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RRUK
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Member Since: 31 Mar 2010
Location: Leicestershire
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A list of things I have noticed

I really don't like having to go back to a dealership about issues, I've learnt they can often come back with more issues than they started with, but as this is a brand new car and I am paying a large amount of money, I feel it should be 100%.

I've noted so far a few niggles that I shall ask them to look at in one go, let me know if you have seen similar on yours.

Banging noise when firm braking- covered elsewhere
Lane Keep Assist and EBA: Error message saying there are unavailable or inactive every time I drive it
OSR wheel arch plastic trim is not fitted well and sticking out. (TBH, none of them are fitted that great)
Bluetooth rings the phone through the car then reverts back to phone audio until I manually swap it on the handset back to the car
Incoming text message killed off all internal audio inc indicator noise (solved via a 20 sec reset)
When reversing on my drive the cameras defaulted to off road and therefore no parking sensors activated until I manually switched it back to On Road cameras
OSF headlight washer nozzle continually weeping washer fluid, also found washer fluid leaking under the bonnet to the floor
Access height doesn't seem to drop much when compared to my D3 and RRS.

I guess unless we report these issues back, LR will never know about them or make them better. 2016 D4 HSE

1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF

1982 Series 3 SWB Petrol

6th Apr 2021 4:05pm

lightning

Member Since: 23 Apr 2009
Location: High Peak, Derbyshire
Posts: 2763

Did you get these faults fixed?

5th Feb 2022 11:21pm

RRUK
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Member Since: 31 Mar 2010
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 2025

Some, not others. I also had further issues including lurching gear changes when shifting down 3-2-1. The gearbox issue was never fixed and I sold the car.

I now have a Discovery 5 which is much nicer! 2016 D4 HSE

1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF

1982 Series 3 SWB Petrol

7th Feb 2022 2:52pm

Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS DCPU Keswick Green

Re: A list of things I have noticed

Some of these SSMs may help...

RRUK wrote:
Banging noise when firm braking- covered elsewhere

SSM 74874 - New Defender L663: Brake noise

RRUK wrote:
Lane Keep Assist and EBA: Error message saying there are unavailable or inactive every time I drive it

SSM 75548 - Manual software patch for the Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) warning message is displayed on the instrument cluster (IPC)

RRUK wrote:
When reversing on my drive the cameras defaulted to off road and therefore no parking sensors activated until I manually switched it back to On Road cameras

SSM 75618 - Near Field Sensing feature degradation (Surround camera; 360 Park Aid)

RRUK wrote:
I also had further issues including lurching gear changes when shifting down 3-2-1. The gearbox issue was never fixed and I sold the car.

Not seen a fix for this but JLR were certainly aware:

Click image to enlarge

8th Feb 2022 9:11am

lightning

Member Since: 23 Apr 2009
Location: High Peak, Derbyshire
Posts: 2763

Wow it recommends the transmission is replaced

8th Feb 2022 10:58am

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