Known Defender Warranty Issues

[moresauce]

Hi guys,

My 2003 90 TD5 is going in to have some warranty work carried out on it and what i want to know is what other warranty issues are out there. So I can get the dealer to inspect them or fix them while she is with them to maximise the benifit of my Land Rover Extended Warranty....

all suggestions welcome

[moresauce]

Should say so far on the list I have:

Rear Door Hinges

Leak in Driver Door (I know they all leak!)

[greenlandy]

Didn't the td5 get recalled on the oil leak that shorted out the computer? I'll txt my oldman and see if he knows of any more issues.

[greenlandy]

Ok first txt mentions a bolt that comes off the oil pump!! He'll be speaking to a friend of his who works in a dealership tomorrow.
HTH Matt







Must get my oldman to become a member to save asking him Td5 Q's all the time

[moresauce]

Thanks for that info the full details would be good...the more the better!

After all I pay a huge lump of £££££ to renew the warranty so want to get my money's worth

[xyyman]

Play in the steering adjusted and new gearbox fitted at 4k miles on a 2006 TD5 XS. Just discoverd the key does'nt fit the drivers door so it will be going in for that soon. Other than that so far so good.

Phil

[Arif110]

...just to elaborate on the oil pump issue.

This may well not happen for you - so don't worry as such.

But just be aware for if ever your oil light does come on. The usual is to pull over, check oil level, see that it's 'Full' - and then carry on driving >>> WRITES ENGINE OFF, PRETTY-MUCH!

The bolt for the oil pump has been known to come loose, on account of a period of manufacture when they didn't use threadlock on it. I don't know when this period was.

So - the bolt comes loose - your pump stops pumping - and the engine has no oil flowing - although the sump is still full.

So that's it - if ever your oil light comes on, as with any car - stop driving immediately - and get it taken to a garage. It's the difference between tightening that bolt - or writing off your engine!

Good luck - lovely vehicle!!

[greenlandy]

He's not got back to me yet
DAD

[greenlandy]

Other than the bolt recall there have been no serious recalls. Straight from the dealers mouth.

HTH Matt's dad

[moresauce]

Thanks for that, good to know that actually there isn't that much that goes regularly wrong with them!

Thanks for the help guys

[Arif110]

I'd been dreading the ownership experience - given all the scare-stories over the TD5.

However - when you speak to people who actually work on and know the engines - they only ever seem to speak highly of them, overall.

Teething issues during the start created much of the bad reputation.