Discovery 4 steering shudder

Well I've had the Discovery 4 for 6 months now and am really liking it. However the last week it has had this weird shudder from the steering wheel when travelling on the motorway, which gets worse when braking. I thought it was going to be something steering or wheel bearing related as the suspension was renewed and front pads & discs, just before I got it. So I took it to my local garage who I've used for years as I'm getting too old and knackered to look myself, they are very good and have always been fair. They initially examined everything at the front couldn't find any issues steering or suspension wise, wheel bearings were fine. So they took it for a test drive to try to replicate the fault, which only raised its head at speed - over 50mph. He then braked which made things even worse and the vibration was felt right through the steering wheel. Got it back on the ramps and checked the discs & pads and the nearside one is visibly very badly warped?!?!? Pretty crap really seeing as they are less than a year old, well just over 6 months old to be precise and about 5500 miles! They were 'Land Rover' genuine parts too. He was pretty flabbergasted as they look brand new but definitely U/S!!!

I know the D4 is quite a monster on steering joints / suspension & brakes, but surely LR own should last longer than that???

They should do but is there proof they are genuine Land Rover?
Mind you even cheap ones should last longer.

Bet you the next set will do exactly the same.
I would be replacing the bearing along with the discs/pads.

Anaconda said:

They should do but is there proof they are genuine Land Rover?
Mind you even cheap ones should last longer.

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Yup, they were genuine LR changed at the dealer

Jasonmichael said:

Yup, they were genuine LR changed at the dealer

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That's poor, maybe it's a case to be answered by Land Rover.

Was it like that after they were fitted?
If not I'd suspect a lazy caliper or you've been stomping those brake damn hard and they may not have been run in properly

Mark Piercy said:

Was it like that after they were fitted?
If not I'd suspect a lazy caliper or you've been stomping those brake damn hard and they may not have been run in properly

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Nope, been fine ever since fitted in Dec last year. Only became a problem from last week, I'm not a heavy braker either, quite a sympathetic driver in my own vehicles. It had done about 5500 miles since replacement.

Anyway sorted now, new discs & pads and everything related was inspected and cleaned up before installation

Jasonmichael said:

Nope, been fine ever since fitted in Dec last year. Only became a problem from last week, I'm not a heavy braker either, quite a sympathetic driver in my own vehicles. It had done about 5500 miles since replacement.

Anyway sorted now, new discs & pads and everything related was inspected and cleaned up before installation

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Give it time.

D3 and D4 are very heavy on brakes and being autos makes them very likely to warp discs. Get into the habit of coming off the brakes soon as you can when you've just had a full stop, even if it's just to let the car creep a few feet to get the pads to a different part of the discs to stop cold/hot spots.