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Land Rover launches massive recall!

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Land Rover launches massive recall!

Post by mitch4 »

Land Rover has launched a massive recall campaign to check for brake failures, sticking throttles and potential fire hazards due to fluid leaks.
Affecting Discoverys and Defender 1998 - present

more info
http://www.thelandroverchronicle.com/new_page_431.htm
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Post by Loanrangie »

mitch4 wrote:Land Rover has launched a massive recall campaign to check for brake failures, sticking throttles and potential fire hazards due to fluid leaks.
Affecting Discoverys and Defender 1998 - present

more info
http://www.thelandroverchronicle.com/new_page_431.htm


What about the recall for shoddy quality control, weak boxes, under powered engines, body leaks, lack of customer service - etc !!!
Saddle up tonto, its the not so loanrangie! . 98 TDI DISCO lightly modded with more to come.
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Re: Land Rover launches massive recall!

Post by -Mick- »

Loanrangie wrote:
mitch4 wrote:Land Rover has launched a massive recall campaign to check for brake failures, sticking throttles and potential fire hazards due to fluid leaks.
Affecting Discoverys and Defender 1998 - present

more info
http://www.thelandroverchronicle.com/new_page_431.htm


What about the recall for shoddy quality control, weak boxes, under powered engines, body leaks, lack of customer service - etc !!!


They can't recall 35 years worth of rovers :finger:
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Post by RaginRover »

mj wrote:
Loanrangie wrote:
mitch4 wrote:Land Rover has launched a massive recall campaign to check for brake failures, sticking throttles and potential fire hazards due to fluid leaks.
Affecting Discoverys and Defender 1998 - present

more info
http://www.thelandroverchronicle.com/new_page_431.htm


What about the recall for shoddy quality control, weak boxes, under powered engines, body leaks, lack of customer service - etc !!!


They can't recall 35 years worth of rovers :finger:


They wouldn't have to if they stopped putting velvet seals/gaskets in everything :lol:
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Post by Slunnie »

What? You got gaskets? :shock:
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Post by DiscoDino »

What's "gasket"?
I thought this was an English language forum...don't go around using them fancy shmancy European languages!
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Post by Thonger »

Was flicking through my workshop manual which dates from about 75 on to 82 I think and they were mentioning leather seals :shock: Was an eye opener for me
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Post by oil drippa »

Yup , thats why 3 of my mates have sold their Rovers and gone to the New Nissan 4.2td !
mmm i may go that road too , im sick to death of having to build up to what is standard on others !
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gaskets

Post by Rangee »

i thought they got the leather from the seals ...
say did you hear the story about the seal that walked in to the club...
horse walks into a bar .. the bar tender say .. "why the long face"
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Post by DFND90 »

Jesus walks in to an Inn carrying a hand full of nails and he says to the Inn keeper "Could you put me up for the night?"
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Post by Rangee »

wasnt he watching where he was going .... should be more carefull shouldnt he
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