I have just taken delivery of an 07 TDV8 bought from my local Land Rover Dealer. Upon looking through the service book I have noticed that there is no service history from 15k miles through to 41k. Also a service at 53k was undertake by an independant service centre. I thought that all Approved vehicles came with full dealer history. Does anyone have any information on this. Thanks

i think the 'approved' bit means that before re-sale the vehicle is checked thoroughly by the technicians..

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Last edited by stan on 21st Nov 2010 5:46pm. Edited 1 time in total

My understanding was the same as yours or the "Approved" scheme seems pointless.

Odd if it doesn't have service history.
Wouldn't have thought a main dealer would have wanted to sell it like that... prime candidate for a less reputable 4x4 garage.

If I was you I'd be livid.
LR approved stock should be the best out there unless they are selling anything now as stock is hard to come by...

Thanks for the quick replys, as you can imagine Im not pleased.

I will be contacting the garage in the morning. I think this is a good case for the their 30 day exchange scheme!

Although I love the car and its in good condition, the lack of history will make a big difference on resale later down the line. Does anyone have any idea on the value of service history?

cookman wrote:

Thanks for the quick replys, as you can imagine Im not pleased.

I will be contacting the garage in the morning. I think this is a good case for the their 30 day exchange scheme!

Although I love the car and its in good condition, the lack of history will make a big difference on resale later down the line. Does anyone have any idea on the value of service history?

Yes the difference is that with a service history you can sell it and without you cannot

Seriously in the case of your car as much as 2-3k or 5-10%.........

My buyers are always very particular about the service history and I only take stock with FSH (Main Dealer stamped for first three years).

I enquired to my dealership when i was entering into my second year of ownership of the SC and because in the first year i had only done 5000 mile they told me not to bother getting it serviced just to wait untill the third year which by then i had done 13,000 mile .

So in a nutshell my car has only had two yearly sevices in its first 3 year due to low mileage use ..... but has been serviced every year since

It could be that it was serviced and the book not stamped, if LR service they should have the work on their system

MICK wrote:

I enquired to my dealership when i was entering into my second year of ownership of the SC and because in the first year i had only done 5000 mile they told me not to bother getting it serviced just to wait untill the third year which by then i had done 13,000 mile .

So in a nutshell my car has only had two yearly sevices in its first 3 year due to low mileage use ..... but has been serviced every year since

Ive just checked the wording in the approved used brochure, it states 'Land Rover Approved Used Vehicles come with a certified service history'.

I hope your right and that its recorded on the LR computer system.

In my experience (I spent considerable time this year looking for an LR Approved Disco3) many, and indeed probably the majority of LR approved vehicles DO NOT have a full LR service history! In fact, even LR owned vehicles often have gaps in their history. The dealers generally laughed this off and told me it doesn't matter, but it certainly did to me

Ultimately I walked away from the 'protection' of the LR Approved scheme and bought a FFRR privately which had been properly looked after...

Other manufacturers used schemes are usually no different, so caveat emptor. See this for example:

Quote:

Requirements for an approved service history:

* All Lexus Centre services will be completed by a Lexus qualified technician and have all the applicable stamps and signatures.
* Services for qualifying vehicles must be within 1,000 miles either side of the scheduled service mileage limit or within 2 months either side of the specified time period.

Vehicles with an incomplete or non Lexus Centre service history can only qualify as an Approved Pre-Owned Lexus once the retailing Lexus Centre completes the most recent major service.The Centre must then update the service record book to provide to you.

Thanks for everyones help about service history. The dealer has now tracked down the garage that serviced my car and they are stamping the book. Happy ending.

I bought a FFRR recently and I had a problem getting the vehicle history from a dealer because of "privacy concerns", of the previous owner.
I called corporate LR. I gave them the vin to have me on file as the current owner: if a recall goes out....and I asked them for the history of warranty repairs done on the vehicle. They gave me everything that they paid for, for warranty repairs, including the covered servicing. 2006 RR 4.4 HSE
2008 Audi A6

Mick, mine has just covered 7700 in it's first year (it was first registered in March 2010) and the dash board indicator is telling me the car needs a service every time I start it up. It's booked into the local guys for Wednesday. 2018 Mini Countryman Cooper S E All4 PHEV in Melting Silver - it’s whisper quiet in EV and polluter modes

Agree it should have FSH, but not necessarily LR FSH. When picking mine up they said it's fine for warrenty to use independant as long as approved (don't know how to find this out). There is no impact to warranty etc of the FFRR, all to do with competition rules/laws - not allowed to dictate that you go to main LR dealer for servicing.

Think I will be using main dealer though, just makes the record a great deal more appealing in 3 years.