Digital Dash Shortage
#1
Digital Dash Shortage
My dealer just called me on the order that I finalized back in June and scheduled to complete production 8/26. Apparently Land Rover is running out of digital displays for the gauges and they no longer can guarantee build/delivery dates for orders with those gauges. He offered to downgrade the gauges to the analog gauges out of the base Defender, which would keep the current build timeline.
Naturally, there appears to be no discounted price for the downgraded build that LR is offering.
I refused the downgrade, and said if the car was going to take until 2022, id just cancel the order and take my business to a different brand.
Yet another example of how this order process is "unique" to LR.
Naturally, there appears to be no discounted price for the downgraded build that LR is offering.
I refused the downgrade, and said if the car was going to take until 2022, id just cancel the order and take my business to a different brand.
Yet another example of how this order process is "unique" to LR.
#2
it gets "better"
At least you are not in my situation. I got a Disco 5 '22, for my wife, and 2 hrs later, the transfer case died - or was dead to begin with. Long story short: in the entire US, Land Rover has no drop of oil for the transfer case for this model - 0 (zero) and .... and no transfer case either, and NO ETA when one would be available. So... if I would have to chose again another LR ( this would be my 2nd in 6 mo. ) I would definitely hold back. They have bigger issues than the "Covid" excuse....
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Magnumforc (08-24-2021)
#3
My dealer just called me on the order that I finalized back in June and scheduled to complete production 8/26. Apparently Land Rover is running out of digital displays for the gauges and they no longer can guarantee build/delivery dates for orders with those gauges. He offered to downgrade the gauges to the analog gauges out of the base Defender, which would keep the current build timeline.
Naturally, there appears to be no discounted price for the downgraded build that LR is offering.
I refused the downgrade, and said if the car was going to take until 2022, id just cancel the order and take my business to a different brand.
Yet another example of how this order process is "unique" to LR.
Naturally, there appears to be no discounted price for the downgraded build that LR is offering.
I refused the downgrade, and said if the car was going to take until 2022, id just cancel the order and take my business to a different brand.
Yet another example of how this order process is "unique" to LR.
#5
At least you are not in my situation. I got a Disco 5 '22, for my wife, and 2 hrs later, the transfer case died - or was dead to begin with. Long story short: in the entire US, Land Rover has no drop of oil for the transfer case for this model - 0 (zero) and .... and no transfer case either, and NO ETA when one would be available. So... if I would have to chose again another LR ( this would be my 2nd in 6 mo. ) I would definitely hold back. They have bigger issues than the "Covid" excuse....
I was completely unable to find from any JLR dealer a fuel pump ECU (a common replacement part) for my LR4. Luckily, there was a person offering one on ebay -- which turned out to be shipped next day, be new as claimed and worked exactly as hoped. I was braced for worse news.
Things are arwy for sure ...... I hope JLR solves your D5 supply gaps quickly.
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GrouseK9 (08-18-2021)
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Mechano2020 (08-18-2021)
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I’m intrigued by your comment. In what way do you think any car manufacturer could plan well given the perfect storm that’s been going on for the last 18 months? It’s certainly not going to end soon either. And when China marches into Taiwan we will all be screwed for years to come.
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Just posted this on Llid’s thread:
Have a P400 HSE on order and got the same call today. Said I wouldn’t downgrade the gauge cluster. She said she would get back to me with an updated timeframe. Had a 10/1 build date with 11/26 delivery.
Did they offer to refund the deposit to anyone? Not me.
Have a P400 HSE on order and got the same call today. Said I wouldn’t downgrade the gauge cluster. She said she would get back to me with an updated timeframe. Had a 10/1 build date with 11/26 delivery.
Did they offer to refund the deposit to anyone? Not me.