Discovery vibration at speed

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Hi..ive got a 1999 Landrover Discovery V8i ES with a high speed vibration..it occurs at exactly 70mph and gets progressively worse if you try and drive faster..ive had it to my landrover dealer and they changed the front and rear prop's along with the rubber donut,ive had the four wheels balanced and rotated.ive just spent over £700 on parts only and it's no better..Landrover waived the Labour charge after my discontent...so save yer money and "live with it or sell it"..there's no real solution to it..and that official from Landrover..
Shame as the discovery's are a nice truck but i'm going back to a"vibration free" Mitsubishi L200..:doh:

what a load of bollocks you just havent found it yet 12 years old bound to have some wear

what do yer mean "load of bollocks"..it has spent two weeks in a landrover dealer cost me nearly £760 in parts that in the end it never needed and it's NO better..If Landrover themselves cant fix it WHO CAN

Nobody...they examined every bush and joint and concluded it was a "mystery" so take yer sarcasm elsewhere as it's just NOT appreciated

IMO it remains a tyre and balancing issue then ... unfortunatelly the most garages dont have proffesional balancing equipment which can turn the wheel more than 70mph equivalent rotation.

If u have CDL, lock the diff, take out the front prop and try then....at least u'll be closer to the answer... the props themselves must be equilibrated

James is a highly respected and VERY knowledgable member of this forum who gives out very good advice that would cost you a fortune elsewhere. He may sometimes come over as terse but that is often as he is replying to numerous threads and questions at once.Mate,you will not make any friends here blowing off steam at JM.

As to a main dealer being expert and infallible ? On older vehicles? Well , I think that you may just hear differing opinions and experiences.

I have been running 200 and 300 D1s for years now and NEVER heard of that speed wobble over 70 being a common,untreatable ailment. I think that you may have been fobbed off.Many persons working in garages are fitters,trained fitters,and not engineers or mechanics with a wealth of anecdotal knowledge. I myself was fortunate enough to have a neighbour (until his recent death) who was the father of the areas main dealer. He would often take problems of mine to his son and sometimes I was told that many of the "mechanics" at the LR main dealer did not know the answers beyond what the analysis equipment told them.

who do you think is fixing stuff in dealer workshops, mechanics and most probably very young since i and others have driven these vehicles for years and at over 70 there isnt an inherent desing flaw that means it has to vibrate even in 12 year old vehicle, there is a mechanical solution just needs finding most common is tyres, for 2 x prop and doughnut at dealer prices and labour they didnt spend very long looking ,coming on here slagging disco and upping **** like l200 isnt best way of getting answers to what is solvable

i HAD BAD VIBRATION AT ABOUT 50 MPH TURNED OUT TO BE LOOSE WHEEL NUT.

if I had to put money on one person that could help you it would be James Martin the man is a legend, I bet he would have found your fault and fixed it for less than Landrover have charged you for parts alone! and as for main dealers they are crap Ford sold my misses a ka with the wrong ht leads in by their own admision which I had to bring to their attention!

i aint trusted a main dealer since my ford cortina mk5 went in for its thousand mile service..... came back virtually undrivable ..... was one of the first fitted with a new engine design that meant the ignition timing had changed by about 6 degrees .... main dealer experts set it back to the old value.... ran fine on the forcourt but like crap on open road.

I had a similar issue, turned out my rear tyres were deformed.
Started rattling at 60 ish, changed donut, no better, changed ALL tyres - fine.
Sorry you got stiffed by the stealer mate but chill out.

ive got a similar proble, narrowed it down to either the front diff, or the front right tyre which and a bulge in it (which is bloody annoying because its only 2000 miles old)

I have the same problem but it occurs at 55+mph

So far ive

Balanced the wheels
Changed rubber Doughnut
changed the four brake discs as they were all warped.

Its still there so next job is the props.

You gotta keep trying.

I just had to buy two new front tyres for mine, same problem wheel wobble, they had both delaminated .......the blokes on here are genuine experts....blokes in the dealer are doing a job and probably under pressure. Take advice from the FREE experts.

Oh and the tyres both had about 10mm of tread left....bugger !!!!

turned out to be the uj at the front on the transfer box

Had the same prob turns out to be a worn steering damper bush.

FaceliftLandrover said:

Nobody...they examined every bush and joint and concluded it was a "mystery" so take yer sarcasm elsewhere as it's just NOT appreciated

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If the Land Rover dealer has "examined every bush etc......." it merely shows their incompetence.

There is no way a Land Rover Discovery comes out of the factory unable to be driven above 70mph - the dealer was giving you rubbish and you swallowed it and then attacked others who were trying to help; if you haven't worked out by now that a high percentage of LR dealer service depts are useless at diagnosis, you never will.

The chap you slagged off is knowledgeable and helpful. If you ask him very nicely, you may find he can solve your problem.

Personally I would be taking my vehicle to a tyre specialist who has the equipment to balance big heavy LR wheels at above 70mph. I take it you are running std size tyres?

Mine has wobble at 55-60mph, I checked the wheel nuts but not done anything else yet as I don't go over 50mph it doesn't really affect me.

Oooops. Looks like the toys are out of the pram...

FaceliftLandrover said:

Nobody...they examined every bush and joint and concluded it was a "mystery" so take yer sarcasm elsewhere as it's just NOT appreciated

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Oh yes it is!

Bye:multiply:
hope you get piles