Member Since: 23 Aug 2016
Location: Kent
Posts: 30
Warranty Direct - new engine
I posted a few weeks back moaning about the excessive cost of renewing a Warranty Direct policy and I now have to eat humble pie.
Since then my engine has gone pop in a bad way on my 2009 Discovery 3 at 99k miles.
As someone on the forum suggested it was the oil pump failing that caused the problems.
Warranty Direct has just approved £10800 for a brand new engine from Land Rover to be fitted !! Although it's taken a little while to sort out they have been brilliant from the very first phone call.
I have to pay about £500 towards the cost as over the course of the warranty I will have claimed over their value for my car(they will have paid out £12090 in total) but I'm very happy with that!
I guess they may not be the cheapest but when the sh*t hits the fan they are excellent, I think I would have written my car off without them.
29th Jun 2018 3:30 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73132
Excellent news.
Just out of curiosity, and not knocking WD, how come £500 & not the standard £50 excess?
PS Ignore that, just seen.
29th Jun 2018 3:57 pm
Barney67
Member Since: 19 Apr 2018
Location: Manchester
Posts: 113
Good for you bobby , nice to see a positive review of a warranty cover .MY2012 D4 SVD6 XS (now gone)
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29th Jun 2018 4:04 pm
Philip1972
Member Since: 10 Mar 2017
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 1073
Good for you!
I am always curious so I will ask you since you have been through it:
What paperwork do they check and how thoroughly? (Do they want all service bills since you owned it, just the stamped service book etc?)
29th Jun 2018 5:35 pm
BBDisco3
Member Since: 23 Nov 2008
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 3646
And as your contributing to the cost then presumably you will get a 2 year LR guarantee on the new engine?
29th Jun 2018 6:03 pm
B0BBY
Member Since: 23 Aug 2016
Location: Kent
Posts: 30
Philip1972 wrote:
Good for you!
I am always curious so I will ask you since you have been through it:
What paperwork do they check and how thoroughly? (Do they want all service bills since you owned it, just the stamped service book etc?)
Phillip1972 - I had the warranty for 2 years and they just needed proof of last service, mot certificate and that's it. They have paid out every time I have claimed without quibble - new injector, egr and suspension compressor.
BBDisco3 - Although the engine is being fitted by a very good Indy I am hoping it will still come with the 2 year warranty - it's the brand new engine as Land Rover had no recon engines.
Cheers for the thumbs up Barney67 and & DSL!
29th Jun 2018 6:33 pm
Philip1972
Member Since: 10 Mar 2017
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 1073
Thanks
hopefully mine never goes, but I have the WD warranty as well.
29th Jun 2018 7:28 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73132
Same here, just nervous about the renewal cost in Sept 19 when it runs out.
29th Jun 2018 7:43 pm
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20855
B0BBY wrote:
Philip1972 wrote:
Good for you!
I am always curious so I will ask you since you have been through it:
What paperwork do they check and how thoroughly? (Do they want all service bills since you owned it, just the stamped service book etc?)
Phillip1972 - I had the warranty for 2 years and they just needed proof of last service, mot certificate and that's it. They have paid out every time I have claimed without quibble - new injector, egr and suspension compressor.
BBDisco3 - Although the engine is being fitted by a very good Indy I am hoping it will still come with the 2 year warranty - it's the brand new engine as Land Rover had no recon engines.
Cheers for the thumbs up Barney67 and & DSL!
Land Rover don't have any brand new engines left. Only recon units My D3 Build Thread
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