160 miles on the odometer before brand new LR Defender gets a CEL

Kinja'd!!! "atfsgeoff" (atfsgeoff)
10/11/2020 at 20:45 • Filed to: None

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Confirmed: I t’s a legit Land Rover . Better get that Lucas replacement wiring harness smoke ready .

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DISCUSSION (14)


Kinja'd!!! Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > atfsgeoff
10/11/2020 at 20:53

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I like those white steelies though!


Kinja'd!!! dogisbadob > atfsgeoff
10/11/2020 at 20:54

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Offender 90

obligatory

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Kinja'd!!! Jb boin > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/11/2020 at 21:06

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Soon to be nicknamed (c) rustees...

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Kinja'd!!! ranwhenparked > atfsgeoff
10/11/2020 at 21:10

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To get into the middle of the jungle, drive a Land Rover. To get in and drive back out, drive a Land Cruiser.


Kinja'd!!! UserNotFound > atfsgeoff
10/11/2020 at 21:11

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Wow this must be a new record, to make it this far.


Kinja'd!!! SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > atfsgeoff
10/11/2020 at 21:11

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Heh....

-Land Cruiser Guy snickering


Kinja'd!!! Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Jb boin
10/11/2020 at 21:14

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Nah, that probably came off my first Tercel.


Kinja'd!!! 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > atfsgeoff
10/11/2020 at 21:16

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There is a new one just like that here and I swear the panel below the spare tire is warped. This is no Defender, in person it’s just one giant piece of cladding. 


Kinja'd!!! P5guy now GTIguy > atfsgeoff
10/11/2020 at 22:20

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Please tell me what it was so I don't have to click a TFLT video. 


Kinja'd!!! atfsgeoff > P5guy now GTIguy
10/11/2020 at 22:24

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P219D and P219E. Mixture control value out of range, cylinders 2 and 3


Kinja'd!!! P5guy now GTIguy > atfsgeoff
10/11/2020 at 22:40

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Oh dang an actual problem.


Kinja'd!!! atfsgeoff > P5guy now GTIguy
10/11/2020 at 22:44

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Yeah, bigly problems. So much for their summation that the base 4-cyl would be more reliable than the sixer lol


Kinja'd!!! PS9 > atfsgeoff
10/11/2020 at 23:26

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Why do rich people put up with this shit... 


Kinja'd!!! AMGtech - now with more recalls! > atfsgeoff
10/11/2020 at 23:57

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I said this the first time it was posted, and I’ll say it again:

This was painful. It’s a very early model. You buy a brand new anything this early in it’s production run, you should expect this. Cars are enormously complicated rube goldberg devices and if something is just slightly off, this can happen. It’s not a big deal, it doesn’t make it garbage, it’s literally just an inconvenience.

Trying to cycle the key and lock the car to get the light to go out was cute, but it was never going to work. And honestly, if the car is driving fine, i.e. not in limp mode, who cares if it’s on? Because if the light had magically gone out the code would still be there. They don’t just go away on modern vehicles.

And another thing, generic scanners usually don’t read all of the manufacturer specific fault code variations and the very specific verbage that goes along with them. I would bet the generic code and description they got is only the tip of the iceberg as far as actual stored DTC information goes.

This is what warranty is for. No matter how many hundreds of thousands of hours engineering puts into working out the kinks, they will never find everything. Chances are this is just a software bug, or a minor part will need to be replaced with an updated version.

They talked about the LR3 like those are magically problem free in comparison. Hilarious. I hope this doesn’t sour their experience, it really shouldn’t. And for anyone turned away from buying the defender because of this, well, it was never going to be for them anyways. No modern vehicle exists without it’s issues.