Hillbilly Raider Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 My Raider is showing serious signs of corrosion on the rear cross member, bumper and paint is flaking around the place where the roll cage attaches to the truck. The stays on the roll cage/roofrack have rusted through and snapped off also. After hearing that my corrosion warranty is valid from say 6 years plus(on this forum) i took my truck to my stealer yesterday only to be told that the rust must have MADE HOLES in order to qualify!!??? This cant be right surely??? why wait (and give yourself more work) untill it is rusted through? My womans logic tells me to repair it BEFORE it gets to that stage?! Are they trying to pull a fast one? has anyone else had this problem? and if so how can i sort it out? P.S. they took photos to "send off" to "see if it qualifies" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Most corrosion warraties are only "anti-perforation". If it covered surface rust then LR wouldn't be able to get most of their vehicles out of the dealers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbilly Raider Posted January 31, 2006 Author Share Posted January 31, 2006 This is a bit more than surface rust!! but i know what you mean! Most of the people who buy new trucks trade them in after 3 years for a new model and the person who buys the "secondhand" one they have traded in, just deals with problems like this themselves so hardly anyone applies for this kind of work to be done (was told this by bloke at stealers) Have been in undated with "do you want to buy a new truck we will give you a good price against yours" mailshots since my truck turned 3 years old!! Keep telling them that i dont want a new Freelander/Disco/Rangie but it seems that they are only interested in selling you a new car NOT working on the one you have.!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJL Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 If its that bad i'd have it patched up then get rid and start again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon White Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Wanna borrow the waxoyl gun then Mand??? Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbilly Raider Posted January 31, 2006 Author Share Posted January 31, 2006 AJL.. wash your mouth out ! you know i love that truck! Jon... funny you should say that! guess what job Stringy has to do? that is if he survives Slindon at the weekend!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isuzurover Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Any pictures you can post of the rust? All corrosion warranties that I have seen only cover actual holes. They are probably hoping the warranty will expire by the time it gets bad enough that they have to do anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbilly Raider Posted January 31, 2006 Author Share Posted January 31, 2006 Have phoned Landrover direct and have pointed that fact out to them!! along with a few other points. This will either: (a) get the job done OR (B) get me no where!! those of you that know me will be feeling sorry for the poor girl at LR customer services who took the call! Rants are what i do best! Place your bets on the out come now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripley Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 i do bodywork for a LR main dealer, we do plenty of warranty work, normally due to the fact that the vehicles have been parked in a field for a year or two before their sold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Mandy I am sure that if you took the following advive that you would be guilty of some offence - fraud etc.? If you have significant rust patches and you are genuinly concerned then perhaps you could "hasten" the onset of holes with the aid of some chemical agents - acids and the like. This would force LR to take action but you may not like the action they would take... Will they replace the chassis, cage etc? Will they replace only part of it? Will they use filler to hide the fault? Or, on the crossmember, just weld a patch on? Well worth knowing before you take any action. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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