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Haylands Member Since: 04 Mar 2014 Location: East Yorkshire Posts: 8164 |
I'm with NMJ, IMHO cast aluminium will not crack like steel, cracks in steel tend to start one side and slowly work across as the material is malleable, aluminium is too brittle, it will fail in one go which is what looks like is happening, it appears corrosion due to dissimilar metals is building up in the joint and splitting it apart.
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6th Jun 2021 9:45pm |
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Rob99 Member Since: 03 May 2016 Location: Gatwick Posts: 1372 |
Can you post details or a link? A VIN number range would be very useful for owners to check and give them some peace of mind. 2017 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography 2012 4.4 TDV8 Westminster - Gone, but not forgotten |
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7th Jun 2021 9:33am |
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Mikey Member Since: 10 Jan 2008 Location: Dundee Posts: 1740 |
Not just JLR suffering. This was a 2013 Audi...
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11th Jun 2021 7:58pm |
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Mikey Member Since: 10 Jan 2008 Location: Dundee Posts: 1740 |
Out of interest, have any of these cars that have suffered failures, had any suspension work done recently? |
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11th Jun 2021 8:01pm |
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Kot Member Since: 10 Mar 2021 Location: broadland Posts: 1186 |
Just seen this on the RRS forum
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14th Jun 2021 5:45pm |
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AJGalaxy2012 Member Since: 11 Jun 2018 Location: Gainsborough Posts: 1464 |
Thats not looking good......... BMW i3 Electric Car
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14th Jun 2021 8:15pm |
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swissomatic Member Since: 16 Feb 2016 Location: Charleston SC Posts: 46 |
Looks like the Sport Forum picture is of another L405 not a Sport.. |
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14th Jun 2021 11:05pm |
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knwatkins Member Since: 11 Sep 2020 Location: Poole, Dorset Posts: 763 |
Another one...
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22nd Jun 2021 10:50pm |
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ur20v Member Since: 19 Feb 2019 Location: None Posts: 634 |
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23rd Jun 2021 6:22am |
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AJGalaxy2012 Member Since: 11 Jun 2018 Location: Gainsborough Posts: 1464 |
It hasn't been a 'known' issue until recently and I don't think its across all makes. It's definitely a major cause for concern and should IMHO be subject to a recall by the manufacturers of affected vehicles. BMW i3 Electric Car
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23rd Jun 2021 7:17am |
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ur20v Member Since: 19 Feb 2019 Location: None Posts: 634 |
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23rd Jun 2021 9:09am |
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Bean19844 Member Since: 25 Oct 2020 Location: Essex Posts: 929 |
Things like that happen all the time. If the mechanics do work on the car and don't torque the bolts properly then it's going to eventually give up due to wither over tightening creating a pressure point or if its not done up enough corrosion will start setting in to the area I guess |
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23rd Jun 2021 9:30am |
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154JON Member Since: 31 Mar 2019 Location: Essex Posts: 129 |
Morning everone and i feel lucky to be alive today as this same Catastrophic failure happened on the nearside of my 2015 L405 yesterday when i was manovering at low speed on a petrol garage forcout after i have just been traveling on the motoway with a trailer, i had the car recovered to my local Landrover specialist who i used for my last service and up utill then it had always be serviced at Lanrover colchester.Its got 84000 on the clock and everything is original on the suspension and its never had damage and never been offroad and ner been kerbed as the original 22 wheels are excellent.
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9th Sep 2021 10:30am |
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Fifth Horseman Member Since: 04 Jul 2016 Location: Lanarkshire Posts: 217 |
Assuming your VIN ends in something earlier than FA207673 then the correct part is LR146343 (the succession of part numbers for these vehicles is LR040119->LR078150->LR078376->LR099019->LR146343 source: JLR online EPC)
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9th Sep 2021 1:29pm |
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