Discovery 2 Propshaft Court Case - Help Needed

Hi Guys,

I have commenced legal proceedings against Land Rover following their refusal to accept liability for failure of the front propshaft on my Disco 2.

I urgently need all the help I can get from people who know of experts in this field, have experienced similar failures or engaged in legal proceedings against LR.

Also need to identify experts in metallurgy and joint design in driven shaft technology.

I am interested in peoples opinions of the prop shafts fitted to the front axle of the Discovery 2.

Also interested to hear of other makes of 4X4 shaft failures if you know of any?

The Hookes joint on my shaft ran dry and as a result failed on the motorway at high speeds.

Land Rover claim the Hookes joint on these shafts to be lubricated at manufacture and sealed for life.

Questions I have to ask:

1. Has your propshaft failed? Was it the Hookes Joint? Was there any warning e,g. noise, vibration, clunking?

2. Did you contact Land Rover regarding this? If so, what was the outcome?

3. Did an accident occur as a result of your propshaft failing?

4. If your vehicle was inspected by a mechanic/engineers or specialist what were his comments?

Any help you can provide me with would be appreciated! I am a 21 year old fighting Land Rover

Please reply to [email protected] as this email address is for all correspondence on this matter.

Regards

David.

come on then worappend?

This'll be worth a giggle ! personally i dont think yer got a cat in hells chance o gettin LR to admit to anything FFS, look at all the curent range from the introduction of the gaylander, Non are what you'd call reliable or well constructed.
Also when they claim an item is sealed and lubed fer life it dont mean forever ! so anyone with an ounce o commen sense knows its gunner die at some point ! but good luck an lerrus all know how yer gerron

Good luck but I would have thought propshafts and their associated parts were an item that is expected to wear out periodically. "For life" means the life of the component, not the life of the vehicle or indeed that of the driver.

Have you owned the Disco from new? at 21 I'm guessing not, and you have no way of knowing what "abuse" the previous owner/s have gave it....

Precisely I'm sure that LR will use previous owners as an excuse. Good luck though chap I'll be interested to see what comes from it.

IMHO you would have been far better off getting the basis for your case firmly in place along with your technical evidence long before you brought a case against landrover, thats just me tho, good luck, though im doubtfull you stand any chance if you dont have these things in place beforehand.

I hope your service history is immaculate.

Hi,
Personally I think the court case will be a lost cause,


I’ve got a 300tdi and both front and rear prop shafts ujays have failed at one time or another, I’m not a mechanic but all prop shafts I’ve seen have grease nipples and therefore assume they should be greased even if very infrequently and as part of a service schedule should be done, i.e. 12,000miles etc, so if your has main dealer full service history it should have been greased this may form part of your case.

I have also had the lock nut work loose which attaches the prop shaft to the drive at the front axel

When prop shafts usually fail there is usually some clunking when taking up drive or sometimes small amount of vibration, depending on how badly worn. Sometimes if driven mainly round town at no great speed you probably not be able to tell.

I don’t know if they can be a sealed unit but my advice would be to ring someone who repairs prop shafts, there used to be a place in Sheffield that advertise in autotrader I think it was called profshaft northwest. As they are people that make a living out of repairing them they will have some knowledge about reasons for failure and cause.

Hope this helps

Jon

hughesy said:

Good luck but I would have thought propshafts and their associated parts were an item that is expected to wear out periodically. "For life" means the life of the component, not the life of the vehicle or indeed that of the driver.

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EXACTLY

Think your on a loser with the court case matey

Just suck it up and get it sorted yourself Land Rover have the money AND the experts already in place to see you off

Am I alone in finding all these legal claims to be an American style pain in the backside - where people want their hand held for the rest of their life.
Its been out of production for 4 years,so its at least a year out of warranty.
If you dont like it,go buy a Jeep.

eightinavee said:

If you dont like it,go buy a Jeep.

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And good luck with that one too

has anyone defined wot the "life" of a propshaft is?

The Mad Hat Man said:

has anyone defined wot the "life" of a propshaft is?

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would that be...er...till it dies? (or when the warranty wears out, as far as LR's liability stands!)

Agreed this whole lawsuit culture is ridiculous these days. Where I work they've gone H&S mad to the extent that a new bloke the other day wasn't allowed to stack boxes on a pallet until he'd been trained and signed off to do it. Just in case he hurt himself and sued the company

hughesy said:

Agreed this whole lawsuit culture is ridiculous these days.

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I kunker!!!

I'm suing the bastid that sold me the Disco and said I'd get 20 MPG

this bloke seems a bit of a pompous prick to me,


you know him daft

For the money you will pay in legal fees (and probably lose) you could get yourself another car. What would happen if you get the other sides' costs awarded against you? Have you thought this through? Have you already had an opinion from counsel? - You don't just go and sue somebody, and even if your sense of justice says you have a case and lots of other people agree, the law is likely to say otherwise. Be VERY VERY careful.

bigchieffufu said:

I urgently need all the help I can get from people who know of experts in this field, have experienced similar failures or engaged in legal proceedings against LR.

Also need to identify experts in metallurgy and joint design in driven shaft technology.

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No self respecting expert would put their name anywhere near this as if it got laughed out of court it could harm their reputation

TWEETS said:

No self respecting expert would put their name anywhere near this as if it got laughed out of court it could harm their reputation

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Dint yer mean "When" tweets???

odenne said:

Dint yer mean "When" tweets???

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aye, slight slip of the fingers there