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  • Da505
    Member Since: 23 Jul 2024
    Location: Dudley
    Posts: 3
    England 

    Advice

    Hi all
    Looking for advice have discovery 5 2018 3.0l and engine as just failed 118k full Landrover history till 2022 the 2023 service was done by specialist plus had the cam belt etc done at same time owned since brand new present to myself been great car till now
    What would chances be Landrover giving a contribution towards repair or would I be wasting my time with this
    Just wanting advice as probably others had similar issue
    Thanks
  • JonM
    Member Since: 30 Jun 2016
    Location: North Yorkshire
    Posts: 598
    United Kingdom 
    2022 Discovery SDV6 HSE Carpathian Grey

    It won't hurt to ask, you'd have a better chance of a "goodwill" payment if all the services had been done by a main dealer but some people seem to get some sort of percentage offer.

    The worst they can do is say no, so ask nicely and see what happens.

    Was it the crank or something else?

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  • Da505
    Member Since: 23 Jul 2024
    Location: Dudley
    Posts: 3
    England 

    To be honest just want to get it fixed sitting there arguing with Jlr for them to offer goodwill of 50% especially with Landrover costs waste of time as there not going to cover full cost no chance
  • Da505
    Member Since: 23 Jul 2024
    Location: Dudley
    Posts: 3
    England 

    Any engines out there low miles preferably before start looking at rebuilding
  • JonM
    Member Since: 30 Jun 2016
    Location: North Yorkshire
    Posts: 598
    United Kingdom 
    2022 Discovery SDV6 HSE Carpathian Grey

    You're probably right that they won't cover anywhere near the full cost for an out of warranty vehicle but for the amount of money involved, even a 20% contribution is worth having if you can get it.

    Given that it costs you nothing to ask except your time, I'd certainly at least see what their first response is.

    MY2022 D5 HSE D300 - with extra nice bits added
    MY2019 D5 HSE 3.0 SDV6 - sold to a dealer for a crazy price!
  • Wolfpack
    Member Since: 25 May 2019
    Location: Norfolk, UK
    Posts: 360
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Si6 HSE Corris Grey

    “Done by a specialist” suggests your later servicing wasn’t main dealer. If that’s correct, then I doubt JLR will contribute anything,

    Even with discounted JLR prices you may be better off getting your specialist to do the work. My local independent LandRover specialist has labour rates 35% of what main dealer charges.
  • harrythespider
    Member Since: 19 Jul 2018
    Location: cumbria
    Posts: 416
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery TDV6 HSE Aintree Green

    As previously mentioned by others, you're umlikely to get any joy from JLR and if you were lucky and did, then any perceived discount given would still mean a cost consideranbly more than an indy. I would suggest trawling quality breakers for a low mileage engine, there's probably plenty around and have your 'speciallist' install it.

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  • Darras
    Member Since: 16 May 2020
    Location: Newcastle
    Posts: 764
    United Kingdom 

    There’s a LR Facebook group. It just doesn’t concentrate on the 2lt D5, but on other variants as there seems to be an increasing number of 3lt having engine problem as time wears.

    They have a huge membership - 7,500 and a lot of hard luck stories combined with a change of attitude by LR, I’d say given the age, mileage etc. it’s very unlikely LR will make any contribution.

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/2089964327822434/
  • zig
    Member Since: 29 Sep 2016
    Location: Edinburgh
    Posts: 15
    United Kingdom 

    Have you approached the Land Rover specialist you used for the service in 2023 (when in 2023 was that) to see if they are prepared to look at it and potentially do the work?

    I would suspect that not every Land Rover specialist will be willing to take on the work because of the amount of effort required and the tying up of facilities. However, there will be other Land Rover specialists who will be specialists in reparing engines/fitting replacement engines, it is a matter of finding out who they are.

    The big question is how serious is the engine failure, can the engine be rebuilt or is the only economic approach to replace the engine with a new engine or second hand engine.
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