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| Likeomg Member Since: 29 Jun 2012 Location: Lake District / Newcastle Posts: 2626  
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hi guys, cars going in yet again to LR on friday, in about the last 15 months its had 4 drivers side front swivel housings replaced and this (4th) has gone and theres grease all over... other is fine, is there a deeper issue on going here or have i been severely unlucky?
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8th Oct 2013 10:30pm |
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| LR90XS2011 Member Since: 05 Apr 2011 Location: bickenhill Posts: 3615  
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Either the mechanics are incompetent or there is something more amiss, I would ask for a new front axle to garantee ruling out future problems, especially as your warranty must be up about now. DEFENDER 90 TDCI XS,
I hope everyone is well and your land rovers make you happy |
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9th Oct 2013 5:25am |
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| Likeomg Member Since: 29 Jun 2012 Location: Lake District / Newcastle Posts: 2626
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I'm on extended warranty now so will have to do my best with them... And upon looking through the cars earlier records the drivers side front axel has been plagued with problems
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9th Oct 2013 8:10am |
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| farmer giles Member Since: 09 Feb 2011 Location: worcestershire Posts: 1299 
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i, too have had 3 or 4 swivel seal replacements under warranty. the last time they did the swivel seal they also did a hub seal replacement and that has cleared the problem so far.
(when you see a £420 bill going to land rover for the repair i wouldn't want to face that bill repeatedly  )
mine have all been nearside leaks, but they did no the drivers side once at the same time, even though i never saw an issue with it |
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9th Oct 2013 10:42am |
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| Likeomg Member Since: 29 Jun 2012 Location: Lake District / Newcastle Posts: 2626
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a follow up to this, about a month ago the car went in for warranty work, apparently it had the full unit replaced - a warranty engineer was sent out to approve it,
but after having a look under the car today, its leaking out grease yet again.... i did request the paperwork for what had been done but they told me it would take a week or 2 as the paint shop paperwork would take some time, never got it... car's going in for a 48k service on the 13th, wondering what my options are regarding this? been trying to call them for a hour now today... |
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3rd Dec 2013 2:19pm |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 
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Was it just the seal they replaced?
I would have thought they would have replaced the scraper along with the ball. I had a similar problem with a new Disco, 3 seals replaced until I suggested that they take a good look at the scraper and ball, It turned out that the scraper had a crease in the outer edge and the ball had a matching mark on the Teflon coating. Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to  us off.
Richard |
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3rd Dec 2013 8:20pm |
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| Likeomg Member Since: 29 Jun 2012 Location: Lake District / Newcastle Posts: 2626
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i was under the understanding it was the whole ball joint linkage, but after a hour of calling and then being told i will get called back later today (which i never did) i still don't know if they actually did.
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3rd Dec 2013 8:53pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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Any update?
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11th Dec 2013 6:28pm |
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| Likeomg Member Since: 29 Jun 2012 Location: Lake District / Newcastle Posts: 2626
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its booked in for its 48k service on saturday, they are gonna take a look then... its also developed another fault which is a high pitched intermittent noise coming from the back left...
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11th Dec 2013 7:28pm |
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