Mine will be due towards the end of this year - 7 years. Thinking of going to Maltings Off Road Ltd in Doncaster.

Their price list has it at £420 for A service, belt and water pump in year nine but year 7 is also an A service so should be the same price. They also keep online service record for the car up to date.

I have never been to them before but I’ve heard nothing bad and I really dislike my two nearest dealers (G Lamb & G Salmon) so I may just give them a try. The only reservation I may have is non genuine parts being fitted to keep the price down.

Anybody have any experience of Maltings? Good, Bad or Indifferent?

Had mine serviced at LR the other day, simply because I had a service contract and it was good value for money, however the dealer is useless as I booked in 6 weeks in advance and asked for a call back to confirm what will be done etc.
called a further 5 times, never got a call back! the night before it was due for service 5pm they called me to confirm MOt service and cam-belt 1550quid !in the morning. All well and good but not having worked since 19th march and as a new self employed zero help, all bit of a shock!
They forgot it was on a contract service, I refused cambelt as bit of a surprise ( Still wanted £1050) the night before and was expecting 10 years not 7. Its only done just 21k now from new so few weeks over wont be a problem.
They got the arse and refused MOt etc so cancelled contract and will now do myself including cambelt etc.
God knows what it is with these dealers but they are so up their own ars......
I get classy, precise and helpful service from Toyota for our other 3 toyotas at home I think its gonna be a fourth.
Love the drive and looks of a landrover but dealer support and service !!! they don't have a clue. Jaguar x-type sport gone
Jaguar x-type 2.2d sport one of my best cars ever sadly gone
Freelander 2 GS auto 2008 most unreliable ever ! gladly gone
Freelander 2 GS manual 2013 only time will tell !

This touches on two topics close to my heart:

I was sold an Evoque second hand from a dealer with the remainder of a service plan as part of the package. 6 months later got her serviced under the plan all well and good. Then got rid of the hateful car a week or two later. A few days after selling the car, I got a call saying that the service plan had expired on mileage grounds and I owed for a B service. I had left all the service and warranty info in the glove box of the Evoque, but the new owners (Bradford LR) emailed copies across proving that it was explicit in the original sale. - lesson learned service packs not worth the paper they are written on, need any more proof, look on the Disco sport website about how owners have been treated once it was discovered that their cars needed oil changes every 8-10k miles, rather than the published 21k.

Dealerships by and large I have found the Technicians OK, they try to do an honest job but are often let down by poor technical support from LR. But the front of desk can vary between helpful, professional, honest to downright daylight robbery, often the same dealership, strikes me it's target driven, if they are down on target they will rob punters blind, if not they make you feel like you are dealing with a premium brand. If you find a good garage (dealership or independent) then owning a LR can be a joy - not cheap, but worth the cost. Tangiers Orange - gone, missing her
Replaced by Ewok what a mistake - now a happy Disco Sport owner

well I guess Andy131 that if the dealers were exceptional, the product was reliable and Landrover support was good they would be very dangerous in the market as they would certainly do some damage to other makes as there is no doubt the product to drive, and look at takes a lot of beating.
It would certainly appear that Dealerships let the product down very badly indeed and landrover themselves seem to just roll over and accept !
I have mentioned many times before my Toyota Dealership and even our Citroen dealership customer service is just brilliant and has been faultless since 2007, interestingly never had any issues with any of the cars except one camshaft VVT unit, was just out of warranty BUT dealer instantly fought my corner and indicated it wouldn't be a problem and it wasn't. No drama, just sorted under warranty hence why we keep buying more.
If only LR could get it right eh  Jaguar x-type sport gone
Jaguar x-type 2.2d sport one of my best cars ever sadly gone
Freelander 2 GS auto 2008 most unreliable ever ! gladly gone
Freelander 2 GS manual 2013 only time will tell !

ReggiePerrin wrote:

Mine will be due towards the end of this year - 7 years. Thinking of going to Maltings Off Road Ltd in Doncaster.

Their price list has it at £420 for A service, belt and water pump in year nine but year 7 is also an A service so should be the same price. They also keep online service record for the car up to date.

I have never been to them before but I’ve heard nothing bad and I really dislike my two nearest dealers (G Lamb & G Salmon) so I may just give them a try. The only reservation I may have is non genuine parts being fitted to keep the price down.

Anybody have any experience of Maltings? Good, Bad or Indifferent?

Thanks Martyn. Good recommendation.

So cam belt and water pump now at 9 years and 144k. And it states SD4.
That’s different.
Good price though including a service.
Expensive looking FL2’s for sale though.

riverblanche wrote:

And thats a lot cheaper than main stealer

their online book a service gives the 7y service with belt change for just shy of £1k

Just had mine done by an authorised LR service agent in New Malden (Not a dealer) but an authorised garage to do JLR warranty work, servicing and repairs. the A service and belt and water pump (LR pump and belt kit) all done for just under £640 with the book stamped and online SH updated.

Very happy with that, but not so happy when they tried to say the car needed more work. Brake fluid change ? Done in 2019 and still showing less than 1% moisture content. Air Con service. Also done in 2019 including re-gas and working fine. They also said the rear bushes on the front lower suspension arms where slightly worn and need changing (cars done 54k) and then 4 wheel alignment afterwards, MOT'd the month befor and was fine, then it needed a rear diff output seal on the O/S. It's just a small dark patch around it, not even damp with oil. In total an additional cost of nearly £2,500.

I suspect it may have been a case of get the car in and do the belt & service for a good price with a view to finding more work and trying worry the customer in to getting the other stuff done.


Here are some pictures taken from the video they sent me. Un even tyre wear because of the worn bushes, The Bushes and the diff seal.



















[/img] 2007 TD4 XS The work horse that earns its up keep
2013 SD4 HSE The posh one for towing the caravan
1973 Triumph Stag I bought in 2009 and restored.

"I suspect it may have been a case of get the car in and do the belt & service for a good price with a view to finding more work and trying worry the customer in to getting the other stuff done."

I tend to agree Jules

Had mine done yesterday - 62 plate SD4 @ 147,000 miles.
I supplied the kit (Gates) with water pump and aux belt. All fitted by my friendly MOT centre who are very good for £100.
The old belt was definitely the original seeing as I've owned it from 60k miles.
It looks as good as new to be honest, no cracks or wear even when bent hard back on itself. Just the evidence where the tensioner has run for the past 147k miles.

£100, Did you use a Jedi mind trick on them........... 2007 TD4 XS The work horse that earns its up keep
2013 SD4 HSE The posh one for towing the caravan
1973 Triumph Stag I bought in 2009 and restored.

Not at all.
I do an occasional job for them - I own a precision engineering company, so handy when they need something fixing or modifying.
As for main dealers - keep away - rip off merchants the lot of them.
I have adopted the same pricing structure if ever I get a job from any of them - £100hr

Kage wrote:

So cam belt and water pump now at 9 years and 144k. And it states SD4.

Incorrect. SD4 intervals have been reduced

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Can this be a sticky please Jules

Mikey wrote:

Kage wrote:

So cam belt and water pump now at 9 years and 144k. And it states SD4.

Incorrect. SD4 intervals have been reduced

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