When you went to check your struts what did you find?
Both struts loose
7%
7%
[40]
Left strut loose
1%
1%
[10]
Right strut loose
37%
37%
[202]
Both struts tight
52%
52%
[283]
Total Votes: 535
mason1337
Member Since: 20 Sep 2007
Location: Matthews
Posts: 56
Bent the right mount on ours,
costed around $600 and a week for a body shop to fix it
7th Feb 2008 2:47 am
RobDot
Member Since: 01 Feb 2008
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 22
Rear Top Door Struts
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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2nd Mar 2008 3:33 pm
mal_NW
Member Since: 04 Mar 2008
Location: Garstang, Lancs
Posts: 937
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.
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25th Mar 2008 1:39 pm
SaxonSteve
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Somerset
Posts: 7
Tail Gate Strutt
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?
20th Apr 2008 1:52 pm
caverD3
Member Since: 02 Jul 2006
Location: Oberon, NSW
Posts: 6922
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.“There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
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20th Apr 2008 11:35 pm
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 15269
agree with caverD3
I wouldn't pay a penny!!
It's a known fault.
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22nd Apr 2008 4:02 pm
simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296
What caver said.
Well remembered
Dealer should have thread locked the nuts to avoid the issue if they had actually tightened them up.
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!!!
Member Since: 11 Mar 2008
Location: Swansea
Posts: 1
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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4th May 2008 1:37 pm
Martin Site Admin and Owner
Member Since: 06 Nov 2004
Location: Hook Norton
Posts: 18573
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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4th May 2008 1:42 pm
catweasel
Member Since: 05 May 2006
Location: Bundaleer
Posts: 4805
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?
4th May 2008 1:43 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73121
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.
26th May 2008 6:55 am
Sunny Leith
Member Since: 16 Jul 2008
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 2
The bolt on my tailgate arm fell into the body a couple of weeks ago. Got it repaired on my extended warranty I luckily had just taken out.
Wish I had read this thread before it happened though.
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