Just collected my car after them having a look at this, turbo solenoid or something is flagged up, but they have had a tech report saying there has been a issue causing this from wiring resistance due to water ingress and that needs a integrity check first and it maybe a CRB or something

In for a couple of days next week

I suppose with you driving another Auto, you now know what is normal and what is not. So the hesitation was absent from the loan car

No hesitation but it was also a SD4 which mine isn't

They seem to acknowledge there is a fault so fingers crossed they'll get it sorted

Any news Nick

Not yet, cars back in for them to do the wiring checks etc on Monday for a couple of days

npinks wrote:

Not yet, cars back in for them to do the wiring checks etc on Monday for a couple of days

Brought my FL2 SX in Oct 2011, similar problems. Been back twice, even worse now with lower o/s air temps, so back in next Thursday. When I phoned the service dept the guy said "this is normal, they all have that sort of character"
My reply - the demonstrator didn't or I wouldn't have brought one ,etc, etc
So watch this space  Cars mean all things to all men.

Just spoke to them after having the car for two days

Didn't report anything on the wiring, but had found sooty deposits near the turbo manifold, so want to fix this first, so are ordering the parts to fix this to rule it out, then it will be a see how things go

todays the 2nd day of the car been in for the manifold work been done.

Just had a call and they have had difficulty in removing the turbo and snapped a bolt, but the engineering company has been out and sorted that but they need to put it all together and test so i will await a call tomorrow

is drilling snapped nut out something to worry about  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

skleen wrote:

We have a similar problem with our 2008 GS with 40000 miles.

When accelerating in 4th gear and going through the 2000 to 2500 RPM band sometimes the rev counter will drop and you can sometimes feel a hesitation but then picks up again.

We have been to a dealer today and they say that it is the clutch slipping and even though it is a Land Rover approved used car the clutch is not covered so we have been quoted £730 if the clutch has gone if the problem is not a manufacturing defect.

If the clutch was slipping I thought it would happen high up the rev range and that the RPM would rise rather than fall.

Not sure what to do next.

Cheers

npinks wrote:

todays the 2nd day of the car been in for the manifold work been done.

Just had a call and they have had difficulty in removing the turbo and snapped a bolt, but the engineering company has been out and sorted that but they need to put it all together and test so i will await a call tomorrow

is drilling snapped nut out something to worry about

worth asking about how it was fix then and having them show me the offending bolt, if i have some huge bolt instead of the standard then, it will show it went tits up Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

hi just reading ur issues with throttle hesitation sounds very similar to my problem i had with my 2011my td4 was in and out of the dealer over 12 times in 8months bolt snapped in my manifold had to be extracted,in the end after help from another forum member who gave me the chassis number of his car the dealers can do a check to see what work was carried out and compair notes on both cars in the end a new turbo was fitted and the fault was gone,
mine had previously had an egr valve fitted earlier but did not solve the flatspot/hesitation  rainy-city
xs

Nick, standard sized bolt is 8mm, as said a Helicoil is just as good but with any luck 'stud extractors' will get the old out without damage.

Cheers, sure there is nothing to worry about, but better fore warned Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Cars received back and all is good, feels a little livelier too

When they replace the manifold the turbo was done too  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis