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Old Sep 29, 2025 | 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Ehloo
funny cause i’m experiencing the same. only when my heater is on and my kids notice it also. it does go away after 5-10 minutes.

for back ordered parts, going through a similar issue with a so called back ordered part for months i was able to find the part at a neighboring dealership the same day.

i can tell you they don’t look very hard. i would not accept their response with no timeline
Did you ever get this fixed, if yes, mind sharing some more detail? Thanks!
 
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Old Sep 29, 2025 | 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by starbai
Dealing with it as we speak. As I said in my thread about this issue... Its more than likely your heater core if you're smelling it in the interior. Tell em' to do the pressure test with the heat ON. That said, dpending on how bad the leak, it may not register much on the pressure test. Mine defintiely failed the test, they didn't even try to feed me any mess. Plus the maple syrup smell was strong enough for even my kid to notice it...

Heatercore on back order. Trucks been sitting at the dealer for 2 weeks now. They have no idea when the part will come in. Could be a week. Could be 6 months. Opened a case with JLR and no response from them, and the dealer does nothing other than checks to see the status. which states "backorder no eta")
did the new heater core end up fixing the issue for you? Thanks
 
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