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| JohnZA Member Since: 10 Feb 2024 Location: Cape Town Posts: 3  
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Seems the reality if you watch the latest video from Doug DeMuro
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15th Feb 2024 8:27am |
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| markb110 Member Since: 22 May 2010 Location: Guildford Posts: 2642  
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Some companies shoot themselves in the foot, JLR went straight for the satsuma, plastic bag, rope then a headshot.
It’s not poor, it’s now pathetic. |
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15th Feb 2024 11:08am |
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| JohnZA Member Since: 10 Feb 2024 Location: Cape Town Posts: 3
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My solution was to keep my LR4 as backup
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16th Feb 2024 7:27am |
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| lightning Member Since: 23 Apr 2009 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2823 
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lf it's only minor damage and the Defender is still drivable, just keep it until the parts come in to stock. l would feel safer not leaving it in a repair shop for months anyway.
l know it's not great with a brand new vehicle. But at least you caught the third party. Mostly they drive off and don't leave their details. |
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16th Feb 2024 7:52am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17427 
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Just don't take it to a dealership built on a notoriously flood-susceptible area who allows it to be submerged to become a total loss at your expense whilst you wait for 12 months or more for parts. It has been reported that remarkably the dealer appears to have had time to move its own vehicles away from the rising waters but not its customers' vehicles.
https://cardealermagazine.co.uk/publish/fu...ler/292874 https://cardealermagazine.co.uk/publish/cu...ars/293043 Whilst not connected to the flood mentioned above, this article gives some idea of the depth of the hole JLR has dug for itself. |
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16th Feb 2024 8:25am |
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| WizzardPrang Member Since: 05 Nov 2020 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 154
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@thedoctorsgarage on YT has had his D5 stuck at his dealer for 6 months now, waiting for a part. It's hard to believe a major manufacturer such as JLR could have
 this parts fiasco so badly.  Current vehicle: 2020 Defender 110S
Gone: Defender 90 HT 200Tdi, Discovery Sport, Freelander 2 Insta: wizzardprang |
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16th Feb 2024 9:49pm |
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| lightning Member Since: 23 Apr 2009 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2823
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l assume the parts supply issues will eventually sort themselves out, Land Rover aren't the only company having parts supply issues.
For instance The waiting list for new Defenders is slowly reducing and this should result in better parts availability as production catches up with demand. Various manufacturers having similar issues with spare parts. VW, Mercedes, Fiat, Jeep and BMW mentioned in this article. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/jul...ales-first |
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17th Feb 2024 8:21pm |
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