2022 Defender Stop/Sell?
3rd Gear
Joined: Jun 2021
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Suggestions?
My Defender 90 S is a the port in Georgia was supposed to be at the dealer 6/18. My salesmen is blaming the tail light recall. However, I called Land Rover USA and gave them the VIN and they claim my car isn't part of the recall. Any suggestions what my next step should be?
Rock Crawling
Joined: Dec 2012
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From: AR
My Defender 90 S is a the port in Georgia was supposed to be at the dealer 6/18. My salesmen is blaming the tail light recall. However, I called Land Rover USA and gave them the VIN and they claim my car isn't part of the recall. Any suggestions what my next step should be?
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Drifting
Joined: Jan 2021
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From: Gulf Breeze FL & Asheville NC
My 21 Defender X was also a January order which was delayed and morphed into a 22 model and was delivered to my Dealer on June 12th.
It currently sits at the dealership and awaits a remedy from LR to correct the defective parts.
The latest dealer info I have received is that it may sit undelivered to me until August!
The question for LR that I have is, have they stopped current production of the X trim? I have not had this question answered by LR.
If they have not stopped production of the X trim, then why hasn’t LR overnighted the replacement parts to dealerships so that the sold orders can be delivered to their customer.
Frustrating for sure…
It currently sits at the dealership and awaits a remedy from LR to correct the defective parts.
The latest dealer info I have received is that it may sit undelivered to me until August!
The question for LR that I have is, have they stopped current production of the X trim? I have not had this question answered by LR.
If they have not stopped production of the X trim, then why hasn’t LR overnighted the replacement parts to dealerships so that the sold orders can be delivered to their customer.
Frustrating for sure…
Winching
Joined: Nov 2020
Posts: 712
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From: Pacific North West Wonderland
My 21 Defender X was also a January order which was delayed and morphed into a 22 model and was delivered to my Dealer on June 12th.
It currently sits at the dealership and awaits a remedy from LR to correct the defective parts.
The latest dealer info I have received is that it may sit undelivered to me until August!
The question for LR that I have is, have they stopped current production of the X trim? I have not had this question answered by LR.
If they have not stopped production of the X trim, then why hasn’t LR overnighted the replacement parts to dealerships so that the sold orders can be delivered to their customer.
Frustrating for sure…
It currently sits at the dealership and awaits a remedy from LR to correct the defective parts.
The latest dealer info I have received is that it may sit undelivered to me until August!
The question for LR that I have is, have they stopped current production of the X trim? I have not had this question answered by LR.
If they have not stopped production of the X trim, then why hasn’t LR overnighted the replacement parts to dealerships so that the sold orders can be delivered to their customer.
Frustrating for sure…
Overlanding
Joined: Jun 2021
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Man I'm being teased. The dealer actually texted me a pic of my X build on the dealer lot 3 weeks ago when it came in. It was just supposed to have some tint and running boards added then I could pick up. A week later he told me there was a stop sell order and he was going to get details. After about a week and half of un- answered texts I called and he said he just got out of meeting and that there was a problem with the sensors. He said it could be awhile and didn't have any info on timing. Interesting that most of the posts on here mentioned a light shining on the sensor would kill the tail lights, while my rep actually said it would kill the engine and the car would stop. Either way a safety issue and i haven't been able to get any more details than what has been posted here. The tease on top of the extended wait time is killing me. I actually ordered in late Jan and after a month they called to tell me that my order was being pushed from a '21 to '22 was hoping the new model would have all the kinks worked out.
Last edited by benb007; Jun 28, 2021 at 11:45 AM.
Winching
Joined: Nov 2020
Posts: 712
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From: Pacific North West Wonderland
I just put a deposit down on an incoming Defender X from an out of state dealer. He is saying that, while the vehicle was supposed to be built on the June 11th, it actually ended up being built on the 20th due to this very issue. According to him, they fixed the issue during that time and it's on the ship for an estimated July 30th delivery to the dealership. If that is in fact the case, impacted vehicles coming from the factory should only see a slight delay. If the car was in transport, I'm guessing it would take some time for the dealer to receive the updated part(s) and perform whatever update is required. Hard to say. In this environment, I'm always skeptical when I hear anything from manufacturers and dealers.
Drifting
Joined: Jun 2021
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From: Tampa, FL
Got ya beat LOL
Good luck on your journey!
