU6 (Known as Jeeves)
New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!) Sold
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
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11th Jul 2019 9:39 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73086
Always worth getting the first MOT done a few weeks early. It would give the MOT renewal date of the reg date plus 4 years, not when it was done, and you got to say “it’s under warranty, fix it” if/when something fails.
12th Jul 2019 5:31 am
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
That’s a pain, but glad that it got paid for in the end
To be fair, being in stock is possibly a much lesser sign of it being a regular issue than “we”ll need to get a delivery date for you because we’ve got three of those on back order” 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
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12th Jul 2019 6:49 am
ds23man
Member Since: 19 Jan 2013
Location: Ainum
Posts: 227
Over here in Holland it is not a MOT ( APK) failure because it is not safety related....
12th Jul 2019 7:22 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
Nowadays no one keeps stock part unless they know they are going to use them, so if they had it in stock its a fast mover.
12th Jul 2019 7:53 pm
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
Posts: 7441
Despite Fatties not being a regular visitor to the small dealer that I use in North Devon, I’m normally surprised at just how many bits they hold in stock. It’s a far cry from taking the MINI in to the BMW dealer, where anything more complicated than oil and plugs would usually be quoted as taking “n days to arrive from Germany” 2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
2015 - 2017: 2 x D4
2017 to date: FFRR SDV8
2023 to date: 2 x FL2 as “second” cars 🙄
2021 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200
2022 to date: Hinckley built ‘14 Triumph Trophy 1200 & sidecar!
(One of only two known to exist in the world!)
Guess what... mine did exactly the same, on its first mot. Surprise... Carr’s had one in stock.
I'm wondering if it's a testing failure rather than a component failure. place that does my MoT's told me they have had folks round from the MoT team telling them (unnecessarily ) how to test Disco front lower arm rear bush properly. "it is meant to move ... but should return to original place after being subjected to stress".
could that be case with this prop shaft bearing ?.
Dean
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2011 D4 XS - OBD port protection, RLD spare wheel protector, All LED interiors lights, Timed Climate enabled, iiD tool paired.
2011 D4 Landmark - Stolen from same dealer before I paid for it
2011 D4 GS - Stolen whilst at dealer ... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
1996 300Tdi - Eaten by tin worms
12th Jul 2019 8:46 pm
Dannyson
Member Since: 14 Oct 2014
Location: Newquay, Cornwall
Posts: 820
Moo said 'Great result but, 22,000 in 4 years = increased wear and tear.'
A little surprised by that - a case of 'use it or lose it'? - but I would have thought 'regular' use despite not high mileage would be OK?
Mildly interesting was a couple of comments made by the service advisor.... 'Not a common problem' (prop-shaft bearing - despite being in stock) - well they would say that .....etc
Main complaint from customers (allegedly) is disc pads and disc replacements - often caused by users leaving the vehicle standing, rust developing and grating causing 'excessive lipping on the discs'. I can identify with that - even when the car (any make) was used every day and had a lot more mileage than my current car after 4 years - I'm not convinced by this ..... its an 'earner'....!
Anyway - I digress - car picked up - just £50 odd to pay for MOT and 4 year service allegedly done.... must say feels a bit 'tighter' when accelerating ... no 'clunky surge' - or maybe that's just me?2016MY Discovery HSE - Black
2009MY Toyota Land Cruiser (Lc4) - Black
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