Ripped off

Hi, I am new to this forum, so be gentle, I have a Range Rover L322 TD6 Vogue which I've just had serviced and consecquently been ripped off by my local Land Rover Dealer to the princely sum of £480 for the inspection 2 service and an A/C service, picked the car up on Friday and drove it 12 miles home, the car did not move all weekend until I got in it and tried to start it on Sunday afternoon. Everything completely dead, nothing worked, contacted the dealer Monday morning who reluctantly came to my house to start the car, but were unable to due to them not having jump leads? or a replacement battery so they had to return later in the after noon and fit a new battery. This time the car started and was returned to the dealer, after 2 hours they contacted me to say that low and behold the battery was faulty and I needed a new battery at a cost of £123.00. What I am getting at is that on my service receipt it states that the battery was checked, found good and re-charged ? could it be that the check caused the vault in the first place ? the dealer says not but I beg to differ...........thanks

It is most likely that the deep discharge of the battery (i.e. everything totally dead) is what has ruined it. So it probably was OK when checked at the service.

The real issue is, why did it go totally flat over the weekend? Find out before you ruin another battery....


Cheers,

Jerry

If it is a gel battery and more than a couple of years old, they can go duff at the drop of an hat. One minute good next duff. You have to ask why they needed to charge it. Normally on a service they would just check the electrolite and maybe shunt test it for bad cells. Anything found would be reported. Bit strange that one.

The (non Gel) battery on my P38 failed overnight in summer. Fine one day, no power to start the car next day. It would light the lights OK, quite worrying for a moment. Stuck the tractor battery on it and away she went.

Datatek said:

The (non Gel) battery on my P38 failed overnight in summer. Fine one day, no power to start the car next day. It would light the lights OK, quite worrying for a moment. Stuck the tractor battery on it and away she went.

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Not unknown of course Keith specially in winter. But the gel batteries are renowned for it, at any time. They just appear to fall off a cliff.

I had one fall off a lorry




















It ruined it!!

Silly lad. Is it not a sick bird not to have them secured?