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jmarcha

Member Since: 19 Jul 2014
Location: Northamptonshire
Posts: 3

2014 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Santorini Black

Engine Malfunction Amber on new 90 with 500 miles in clock

I took delivery of a brand new Defender 90 on Monday 14th July and have now done 500 miles in the car including a return trip to Manchester (from Northants) which all went OK. However out in it this afternoon and two miles from home whilst accelerating up through the gears it felt like I hit a rev limiter and the car slowed dramatically. The accelerator then would not work more than a fraction and the car will not go above about 25mph. A warning light has come on which is Engine Malfunction (Amber) according to the manual - “Illuminates to indicate an engine fault. Avoid high speeds and seek qualified assistance urgently”. I have phoned Landrover Assistance and they are sending a man at 9:00am in the morning. In the meantime any feedback from you guys would be most welcome.

19th Jul 2014 4:56pm

RED-DOT

Member Since: 29 Jun 2009
Location: stirling
Posts: 2363

Turbo pipe rubbed through on alternator. There is a current recall on that common probkem. 2008 RS4 gone, 123d M Sport, and a Puma 90 XS..

19th Jul 2014 5:23pm

BigRuss

Member Since: 15 May 2010
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 2785

2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Santorini Black

Try restart it several times and see it it goes off.

I had a similar incident and it turns out to be a issue with the EGR valve (rac computer read the fault codes). It goes off after a coulpe of restarts and the garage can't find anything wrong with it Russell
2011MY 110 XS USW Black

19th Jul 2014 5:28pm

borderterrier

Member Since: 09 Dec 2011
Location: Surrey
Posts: 1677

2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Aintree Green

Re: Engine Malfunction Amber on new 90 with 500 miles in clo

jmarcha wrote:
I took delivery of a brand new Defender 90 on Monday 14th July and have now done 500 miles in the car including a return trip to Manchester (from Northants) which all went OK. However out in it this afternoon and two miles from home whilst accelerating up through the gears it felt like I hit a rev limiter and the car slowed dramatically. The accelerator then would not work more than a fraction and the car will not go above about 25mph. A warning light has come on which is Engine Malfunction (Amber) according to the manual - “Illuminates to indicate an engine fault. Avoid high speeds and seek qualified assistance urgently”. I have phoned Landrover Assistance and they are sending a man at 9:00am in the morning. In the meantime any feedback from you guys would be most welcome.

0900 in the morning? Thats a poor effort on LRA's behalf.

19th Jul 2014 5:30pm

jmarcha

Member Since: 19 Jul 2014
Location: Northamptonshire
Posts: 3

The car is sat on my drive and I don't plan to use it again until Monday. LRA offered an AA man this afternoon or an LR technician tomorrow so I took that option. All in all I'm OK with their response given my circumstances.

19th Jul 2014 6:06pm

bob neville

Member Since: 30 Apr 2009
Location: Marbella
Posts: 3248

As RD said, turbo hose issue. Doubt it has worn through yet more likely fallen off. Exactly the same thing happened on my DC but I only manged to get 10 miles from the dealership after picking it up before it packed up.

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2013 Defender 90 CSW - sold
2009 Defender 110 Double Cab - sold
2001 TD5 90 CSW - offroad project - sold to a forum member
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19th Jul 2014 6:37pm

Jim_Bean

Member Since: 10 May 2011
Location: Staffordshire / Shropshire border
Posts: 613

2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Santorini Black

Happened to me as well after about 1500 miles :

http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic21673.html

Its a built in feature. Just be careful when they fit the 'upgraded' bracket.

19th Jul 2014 7:51pm

GEllis

Member Since: 21 Nov 2013
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 58

2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 USW Indus Silver

Both of my tdci defenders have had failed turbo hoses. One went in this week for a service, hose was replaced as part of upgrade next day we had to call landrover assist as it had fallen off! Clearly there is an issue here, lots reported on the forum of this experience.

20th Jul 2014 9:10am

jmarcha

Member Since: 19 Jul 2014
Location: Northamptonshire
Posts: 3

LRA man arrived at 9:00am on Sunday as promised. He checked for the hose issue immediately and reported that the "fix" had already been done. Neither his LR nor his AA computer could read the ECU so he was unable to identify the fault. We went on a test drive and the fault had disappeared but the warning light was still on. He said it was perfectly safe to drive so this morning, with the warning light now off, I drove the car to Nurburg and left it with them. They promised to get it sorted between them and Guy Salmon. I will let you know how it goes.

21st Jul 2014 2:39pm

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