disco2shaun
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Hi i recentley baught a 2002 td5 discovery from a company in barnsley, after having it a few days started smelling a burning/hot smell from 1 of the front wheels. Turned out to be o/s front wheel bearing was shagged so i took it back under warranty and they replaced it.
A few weeks later it had a complete nervous breakdown, immobiliser, everything the bcu controlled stopped working, landy wouldnt start or anything. Rang company i baught it from and they said get it recovered in and we'll sort it. After a lot of messing about as im not or wasnt with the rac/aa (i am now!) i managed to get it recovered back to barnsley and they gave us a vauxhall zafira as a courtesy car which didnt seem roadworthy to be honest and it turned out to be a trade in that was going to auction the following day! the young lad gave me the wrong car, so they dropped off another zafira a much newer model which i was happy about taking my kids and family out in. Apart from it being an absolute nightmare to start on a cold morning its been ok and i didnt want to start bugging the company as i wanted my landy fixed properly not rushed, plus this zafira is absolutley shocking on diesel and i cant afford a run to barnsley to swap it for a different vehicle ( my disco is a lot better on fuel than the zafira!). I rang the company who i baught it off the other day and they said its at landrover dealer in wakefield and they have ordered a wire which is faulty, they didnt say which dealer it was at and i forgot to ask, so i rang main dealer and its not there, only other place i know of is simon services, so i rang them and i was delighted to hear that it was with them. i asked if he knew what was wrong with it and he said no not as yet ( so company was lying to me) Anyway simon services rang me the other day and said the bcu has packed in and landrover have them on back order until 17th of feb. he said he can send it away to be repaired but could take a week or 2 to get it back. so i rang around a few local places and found 1 local. Rang simon services today and they have fitted new bcu but it wont allow EKA code to be entered and to make it worse they have now got other jobs booked in. ive been without my landy now for 2 weeks and i think ive been very patient with the company and only rang twice in 2 weeks. but now im getting really ****ed off and annoyed as my partner is a equestrian excerciser and struggles like **** to get to horses in the zafira. What do i do? keep waiting or start asking questions or reject the landy? spent weeks searching for a good 1 and this was by far the best ive viewed. any advise would be gratefull
A few weeks later it had a complete nervous breakdown, immobiliser, everything the bcu controlled stopped working, landy wouldnt start or anything. Rang company i baught it from and they said get it recovered in and we'll sort it. After a lot of messing about as im not or wasnt with the rac/aa (i am now!) i managed to get it recovered back to barnsley and they gave us a vauxhall zafira as a courtesy car which didnt seem roadworthy to be honest and it turned out to be a trade in that was going to auction the following day! the young lad gave me the wrong car, so they dropped off another zafira a much newer model which i was happy about taking my kids and family out in. Apart from it being an absolute nightmare to start on a cold morning its been ok and i didnt want to start bugging the company as i wanted my landy fixed properly not rushed, plus this zafira is absolutley shocking on diesel and i cant afford a run to barnsley to swap it for a different vehicle ( my disco is a lot better on fuel than the zafira!). I rang the company who i baught it off the other day and they said its at landrover dealer in wakefield and they have ordered a wire which is faulty, they didnt say which dealer it was at and i forgot to ask, so i rang main dealer and its not there, only other place i know of is simon services, so i rang them and i was delighted to hear that it was with them. i asked if he knew what was wrong with it and he said no not as yet ( so company was lying to me) Anyway simon services rang me the other day and said the bcu has packed in and landrover have them on back order until 17th of feb. he said he can send it away to be repaired but could take a week or 2 to get it back. so i rang around a few local places and found 1 local. Rang simon services today and they have fitted new bcu but it wont allow EKA code to be entered and to make it worse they have now got other jobs booked in. ive been without my landy now for 2 weeks and i think ive been very patient with the company and only rang twice in 2 weeks. but now im getting really ****ed off and annoyed as my partner is a equestrian excerciser and struggles like **** to get to horses in the zafira. What do i do? keep waiting or start asking questions or reject the landy? spent weeks searching for a good 1 and this was by far the best ive viewed. any advise would be gratefull