I had exactly the same, mine was just newer than recall and Land Rover were having non of it. I even went to the DVSA here in the UK to highlight the danger, they too not interested. Zero concern from Land Rover on this one, glad your highlighting.
Re the managers statement saying no problems disclosed in Germany ( or words to that effect) if i can paraphrase Mandy Rice - Davies “he would (say that)wouldn’t he”. All i can say is that it is a bit of a rum do. All the best from England.Ps, just want to add to this post to get the Jag, i would like to hear where the knock is from. “Are you feeling Lucky” 😀.
You and your lovely wife are not just the funniest people on youtube you are also the most enjoyable.Your description of countries that drive on the right hand side was the funniest thing i ever saw on youtube besides being a super mechanic/engineer you are so clever about all things land rover please never stop making the videos
I just love the way that Christian explains a situation/problem. When he is finished there is no drought or questions. Christian you should do "After Dinner Speeches" with the topic "How to make a mountain out of a molehill". You have "Desktop Mechanics" another RUclipsr has "Health & Safety Police" (UK)
Back in the eighties when your ancestors did this, priceless! Thank you Christian & Vera I love watching your videos & I also know nothing about Toyota cars
Excellent video ! I love your brutal honesty and typical German humour, but also treating the lady at LR with respect (as a salesman should). Greetings from South Africa !👍
Greetings from the UK! I am a Land Rover technician and have done a few of these recalls now. I really think Land Rover need to provide that crack spray to do the recall. It’s worrying what you might not be able to see! I had no idea that the recall wasn’t worldwide so I think that it’s brilliant for sharing this information, I wish you the best of luck with getting a safety recall in Germany.
74 countries including India and Austrailia and the UK drive left side lol Really enjoying your videos. Love Germany and the people. Lived in NRW for 2 years. Didnt want to come back to England... Keep this content coming :)
In Australia a few years ago I had one of Australia's biggest selling cars. The a/c hose leaked out all the gas right on warranty expiry (on time, the car was low klms). The dealer said they had never seen that issue before however the internet was full of discussion on the exact issue. Even a mate who worked at a dealer said it's a common problem. Never trust what the dealer says 😞
Christian, I think we have very similar taste in cars. Thanks for taking the time to show everyone this problem and trying to address it in a country that drives on the right side of the road.
Brilliant video as per usual. Christian, your next project car should have the JLR 2.0 litre Ingenium diesel engine in it. There are a lot of them around, and by all accounts it will surely provide you with endless video footage for this channel, especially if you get a car where it's mounted transversely, because that appears to be related to all sorts of grief related to emissions reduction systems.
Hi Guys, another great video. As per your last comment, my 2015 discovery is actually a "hybrid", because it is very often connected to a battery charger.
I would love to see you pick up an XJ. I think it's one of the nicest Jags ever produced. Massively underrated. You don't see many of them on the road.
Had MB, BMW etc. XJ V8 3.5 Petrol was the best of the lot. Wish I’d never sold it. Towed a big caravan with it and still got up to 23mpg. My previous MB E320 returned 15th!
This is public service broadcasting. I can't see why the clamp bolt is that long, surely that can't be OEM. Well done Christian & Vera, you might have just saved someone's life. Well done.
The first part of the bolt isn't threaded, probably about 25mm or so. I assume it's for helping to locate the slot and taper on the ball joint before being able to pull the full diameter of the bolt through.
Hi Christian and Vera . Firstly I don’t own a Land Rover of any description, but , i cannot help but watch your hilarious antics on this channel, I’ve seen everything you’ve posted and it’s excellent. I especially like the fact that as a half German from a little town called troisdorf , near to porz and cologne , I get great pleasure from your sense of humour, exactly like my uncle Werner !! (Sadly no longer with us) please keep up the good work, and I’m hooked!!!
Wonderful, Land Rovers always deliver. I'm a desktop mechanic and I thought your idea about crack testing was overrated, until I saw the other side cracked as well, so now I'm having a moment of cognitive dissonance. lol. Best of luck getting something to happen before the end of the universe, but we must live in hope. In the meantime, I know now not to park next to a Queen in case it falls on me, so for that I am grateful. I hope you enjoyed your holiday Christian, always nice to have some time.
That is definitely a recall. Once you have notified Land Rover all these vehicles need to be stopped and taken off the road. They will have huge liability here if they can’t prove an aftermarket torque problem.
They should be banned from Europe completely since they are building unsafe vehicles, not fit for purpose and essentially operating as a scam business selling a defective product.
Really excellent and very interesting. I think if this was taken to the dealer there is a possibility that the dealership may change the knuckles with Land Rovers approval and raise an inspection request rather than have an official recall. Your approach was 100% correct. I'm sure now that this video has been on youtube and viewed 100,000s then Range Rover will act, they have too. Always a great show and very informative.
@@Vera_and_ChristianI don’t see how they can ask to remove the video. Everything you did was correct and everything said factual. You also demonstrated that JLR are aware of the issue.
