- Chalkey
- Member Since: 23 Oct 2017
- Location: St Helens
- Posts: 216
Leaking windscreen
Hi everyone it’s been a while since I’ve posted. I have a 21 reg Discovery and the windscreen leaking, its my 2 Discovery and believe or not its the 3 time it’s happened.
My car has an extended warranty which doesn’t cover the windscreen and Land Rover aren’t interested in fixing it.
My first Discovery was a new 17 Reg which leaked after 12 months, it was repaired then just after 3 years old when the warranty ran out it started leaking again. I kept the car for 4 years then sold it, then I bought a used 21 Reg when it was about just over 30 months old.
Family and friends thought I was crazy buying an other Land Rover but then there not broken there fabulous cars. This will definitely be my last Land Rover.
Is there a group action lawsuit going on, because this issue seems to be happening a lot. If anyone is aware of a group action please let me know.
MY 21 3.0 D250 S White, 20in wheels, twin sun roof, privacy glass, heated stirring wheel, roof rails, side steps & mud flaps and dash cam front & back..
Gone 17reg 2.0 SE Silver, 21in black wheels, privacy glass, roof rails, side steps.
- Chalkey
- Member Since: 23 Oct 2017
- Location: St Helens
- Posts: 216
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Thanks for the reply and the info about the sealant, I’m still in contact with Land Rover hopefully they might reconsider and fix it. Being still quite an expensive car I think a permanent fix is needed and I would like to keep a bit longer. If it leaks a second time which it will probably do I’ll use the quick fix and get shut asap.👍
MY 21 3.0 D250 S White, 20in wheels, twin sun roof, privacy glass, heated stirring wheel, roof rails, side steps & mud flaps and dash cam front & back..
Gone 17reg 2.0 SE Silver, 21in black wheels, privacy glass, roof rails, side steps.
- DieselRanger
- Member Since: 12 Oct 2017
- Location: God's Country, Colorado
- Posts: 782
Here in the US, and particularly in the Mountain West, they drop sand in the winter for traction when it's too cold for de-icer, and after large storms when plows leave a skim of ice and packed snow on the road. There are always pencil-eraser sized chunks of gravel in there, and on dry roads at motorway speeds they're little bits of flak that get kicked up ahead of you. Windscreens are consumable items here and covered by insurance after deductible. I've had mine (2017) replaced twice for cracks that spread, plus the original windscreen replaced under warranty after leaking about 4 months in. No windscreen done by a proper professional has ever leaked for me, on any vehicle. My original warranty replacement was handled by Safelite, a company whose only job is auto glass, as have all other windscreen replacements I've had done.
The original problem with the windscreen was that there was a gap in either the sealant that holds the seal and windscreen to the vehicle creating a space for moisture to migrate between the seal and the window or vehicle, or a gap in the seal itself. In my case, there was actually a half-inch gap in the seal itself - like they cut it too short and it couldn't wrap all the way around the circumference of the windscreen. Had the gap been at the bottom it probably never would have leaked. But it was at the top of the windscreen, in the center.
Were your windscreens replaced by the same tech? Were the techs Land Rover techs? If so, this is a workmanship issue and they should make it right. If not - probably still a workmanship issue, but you're unlikely to prove it.
- Chalkey
- Member Since: 23 Oct 2017
- Location: St Helens
- Posts: 216
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Thanks for your reply stone chips and cracks can happen but poor workmanship is terrible, I’m phoning my local dealer tomorrow to find out what Land Rover have decided.
If they decline fixing it I will personally contact Land Rover, if I had the funds I would go to a solicitor having 2 Discovery’s and 3 leaks is not exceptable.
I believe in the US there’s a group action but not in the UK, I’m sure there will be one soon.
MY 21 3.0 D250 S White, 20in wheels, twin sun roof, privacy glass, heated stirring wheel, roof rails, side steps & mud flaps and dash cam front & back..
Gone 17reg 2.0 SE Silver, 21in black wheels, privacy glass, roof rails, side steps.
