Thieving scum

[schmalex]

The drivers side catalytic converter on my 4yr old, fully warrantied, L322 has suffered a cracked seam on the top of the unit due to the welding. The LR dealer wants £805 to supply & fit a new one. Neither Land Rover approved used warranty, Land Rover or the dealer are interested in stepping up to the plate to assist me.

What's the point in buying a car through the network if the warranty won't cover a manufacturing failure

[Psimpson7]

You an probably get it removed and welded up fairly cheaply.

good luck!

[g@ry]

hi mate,there is a "universal"cat that you can buy around £70-80 that you can get a friend to replace it via weld,i did it on my wifes touring e46,better than bmw genuine,i also did the same on our old c220

[BLUETHUNDER]

schmalex said:

The drivers side catalytic converter on my 4yr old, fully warrantied, L322 has suffered a cracked seam on the top of the unit due to the welding. The LR dealer wants £805 to supply & fit a new one. Neither Land Rover approved used warranty, Land Rover or the dealer are interested in stepping up to the plate to assist me.

What's the point in buying a car through the network if the warranty won't cover a manufacturing failure

Try cats direct.I bought one from them last year for the 50th, at a fraction of the price of what LR want to charge.Well made too.

[schmalex]

Thanks for the advice folks. It is going into one of the local garages to get the seam that split re-welded on Wednesday, so fingers crossed. If not, I'll definitely try one of the other suggestions.

[Simond001]

BLUETHUNDER said:

schmalex said:

The drivers side catalytic converter on my 4yr old, fully warrantied, L322 has suffered a cracked seam on the top of the unit due to the welding. The LR dealer wants £805 to supply & fit a new one. Neither Land Rover approved used warranty, Land Rover or the dealer are interested in stepping up to the plate to assist me.

What's the point in buying a car through the network if the warranty won't cover a manufacturing failure

Try cats direct.I bought one from them last year for the 50th, at a fraction of the price of what LR want to charge.Well made too.

the online search doesnt show any CATS for LR vehicles. Have emailed as I need one for the Freelander.

Hopefully they can assist, as otherwise I am looking at £300 just for the part.

[schmalex]

Well, I took mine to a local independent garage, who took the whole exhaust off, cleaned up the original weld which had split & re-welded it. As good as new for the princely sum of £105. I am a little chuffed to say the least.

The crazy thing is, I am about to chop either the Rangy or my wife's S4 in for a new car & we were strongly considering a RR Supercharged, but after being completely blanked by Land Rover on both the warranty & any good will to help with the cost of the replacement (at the end of the day, it was a welded seam on the top of the Cat which had split, so no way I could have caused it), they have lost a pretty guaranteed sale.