[tomcat racing]

Originally Posted by andyl

A mate in Sydney has/had a Range Rover Sport, reasonably late one and <50K on it, still under warranty. It broke down the other month and he towed it to the dealer who reported a brass bush in the fuel pump had flogged out. The quote to fix ... $24,000! Thats no typo, 24K. According to RR if this happens it needs a total rebuild of the engine as the brass goes through everything and traces are even injected into the engine clogging rings etc.

On asking for why it was not under warranty got back reply "because you must have put petrol in it instead". In the end he had the fuel tested and nope, all diesel to his delight so they did it under warranty.

If I owned one I'd be selling it pre-warranty expiration. He did the next week.

well what an exzageration, i think your mate is telling you porkies,i just booked my car in for its first service and incidently asked my dealer about the brass bush problem, heres the facts, the fuel pumps are built by an external supplier and are only fitted on earlier models. all of those cars have had a factory recall on them and are being repaired and paid for by the pump manfacturer. the engines do not need a full rebuild, and it does not cost $24000 to repair. even if the car was out of warranty it would have been fixed at no cost because it is a product recall in writing, why your mate was not aware of this i dont know, he obviosly didnt get the letter or failed to act on it or hes got a dodgy dealer. i found all this out with one simple phone call, get your facts straight before lodging threads about someones product secondhand, they cant be that unpopular if you want to order a new disco now, you might get one by december, they are probably the only car manfacturer worldwide that has been at full production even through the gfc..they cant build enough of em, i think that says it all.