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  • Hauser
    Member Since: 31 Jul 2018
    Location: Flintbek
    Posts: 153
    Germany 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Fuji White

    D5 - On fire - Really...

    Hi,

    I just read in a German LR forum, that a D5 with the 2.0 L engine caught fire and burned until it was extinguished by firemen.
    The guy who posted it said it was a courtesy vehicle and his dealer told him, that this was the 4th or 5th D5 with the 2.0L engine, that the dealer knows of, to catch fire.
    Supposedly it's the Mitsubishi turbocharger that causes this.

    Pics and videos can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/g5qo7ag9y0t8gr9...bB9-a?dl=0

    Greets,
    Hauser


    Last edited by Hauser on 21st Oct 2018 5:26 pm. Edited 1 time in total
    Discovery 5 (MY 2021): HSE, D300, Fuji White
    Discovery Sport (MY 2016): HSE, TD4, Firenze Red w. black roof
    21st Oct 2018 3:56 pm
  • Labbix
    Member Since: 05 Mar 2018
    Location: Tanzania
    Posts: 955
     

    Not only D5’s:
    http://netmedia.co.uk/wordpress/?page_id=6

    Have seen a brand new F-type going into flames myself a few years ago.
    21st Oct 2018 4:42 pm
  • DG
    Member Since: 27 Apr 2016
    Location: Surrey
    Posts: 434
    United Kingdom 
    2018 Discovery Sd4 (240) HSE Fuji White

    Re: D5 - On fire - Really...

    Hauser wrote:

    Supposedly it's the Mitsubishi turbocharger that causes this.


    Car catches fire shock Shocked Wink

    It's a BorgWarner twin turbo not Mitsubishi Whistle
    21st Oct 2018 7:06 pm
  • Hauser
    Member Since: 31 Jul 2018
    Location: Flintbek
    Posts: 153
    Germany 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Fuji White

    I don't know whether it's Mitsubishi or BorgWarner.
    The driver of that unfortunate D5 wrote that his dealer said "the Mitsubishi turbos seem to be the issue here...". So no idea if that's true or not. Smile

    Greets,
    Hauser
    Discovery 5 (MY 2021): HSE, D300, Fuji White
    Discovery Sport (MY 2016): HSE, TD4, Firenze Red w. black roof
    21st Oct 2018 7:12 pm
  • DG
    Member Since: 27 Apr 2016
    Location: Surrey
    Posts: 434
    United Kingdom 
    2018 Discovery Sd4 (240) HSE Fuji White

    Mitsubishi provide the single turbo on lower output Ingeniums

    Not heard of any fires in the UK ...maybe it's a German thing Laughing
    21st Oct 2018 7:34 pm
  • Supercal
    Member Since: 27 Nov 2018
    Location: Dumfries and Galloway
    Posts: 1
    United Kingdom 

    Unfortunately my D5 went on fire back in August. It was an interior fire though. The fire brigade said they have seen faulty heated seats causing what happened. The actual cause has still not been confirmed though. 3 months in and still no resolution in sight.
    27th Nov 2018 9:45 pm
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