Shaun the Sheep wrote:

I got into mind and turned the ignition on and the wheel nearly chopped my legs off, was fine as soon as I turned ignition off, but as soon as I turned if off, down it went again and again

Just had mine done under warrant, and apparently whilst they do it, they are under instructions from Land Rover to replace the seat module at the same time, please don't ask me why, it's just what I was told

Warranty company just informed me that I'm all covered

Dont get it back untill next week tho

Great news on the warranty paying out  FFRR TD6 HSE
Adriatic Blue with Parchment leather.

I actually have to pay £90. Company won't cover some labour charge??? Something has to be removed to fit new column but that ain't covered.

Still £90 is better than £950!!!!

hi there, what warranty do you have as a matter of interest?

It is a VGS 12 month extended warranty (plan 4). It only has a £1000 max payout in any one claim. But as the last few days prove it does the job. Got it as part of my SC purchase from a Indy dealer.

Cheers

So got the sc back today. Cost me £85 in total as the warranty covered the rest, about £900 I think. Wasn't the plastic bracket but a tiny peice of metal about half an inch long that had snap off of the column. Must have been my lucky day as me and the garage were surprised that the warranty paid out. Anyway it saved me acre quid so I ain't complaining.

Washed the car when I got back and noticed rust bubbles showing on the black trim around the Windows. Can these trim be replaced as this is the only cosmetic fault on the car.

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These peices just lift off, start at one end and keep going.

They are about £40 each. 

yep, thats an easy one... V8 facelift Range Rover Autobiography 22" wheels.
1976 Harley Davidson Iron Head Sportster

dan_uk_1984 wrote:

These peices just lift off, start at one end and keep going.

They are about £40 each.

This is exactly what happened to my steering column - see link below - great design...

http://www.rangerovers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=34883 L322 2002 4.4 V8 LPG

Mine was £900 with the old column in exchange. Was told a complete new unit would have been the wrong side of £1600!!!!

Thank god the warranty paid out. Not the kind of bill you need after owning the car just over 3 months. The dealer i bought it from was lucky aswell as if this had happened 2 days before there would have had to fix it as it was still in there 3 months cover.

Think everybodys happy all round

Were there any symptoms prior to these failures?

Mine seems to have a mind of it own it sometimes just motors down to it lowest tilt when I start the car, sometimes when I park up the motor runs to move tilt the wheel up but sometimes when its already at the top the motor stays running. The switch still works fine and so if it happens it can be adjusted manually and if the motor is running and nothing moving a flick of the control stick in any direction stops it.

Should I be getting ready for a big bill or quickly getting some third party warranty  Geoff

supershuttle wrote:

Were there any symptoms prior to these failures?

Mine seems to have a mind of it own it sometimes just motors down to it lowest tilt when I start the car, sometimes when I park up the motor runs to move tilt the wheel up but sometimes when its already at the top the motor stays running. The switch still works fine and so if it happens it can be adjusted manually and if the motor is running and nothing moving a flick of the control stick in any direction stops it.

Should I be getting ready for a big bill or quickly getting some third party warranty

supershuttle wrote:

Were there any symptoms prior to these failures?

Mine seems to have a mind of it own it sometimes just motors down to it lowest tilt when I start the car, sometimes when I park up the motor runs to move tilt the wheel up but sometimes when its already at the top the motor stays running. The switch still works fine and so if it happens it can be adjusted manually and if the motor is running and nothing moving a flick of the control stick in any direction stops it.

Should I be getting ready for a big bill or quickly getting some third party warranty

Mine did exactly the same I played about with the memory seat buttons changed the default to memory 2 and this seemed to cure it [touch wood]