If you have a NAS Defender X, watch this
Mudding
Joined: Jan 2021
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From: Pass Christian, MS
@zac431 I'm not an electrical engineer, but I do work in the tech field. That seriously doesn't sound like a problem that can be fixed with a software update. At best it would take a firmware update on the controllers of the lights and I seriously doubt they are on the can bus to get any updates. I'm not saying your dealer is full of hooey, but may be poorly informed. I'll make a hand-shake bet that there won't be an over the air update that fixes the light problems!<g>
4wd Low
Joined: May 2021
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Not anything exciting but called Horberg Los Angeles. They ran my Vin (21 Defender X) and said it was under recall and I have to bring it in for them to test it. I asked if they had replacement lights ready if the test failed and he wasn't sure. No reason they would hold my car right...?
Mudding
Joined: Oct 2020
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From: Manhattan Beach
Your really asking strangers on the internet if you should trust the dealership? Bwahahaha!!!!!
Dude put the crack pipe down and skip the dealership until a national fix is in place!!!! jeebus.
QUOTE=mgsp;783023]Not anything exciting but called Horberg Los Angeles. They ran my Vin (21 Defender X) and said it was under recall and I have to bring it in for them to test it. I asked if they had replacement lights ready if the test failed and he wasn't sure. No reason they would hold my car right...?[/QUOTE]
Dude put the crack pipe down and skip the dealership until a national fix is in place!!!! jeebus.
QUOTE=mgsp;783023]Not anything exciting but called Horberg Los Angeles. They ran my Vin (21 Defender X) and said it was under recall and I have to bring it in for them to test it. I asked if they had replacement lights ready if the test failed and he wasn't sure. No reason they would hold my car right...?[/QUOTE]
Winching
Joined: Nov 2020
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From: Pacific North West Wonderland
Not anything exciting but called Horberg Los Angeles. They ran my Vin (21 Defender X) and said it was under recall and I have to bring it in for them to test it. I asked if they had replacement lights ready if the test failed and he wasn't sure. No reason they would hold my car right...?
Your really asking strangers on the internet if you should trust the dealership? Bwahahaha!!!!!
Dude put the crack pipe down and skip the dealership until a national fix is in place!!!! jeebus.
QUOTE=mgsp;783023]Not anything exciting but called Horberg Los Angeles. They ran my Vin (21 Defender X) and said it was under recall and I have to bring it in for them to test it. I asked if they had replacement lights ready if the test failed and he wasn't sure. No reason they would hold my car right...?
Dude put the crack pipe down and skip the dealership until a national fix is in place!!!! jeebus.
QUOTE=mgsp;783023]Not anything exciting but called Horberg Los Angeles. They ran my Vin (21 Defender X) and said it was under recall and I have to bring it in for them to test it. I asked if they had replacement lights ready if the test failed and he wasn't sure. No reason they would hold my car right...?
I read the recall was labeled as voluntary. The dealers seem to be holding from selling and turning over effected defenders as there might be some sort of legal issue with selling a vehicle with a known safety issue. Now that you own it the liability might pass on to you. Just speculating here.
It sounds like its going to take at least months for all these defenders to source the parts to get a fix. I wondering if they would give you a nice loaner for that time period?
Winching
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From: Pacific North West Wonderland
ha possibly but I had a buddy who had a problem with his Jaguar several years back and had a Maserati loaner for a months....the dealer was Jaguar, Land Rover, Rolls Royce, and Maserati. So maybe mileage may vary?
4wd Low
Joined: May 2021
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I'd take a full size auto-b for a few months but nothing else. Came from a supercharged sport. Next available appt was in two weeks, kinda wild.
Pro Wrench
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ha possibly but I had a buddy who had a problem with his Jaguar several years back and had a Maserati loaner for a months....the dealer was Jaguar, Land Rover, Rolls Royce, and Maserati. So maybe mileage may vary?[/QUOTE]
Yeah my wife had one for 4 months while her XF was waiting for a new engine after 35k miles. We beat that car like it owed us money.
3000 pairs of smoked lights out there though and they say 3+ months.
What would 9000 months of loaners cost?
Yeah my wife had one for 4 months while her XF was waiting for a new engine after 35k miles. We beat that car like it owed us money.
3000 pairs of smoked lights out there though and they say 3+ months.
What would 9000 months of loaners cost?
Mudding
Joined: Mar 2021
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From: Scottsdale, AZ
As I'm waiting on my 110-X to be built, I for one would be fine if JLR just put RED tail lights instead of the problematic smoked ones. But then there is still the chip shortage and production stoppage to wait on....
