Had a 16MY L405 in to paint the bumpers this week. The owner last minute asked us to MOT the car… To my shock! This is what we found!!!

I guess he's not a forum member then?

Mike

thats scary not being aware of that.

good find craig  ... - .- -.




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mpirie wrote:

I guess he's not a forum member then?

Mike

No, but he is a member over on the Disco forum as that was his last car… And no, until today he had no idea this issue ever existed!

I asked the MOT tester if the uprights were part of their MOT check and he confirmed, it was my telling him about the issue that makes him now check every RR they have in!

Some good is coming from education then…

He's a lucky guy you found that, just waiting for him to bump up a kerb on lock and bye bye upright and strut....  Pete
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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

Nor the bit that tells the MOT tester to clean off the build up of crud around that area and fully inspect for cracks! Oh wait! No it doesn’t… Honestly, what’s the point? Seriously

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Haylands wrote:

He's a lucky guy you found that, just waiting for him to bump up a kerb on lock and bye bye upright and strut....

So that has both sides cracked at the same time then Craig? My god that is scary. I had one go on mine, noticed it while servicing and of course helped by the info on this website. I check them at least weekly now and also all the ones I come across at work which is a lot as we deal in L/R products, but so far only mine has reared its head. Done back in January and been ok so far fingers crossed.

It's taken a while but JLR have finally accepted liability and repaired my customers car. Paid his AA recovery bill (non MOT'd car as failed on the uprights) and his hire car charges...

Oh and He tried LR Cheltenham and they flat refused to help in any way! LR Bristol took the car for inspection and could have been more helpful given the circumstances...

It's taken 4 long weeks of bickering with JLR customer services! Keep fighting them folks! Perseverance...

Why the controversy, was it out of the VIN range...?? Pete
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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

Yes Peter, he spoke with Cheltenham and hit a brick wall! NO YOUR VIN IS NOT INCLUDED!!!

We then unleashed our tame Rottie (Lorna) onto LR Bristol and she got them to agree to do the initial inspection and it then gained traction from there! ie, LR Bristol helped every step of the way and between Lorna our customer & LR Bristol all chipping away at customer services! They finally agreed to pay for it.

For clarity this car is a high milage 170k, not 100% JLR service historied (some independent garages) So well worth the fight with JLR Customer Support guys… 👍

Lorna strikes again, I send Deb in when the going gets tough.... they are an asset....!!!

I keep a keen eye on mine and wonder if they may snap, I'm under the vin range but not by much... At least they are easy to check.....  Pete
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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

Sorry guys, can someone tell me the VIN range? So I can check mine, Thanks

VIN range & other details - here

There's also a few threads that are stickies at the top of the Technical (L405) section