Member Since: 17 Mar 2007
Location: Cyprus
Posts: 238
Bye, bye tailgate brake light!!!!!
After being away for a while, got back into my Disco and set off towards home, just hit the slip road and got on the power when BANG something hit the rear window.....checked the rear view mirror and just saw the tail gate brake light fall off
I was able to stop the car and recover the tail gate brake light complete and throw it in the back.
The whole thing is now useless, phoned my dealer who said he had never heard of one just falling out, took some photo's and sent them to him, he couldn't believe it!!!!
Although the car is now 4 years old I still want LR to pay for a replacement.....what do you think guys? Has this happened to any one before?Stadt Panzer Power
There was someone on here who had theirs fall off too, a couple of years ago I think. Can't remember who though. Either way, I think you'll be lucky to get LR to pay up on a 4 year old vehicle! How long have you owned it - maybe the previous owner did a dodgy repair?Previously:
2005 D3 2.7 TDV6 S
1984 90 2.25 Petrol CSW
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3rd Aug 2011 10:11 am
Ian62
Member Since: 17 Mar 2007
Location: Cyprus
Posts: 238
I've owned the car from new, so a dodgy repair is out of the question.
These things are stuck in and I know from my dealer that if they need to be replaced they have to smash them to get them out!!
LR can not sell cars and have things falling off them....I have never heard of one falling out before from any manufacture..Stadt Panzer Power
3rd Aug 2011 10:16 am
dtest
Member Since: 02 Jan 2011
Location: Weybridge
Posts: 140
Ian62 wrote:
LR can not sell cars and have things falling off them....I have never heard of one falling out before from any manufacture..
Trim falls off all the time....even on new cars.
There are numerous reasons that anything stuck on comes unstuck and in 4 years of life I would imagine anything from jet washing to extreme temperature can cause the glue to fail??
If you can prove why the light fell out and prove it was because of poor manufacture you may have a claim but I doubt it
Good luck
3rd Aug 2011 10:22 am
zarnd
Member Since: 23 Apr 2010
Location: Kent
Posts: 794
These things happen. I very much doubt LR will entertain the idea of paying it due to the age of the vehicle, but always worth a phone call though
have to concur , snowball ... Chance in hell .land rover will 2008 ,hse, it does what it says .
5th Aug 2011 11:11 am
caverD3
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Mine fell off after it had been replaced. The plastic had not been primed prior to the adhesive being applied.“There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely gamesâ€
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5th Aug 2011 11:20 am
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They are supposed to be bonded in using the same sealant / adhesive as the front, rear and quarter glass Screens, which is why they are so hard to remove without damaging them.
The bead is usually a couple of MM thick, so normally you can use a hot wire, hot knife or cutting wire on the bead between the harder glass and Car body work to remove them without damage, but as the upper tail gate brake light is Plastic, it's nigh on impossible.
I can understand one that was refitted without the correct adhesive or proper priming or cleaning preparation as seems to be CaverD3's case, but to just have one fall out of a vehicle you have owned from new and so to your knowledge has never been replaced is absurd.
It might be possible the vehicle was delivered to the dealer with a cracked or broken Rear Tailgate light and they incorrectly replaced it before you picked up the vehicle and it has hung on for 4 years.
What is the state of the bead, has the bead itself split, leaving some on both the vehicle body work and the light or has it peeled off clean from either the light or the body?
5th Aug 2011 5:12 pm
geoff.
Member Since: 24 Jan 2010
Location: West kent
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removed mine today with only a few small cracks but still very servicable
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something hit the rear window.....checked the rear view mirror and just saw the tail gate brake light fall off 
have to concur , snowball ... Chance in hell .land rover will 
