Warped Discs on new Range Rover Sport SDV8 Sport

Warped Discs on new Range Rover Sport SDV8 Sport

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trevleg

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16 posts

160 months

Tuesday 19th May 2015
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I wondering if anyone out there has had any issues with the brakes on their SDV8 Range Rover Sport MY14 Autobiography Dynamic my car is fully loaded i waited like many others 7 months for delivery i now have 20000 mls on the clock.

i am on my 5th set of discs its spent 4 weeks in the workshop in all. the discs all warp after about 3000miles on the motorway. LR have changed the bearings and hubs aswell as the discs twice saying the wheels must have been overtightened, rubbish i have never touched them, still on original tyres they last incredibly well in fact.
The discs were changed first time then rectified on the car second time, they ran out again so were changed again, with hubs and bearings on the 3rd attempt.

Then came the news from LR early discs on SDV8 were poor quality so they admitted a problem the hubs were not strong enough apparently prone to over tightening wheels !!!! they fitted all new discs pads hubs bearings tightened correctly again at15000mls

So after 5th intervention all good then after 3000mls at 18000mls again they warp LR say its not them they have no idea no solution must be my driving i have somevery fast other cars RS6 C7 SL6.3 this car is not driven fast its only used on long runs. its under warranty and i am stuck with a car that vibrates like mad under braking that cost nearly £100K including £15 options. The sound system is good when the cars parked it looks cool music sounds nice !!. its not my first Range rover its Number 8 and the worst one yet its a P38 4.6 HSE my 3 previous L322's were much better just blowing the odd turbo. Ford would have fixed it. This is very annoying its not a bad car but i cant see myself buying RR no9 i cannot believe LR attitude and also that i am the only person with warped Brake discs on this car. Has anyone else had issues

CornishRob

256 posts

133 months

Wednesday 20th May 2015
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Surely if it was your fault, you would have to be overheating them to warp them, which would mean very heavy stopping. Why don't you get them to measure the thinkness of the warped discs against new ones. Surely it will show they are not really worn at all due to your motorway driving and it cant be your fault.

I would kick up merry hell to be honest. Its clearly not right! Are they floating discs or fixed?

BlackGT3

1,445 posts

209 months

Wednesday 20th May 2015
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Check our the WWW.rrsport.co.uk forum. An owner on there has had a similar issue and all was replaced under warranty.

trevleg

Original Poster:

16 posts

160 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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the discs are simply not upto the job and poorly cooled , no they are not floating as they should be LR doing it on the cheap shoddy build last one for me 25K less will buy me a Landdcruiser V8 diesel fully loaded stronger residuals and brakes that work my not look as cool but who cares it will work

BlackGT3

1,445 posts

209 months

Friday 22nd May 2015
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Owned a New Shape RRS since Oct 13 and it's only visited the dealer once, for a standard service. The residuals on most of the LR products are strong and they are selling everything they can build. The wait lists are testament to that.

trevleg

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16 posts

160 months

Tuesday 26th May 2015
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the discs are simply not upto the job and poorly cooled , no they are not floating as they should be LR doing it on the cheap shoddy build last one for me 25K less will buy me a Landdcruiser V8 diesel fully loaded stronger residuals and brakes that work my not look as cool but who cares it will work

BlackGT3

1,445 posts

209 months

Wednesday 27th May 2015
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Brakes on my car are absolutely fine and a spirited drive doesn't present any issues with effectiveness or cooling.

One or two cases of brake judder reported by TDV8 owners which would point to a change in Brake supplier/material or faulty batch.