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- nigels888
- Member Since: 19 Aug 2020
- Location: stokton on tees
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Air con
so the background is that I bought the car with 5500 miles on it last august on an 18 plate. a week after getting it it had a new AC condenser fitted. 2 weeks ago the aircon failed again basically warm ish air out of right hand vent and slightly cooler out of left hand vent so booked it back in to landrover.
they have just stated that all it needed was a regas nothing wrong with it and charged me £259 for the pleasure.
question is how can it loose all its gas since august I never turn it off so always functioning and why so much when a good indi could do that for £120
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- harrythespider
- Member Since: 19 Jul 2018
- Location: cumbria
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Do you have a warranty. what guarantee did the repair have, was it regassed correctly when condenser changed, who did the work, Gas doesn't disappear without a leak at the rate you suggest, conswquently if you are told it only needed regassing and there is no leak, then the system must have been under gassed.
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- nigels888
- Member Since: 19 Aug 2020
- Location: stokton on tees
- Posts: 34
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harrythespider
same garage that replaced the condenser under warranty last august. it all worked then when I got it back.
it goes in for mot with my decent indi in 2 weeks so they said they would check. it over.
I did ask the dealer how it could loose its gas in 7 months and they tried making all sorts of excuses including saying the seals will have gone dry because I hadnt used it. put him straight on that
he even tried to tell me that a small bottle of gas cost them £1300 I know it costs £295
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- FenAir
- Member Since: 03 Nov 2021
- Location: Norfolk
- Posts: 14
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Re: Air con
nigels888 wrote:
so the background is that I bought the car with 5500 miles on it last august on an 18 plate. a week after getting it it had a new AC condenser fitted. 2 weeks ago the aircon failed again basically warm ish air out of right hand vent and slightly cooler out of left hand vent so booked it back in to landrover.
they have just stated that all it needed was a regas nothing wrong with it and charged me £259 for the pleasure.
question is how can it loose all its gas since august I never turn it off so always functioning and why so much when a good indi could do that for £120
As an independant a/c engineer , i can tell you all they done was regas it, not change the condenser, No system that is tight and with only 5500 miles on the compresor will not loose gas in under 3-5 years, what happens is that in assembly the gas ( R1234YF) is charged into ther car, however , this gas is very expensive compared to R134a ( 5 x ) so , LR put a half charge in it at best, send it out and bye bye, dealer problem, dealers then either degass and regas to correct level at PDi but carry the cost, of they wave you bye bye, if and when you come back they then say well the seals have dried out because you have it switched off and should keep it running and so its lost its gas and its down to you how you use the car, not JLR, price £259, but they will have only shot 150g in to make it blow cold again, still not fixing the intial issue of not enough in the system, so around you go again..
But all manufactures are up to it, if the charge weight is 600g and you put 300g in it will work but not well , they know you dont know what well is, so if its cool air you think its ok, when actually on Lo with the fan speed on 2-3 and center vent air flow with 1000RPM engine speed you should see 2-3 C at the vent on a 20C day....
Sadly we are all getting took for a ride not just by the main agent... its all about who pays and who profits, not about good service and repeat business.
Pat
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- nigels888
- Member Since: 19 Aug 2020
- Location: stokton on tees
- Posts: 34
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now that makes a lot of sense thankyou
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