Duncster
Member Since: 25 Nov 2006
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My car was in today needing some Waranty work doing asked them to look at parking brake.
They have advised me it needs new rear discs new pads and new park brake pads. Including fitting been quoted £531 inc Vat.
Sounds steep to me any thoughts? the car has only done 32k miles and I was told it was probably due to being used off road. I only used it off road once yesterday before going to the stealers.
The guy before me assured it was never used off road. I would have thought that rear discs and pads and park brake should last longer than this. They said the park brake was down to the metal. Could it have been adjusted wrong from day one is there any known problems. I did not have much choice as they said they had started on this.
Your feedback would be most welcome.
PS they said they wanted £100 to clean the brakes because they were dirty!!! with mud from my off road day yesterday.
Also it was serviced less than 800 miles ago at a different dealership, not even a mention they also did not do a load of waranrty work that was required.
Pick the car up tomorow evening - I wonder what the bill will have gone up to by then 15 3.0 RRS HSE - Silver
05 2.7TDV6 S AUTO Silver - Retro-fitted Leather.
Last edited by Duncster on 18th Dec 2006 11:22 pm. Edited 2 times in total
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 18th Dec 2006 9:58 pm |
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ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
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sounds to me like you need to get another LR dealer - I would try Ripon Landrover - but unfortunately it'll be too far from you.
[I did though have the problem of rear discs wearing out before the front...but that was at 60k service] I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
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| 18th Dec 2006 10:18 pm |
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Gareth
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Mine has done 63000, lots off road, just had the third set of rear pads and my disks are fine.
I can't see how park brake shoes can wear out at such low mileage, as even when you pull the lever at speed the car uses the normal brakes and abs until it stops.
This TSB refers to a broken clip which your car may have had in the past, and not had all bits replaced?
It may not be the answer, but your car has not done many miles has it.
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| 18th Dec 2006 10:40 pm |
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Duncster
Member Since: 25 Nov 2006
Location: Midlands
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I will bring it too there atention, I am not sure about the competency of the dealer as I had to print off the TSB for the steering knock noise as they said they hadnt herd of anything and this was part of the charecter of the car, they even thanked me for finding the information!!!!!!  I wouldnt mind but they are the experts  they should perhaps log onto this site
Any other help would be appreciated. 15 3.0 RRS HSE - Silver
05 2.7TDV6 S AUTO Silver - Retro-fitted Leather.
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| 18th Dec 2006 11:08 pm |
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Gareth
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Quote:this was normal and part of the charecter of the car
Email that quote to Mike Mullholland - Head of customer relations. (his email is in another thread somewhere), I am sure his blood will boil at that one. The old excuse of "Its a Land Rover what do you expect" does not apply on 30 - 40 k cars.
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| 18th Dec 2006 11:12 pm |
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ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
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As I said, I'd find a new, more competent, LR dealer [irrelevant of the distance - within reason].
these guys would scare me leaving my Disco3 with them!! I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
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| 18th Dec 2006 11:14 pm |
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ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
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As Gareth mentioned:-
http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/post109204.html#109204 I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
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| 18th Dec 2006 11:19 pm |
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Duncster
Member Since: 25 Nov 2006
Location: Midlands
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He will get an email in the morning this will give anybody else a chance to make comment.
Is £531 resonable anyway?
The dealer started off with, Have you used the car off road?. This drives me really mad I would use stronger language but Martin would delete the post. If I bought a MUG and they said you havn't used this to drink out of have you.
It makes me soooooooooooo mad.
I was thinking of putting the tely on tonight thought. I would give it a miss because you should only look at it, not actualy turn it on. Its a flat screen looks nice don't watch it though!!!! it may break if it is used for normal purposes. 15 3.0 RRS HSE - Silver
05 2.7TDV6 S AUTO Silver - Retro-fitted Leather.
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| 18th Dec 2006 11:40 pm |
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Dave
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Gareth
How do you get a picture of your screen on to a post?
If it is a black art, forget I asked. Captain Nick Medhurst would ask:
"What is the first rule when overlanding?"
I would Reply:
"Duratrac"
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| 18th Dec 2006 11:48 pm |
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Gareth
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Someone will tell me an easier way but...........
1. I view what i want to post
2. I press fn + Prt Scrn (laptop keyboard, may be different on full keyboard) to copy the current window to clipboard
3. I load up Paint
4. Edit and Paste image
5. Save as JPEG
6 Go to Gallery, upload picture, upload the saved jpeg.
7. View the displayed gallery image of the jpeg
8. Display the properties window,
9. Copy the file location from the properties window to the clipboard
10. Paste the url of the gallery image between the [IMG] url here[/IMG] tags.
It takes seconds - honest!!
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| 18th Dec 2006 11:54 pm |
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Bodsy
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Who did you take it to? Remind me to steer clear!
good luck with the TSB, you may want to get them the URL for the LR technical site....?  Bodsys Brake Bible
D4/D3 Remote FBH heat kits
BAS Remaps/ EGR Blank
Transmission Flush
Software updates/enabling
Clock/ SNOTM /3Flash / 4x4Info /BT Update /Service Reset/Error Codes / Gearbox Reset
See It Here
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| 19th Dec 2006 12:11 am |
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Dave
Member Since: 08 Mar 2006
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Cheers Gareth
Bloody hell that is really simple........not!!!
I will print your post and have a bash.
On Topic
dyparkes
Had my warranty stuff sorted a few months ago, TH White Swindon were great, but if it were my last dealer whom I shall not name, I would have had to mention my knowledge of TSBs and upgrades in order to get stuff done. Just shows how quality of service can vary
Choose another dealer or go in quoting stuff you seen on this forum is what I would do before paying for that work. It may need doing but a second opinion would reassure you. PS. I will clean your whole car for £100 not just the brakes Captain Nick Medhurst would ask:
"What is the first rule when overlanding?"
I would Reply:
"Duratrac"
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| 19th Dec 2006 12:13 am |
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stapldm
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Gareth wrote:Someone will tell me an easier way but...........
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2. I press fn + Prt Scrn (laptop keyboard, may be different on full keyboard) to copy the current window to clipboard
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Gareth, not faster, but an additional top-tip to share with all.
In Windows, the PrintScrn button captures the whole display image to the clipboard. If you hold down the Alt key then press PrintScrn, only the active window is copied - this means you don't get any 'spare' desktop showing around the window you wish to copy. This works for almost all applications. Dr. Ian Malcolm:
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
Transgenic tomato anyone?
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| 19th Dec 2006 11:16 am |
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Gareth
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On my laptop KB the prt scrn is a blue function on the insert key.
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| 19th Dec 2006 12:56 pm |
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Duncster
Member Since: 25 Nov 2006
Location: Midlands
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Ive got it back new rear brakes - all the enhancements done, I had to pay the full amount £LOTS.
They didnt fix the steering knock because they said it needs a 4 wheel alignment HOW MUCH £480+ VAT F Hell. 6 Hours labour.
I once swapped a body shell on a Ford Fiesta in a weekend with my Dad.
The Service Manager said they have changed how they do it apparantly LR have changed the way they do it from 2 hours to 6. This may save me a few thousand miles on tyres
The car is great apart from that - I don't think I will bother Tyres only cost £500 for a full set.
Any Thoughts 15 3.0 RRS HSE - Silver
05 2.7TDV6 S AUTO Silver - Retro-fitted Leather.
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