Greetings all, first and foremost I have to say that, so far, I have been a very proud owner of my Land Rover. I purchased the truck on May 8th of this year with 41K miles from CarMax. Everything went fine, even brought her to the dealership regarding a minor issue with the driver's seatbelt and an exhaust leak which they took care off, free of charge, since the vehicle was still under warranty.

Now that I just reached 53,425 miles (of course right when the warranty expires), I am having a couple of issues:

1) The TC, Brake and Hill Descent Light came on all at the same time. It appears to be intermittent, sometimes, they come on right after the truck is started and sometimes after a few miles of driving.

2) The 2nd issue seems to be a major one, this morning when I opened the door to the garage, I noticed a strong smell of gas. After further examination and doing the "sniff" test, my nose lead me to the rear-passenger side of the vehicle, where the gas tank is located. To my surprise, I found that the rubber hose that connects from the actual gas tank to the hole where the gas nozzle goes into, was severed and it seems that the vapors are escaping from the gas tank. It would be impossible for me to gas up due to the severed hose. Fortunately, the tank is half full which will get me to the dealer in the afternoon tomorrow.

I am attaching a picture of the hose problem at hand.

What are the chances of the dealer fixing the problems under warranty since it's only 3425 miles over the factory warranty?

I also purchased the extended warranty from CarMax but it does outline that "Hoses" are not covered.

Any input is greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

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The hose is the easy part, its about as much trouble as a top radiator hose.
Cost of the hose $30 or so.

 

You won't get any help from the dealer. As mentioned the gas hose is an easy fix, as for the ABS lights, this is common and can be a lengthy conversation. Why don't you PM me with your tele number and I'll call you and walk you thru this one.
Mike

 

Ok so after bringing the truck to the dealer ship, their diagnosis is that it had been vandalized. Apparently someone was trying to siphon gas out of the tank. [:@]

Here is my issue:

The repair for the gas filler hose came out to be $848.52 before taxes.

Labor............................................. .................................................. ................................ 248.00
Filler Assembly.......................................... .................................................. ...................... 556.45
3x Tie Straps............................................ .................................................. .......................... 3.75
New Fuel Cap (it had to be replace because the old one didn't fit the new assembly).................. 39.16
Trim SRW (don't know what this is, but it's only pennies).......................................... ................... .70
6mm L-Nut............................................... .................................................. ............................. .46
Total============================================= ===================
848.52 + tax

After asking for the old part back, for insurance claim purposes, the service mgr. was somewhat surprised and first said that they didn't have the part any longer and couldn't provide me with it. I kept insisting and telling him that I was entitled to the old part, they were able to dig it up from the dumpster. I was surprised to see the entire assembly which they had taken out and not just a hose which I expected. After examining the damaged parts of the whole assembly, it appears that everything is in tact except for the rubber hoses which makes me wonder why they had to replace the ENTIRE assembly.

I took some pictures and would like to ask your opinion. Did this part have to be entirely replaced? If not, what are my options?

 

Not too many techies out there wanting to reply eh?

 

I'm not a techie, but I'm left speechless. That stealership should be ashamed.