Has it been chipped or tuned in any way? AllyV8 and me had a chat about the TD6 and this French built gearbox once. He mentioned a case of once being performance chipped but the gearbox couldn't handle the upgrade. The GM unit is probably working close to its envelope even before you try and put more power through it.
Gearbox problem 03 TD6
Not mine! I'm not fortunate enough to own one.
A friend of mine has a TD6. He paid to have the gearbox replaced by landrover 13 months ago at the cost of nearly £5000.
He now has a problem with his current gearbox and the landrover dealer is dismissing his claim as the box is over 12 months old (Car is serviced by them too!).
His problem is the following.
Goes up and down through the gears and reverse
However between 3rd and 4th it revs to about 4000 rpm before it changes gear which is accompanied by a juddering in the gearbox.
I said to him it may be the oil in the gearbox so he had it changed by Landrover and it made no difference. (Are these sealed gearboxes?)
They have told him the gearbox is shot and he needs a new one at the cost of £4900 fitted (again). He is very unhappy (Understandably) and thinks it should be covered by warranty.
I told him to speak to Landrover customer services as I'm sure they wouldn't be happy that their dealers are treating customers in this way.
Can anyone advise if this is, in fact, a known / common issue with a cure or is he just unlucky?
Cheers
Ray
(Ps I'll slink back to the P38 forum now where I belong! :wink:
)
A friend of mine has a TD6. He paid to have the gearbox replaced by landrover 13 months ago at the cost of nearly £5000.
He now has a problem with his current gearbox and the landrover dealer is dismissing his claim as the box is over 12 months old (Car is serviced by them too!).
His problem is the following.
Goes up and down through the gears and reverse
However between 3rd and 4th it revs to about 4000 rpm before it changes gear which is accompanied by a juddering in the gearbox.
I said to him it may be the oil in the gearbox so he had it changed by Landrover and it made no difference. (Are these sealed gearboxes?)
They have told him the gearbox is shot and he needs a new one at the cost of £4900 fitted (again). He is very unhappy (Understandably) and thinks it should be covered by warranty.
I told him to speak to Landrover customer services as I'm sure they wouldn't be happy that their dealers are treating customers in this way.
Can anyone advise if this is, in fact, a known / common issue with a cure or is he just unlucky?
Cheers
Ray
(Ps I'll slink back to the P38 forum now where I belong! :wink:
)
