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 110 Defender - is Diesel an issue or will it be ok |
Soup Dragon
 18th May 2025 7:56pm
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 20 · Views: 1292 · Subject: 110 Defender - is Diesel an issue or will it be ok |
Don’t. Do. It.
I have sold my 110 D250 this week due to DPF issues.
My car was doing a regen every 30 miles rather than every 300 miles.
Went back to dealer 3 times. No fault code so no pro ... |
| Dealer wants £200 to inspect my car still under warranty |
Soup Dragon
21st Apr 2025 10:42am
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 21 · Views: 2023 · Subject: Dealer wants £200 to inspect my car still under warranty |
Thanks for the further comments:
- “JLR Customer Relations friendly but have no power”. Agreed. It doesn’t help that you can’t speak to the same person when you call back (25 people in that ... |
| Dealer wants £200 to inspect my car still under warranty |
Soup Dragon
16th Apr 2025 7:24pm
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 21 · Views: 2023 · Subject: Dealer wants £200 to inspect my car still under warranty |
So the saga continues…
Dropped off my car with the dealer at 09.00 today. They asked me to sign the piece of paper saying I’d be responsible for £198 if the fault was down to me damaging anyth ... |
| Dealer wants £200 to inspect my car still under warranty |
Soup Dragon
16th Apr 2025 7:49am
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 21 · Views: 2023 · Subject: Dealer wants £200 to inspect my car still under warranty |
| Yes LR Assist is a good option for some fixes and they tend to be very helpful and fast responding. However they don’t have the diagnostic capability that’s available back at the dealer. In my cas ... |
| Dealer wants £200 to inspect my car still under warranty |
Soup Dragon
15th Apr 2025 10:45am
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 21 · Views: 2023 · Subject: Dealer wants £200 to inspect my car still under warranty |
Thanks for all your replies.
Spoke to the JLR Client Relationship team today, very helpful. They also spoke to the dealer and I had a call back from them.
- the £200 charge (equivalent to 1 hou ... |
| Dealer wants £200 to inspect my car still under warranty |
Soup Dragon
14th Apr 2025 9:09pm
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 21 · Views: 2023 · Subject: Dealer wants £200 to inspect my car still under warranty |
Hi all,
Long story short - my 15 month old MY24 Defender is going into the same dealer on Wednesday for the third time trying to investigate a DPF issue I’ve had from day 1. The engine does a cyc ... |
| Dealer Discounts |
Soup Dragon
9th Mar 2025 1:44pm
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 56 · Views: 4069 · Subject: Dealer Discounts |
| When I ordered my car in Sept 23 (delivered Jan 24), all the discounts were coming in between 3-4%. Then I had a call from a dealer to say that they’d been having a chat to the regional sales direct ... |
| DPF cycles - what is normal?? Advice needed! |
Soup Dragon
6th Mar 2025 10:36pm
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 12 · Views: 1844 · Subject: DPF cycles - what is normal?? Advice needed! |
Well I think I’ve cracked it!
Went back to my dealer today for the second time to see if they could fix the DPF issue. A quick recap:
- They couldn’t find anything on the first visit due to ... |
| DPF cycles - what is normal?? Advice needed! |
Soup Dragon
31st Dec 2024 2:11pm
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 12 · Views: 1844 · Subject: DPF cycles - what is normal?? Advice needed! |
| Hi Lightning, yes that’s the message I have too - clean and efficient. Which clearly is not the case. If the sensors are not picking up a problem, then as far as the car / App is concerned (and ther ... |
| DPF cycles - what is normal?? Advice needed! |
Soup Dragon
31st Dec 2024 12:28pm
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 12 · Views: 1844 · Subject: DPF cycles - what is normal?? Advice needed! |
So had the LR Assist person visit this morning:
- he can find no recorded fault when plugging in his laptop. Without this, he’s not able to take any further action
- he did perform an engine res ... |
| DPF cycles - what is normal?? Advice needed! |
Soup Dragon
30th Dec 2024 8:40pm
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 12 · Views: 1844 · Subject: DPF cycles - what is normal?? Advice needed! |
Thanks Lightning, useful to know and I appreciate sharing your own experience.
I called Land Rover Assist and one of their senior technicians will call round tomorrow morning. Let’s see what they ... |
| DPF cycles - what is normal?? Advice needed! |
Soup Dragon
30th Dec 2024 12:23pm
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 12 · Views: 1844 · Subject: DPF cycles - what is normal?? Advice needed! |
Hi all,
I have A MY2024 D250HSE and have had DPF issues from day 1 of ownership (11 months).
Experience:
- typically DPF cycle kicks in every 20 minutes for around 6-7 minutes
- doesn’t matt ... |
| Service conundrum - why is oil change due now??? |
Soup Dragon
1st Nov 2024 5:13pm
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 17 · Views: 2745 · Subject: Service conundrum - why is oil change due now??? |
Thanks Lightning, that’s useful info and also my experience.
My experience on how you know regen is happening:
- instant mpg halves. So on a flat road on a light throttle where it would normally ... |
| Service conundrum - why is oil change due now??? |
Soup Dragon
1st Nov 2024 2:33pm
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 17 · Views: 2745 · Subject: Service conundrum - why is oil change due now??? |
Thanks for all the replies to date.
I have booked the car in for an oil change, not worth ignoring as others say. Speaking to the call centre booking person, an intermediate oil service message is ... |
| Service conundrum - why is oil change due now??? |
Soup Dragon
1st Nov 2024 1:42pm
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Forum: General & Technical (L663) · Replies: 17 · Views: 2745 · Subject: Service conundrum - why is oil change due now??? |
An oil change light has appeared on my dash, despite
- car purchased from new in Jan 24
- done 12500 miles
- my understanding was JLR states oil change is done with the car’s first service at ... |
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