Oh wow. Good for you for taking this to the Department of Transport. I must say that doesn't look like a big or strong enough knuckle for a 2.5 tonne 4x4. My fiancée's Prius barely weighs half that and has two M14 pinch bolts torqued to 153Nm holding the knuckle to the strut! I know the geometry of a Macpherson strut results in different loadings, but it's still a useful illustration.
Buy the Jag, it’s good to get challenged from time to time. Re: Metal fatigue. Many years ago, I worked for Hawker Siddley in Hatfield UK. My office window overlooked the water tank they used to test the hulls of the doomed Comet aircraft before they knew about metal fatigue. The windows of the plane were square shaped, the cracks happened in the corners.
Not sure it was so much the shape of the windows (although Boeing changed the early 707 designs to oval windows from square). It was the riveting processes that started the cracks on metal that was too thin for the pressures being applied and disapplied.
@@johnmoruzzi7236 Sorry that was not what the official report found after they created the world first submerged pressure test. A synopsis of the tests revealed: * G-ALYU was placed inside the tank * All internal cabin fixtures were removed and replaced with weights * ‘YU’ had already completed 1121 Passenger flights * ‘YU’ had completed 10 pressurised flights with de Havilland plus other tests * A further 1826 simulated cycles were completed before fatigue failure of the pressure cabin from a crack growing from a rivet hole at the forward port escape hatch One conclusion was the rivet holes were punched not drilled and this led to fatigue cracks. An early Comet 2 was also put under the same testing (it had rounded windows) and the failures were in riveting not the windows.
I remember reading about this on the RRS forum. Then of course I forgot about it. Just went out and checked my L494 and the top of the knuckle looks to be a slightly different design. So I’m guessing mine have been replaced in the past. In the UK the failure could be either side since the potholes on our roads are everywhere 😂
Hi, great episode, two things, yes to the XJL, also, you should put some foam padding on the lift posts? Save the doors from damage Keep up the good work
Christian, your engineering knowledge is fabulous & you explain there reason for or reasons not, I know engineering field is part of your normal day but just explaining to others helps everyone else
Land Rover don’t like paying for recalls. They never admitted the oil dilution issue with diesel Ingenium engines, just gave extra free oil changes until the car was out of warranty so the car was not their problem anymore…….. 😐
No car manufacture likes recalls, our friends Volvo XC40 Hybrid went up in flames at 18 months old - never accepted liability, since found out they are definitely not the only ones...
I could sit and watch your videos for hours Cristian, your knowledge and skills are exemplary. As we say in th UK, "you certainly know your onions!" The NDT Dye Penetrant method was particularly interesting as I used to do training on that and Magnetic Particle testing with apprentices over here.
Another gem from LR Time ❤ Next week on my FB feed, ‘do you own a 2014-16 Range Rover?’ Land Rover may be compensating owners. We can handle your claim (sub text, we’ll take 60% of your claim) 😆
Who said the Germans don't have a sense of humour . I laughed at you pair interacting. Marriage made in Heaven. The Jaguar purchase would be great but potentially very costly. Someone previously mentioned Salvage UK and their experience. Cheers to you both
I look forward to seeing more on the queen. I have really enjoyed problem solving some of the issues I have had and look forward to seeing more content from you guys.
Good find! and letting the lr time community in on it with serious and entertaining episode. will have to ck in on this in US. my l322 is serving well but have been mulling an L405 because I can get a v6 diesel to join in with you in the v6 diesel russian roulette gambit! Thanks again u2 for the great channel, always a bright Sunday with Vera und Christian🤠🤠
Today I learned two things: 1. When something really is bad Vera says ''Oh my God....Oh my God.'' 2. In Germany, when you have a highly efficient functional vehicle lift, when working on suspension you just raise the vehicle 0.5M so you still have to get down onto your knees. Maybe it saves on electricity?
Noooooo…….. not a jaguar that is not the car four you! You booth are Landrover enthousiast,even with the queen her troubles! Landrovers are so fantastic,myself have a discovery2 21years old! I love that car,even I most work on it! Great video,hoop that you are successful with your efforts! Hvl.
Great video again. I am watching your videos not as a Landrover owner, but I do drive Jaguars. In fact I just bought an XJ with the three liter diesel engine so plenty of similarities. I realize I might be prejudiced but I would love to see you taking on a Jag as a project car. I am sure you’ll have an opinion or two about these cars.
Dear Christian and Vera I have no interest in land rovers or anything mechanical but I love your videos so it must be down to you guys..keep it up please.
Dear Christian and Vera, I wonder if anybody from the management of JLR watches your videos? If they do how do they justify this potentially life threatening issue not being the subject of a recall outside of the UK? Thanks for another interesting video.
Aluminum, over time, it will "work harden". Clamping against an air gap, putting the material into a bending overstress situation is bound to cause problems eventually. One reason I'm not a fan of aluminum suspension. They may as well have made the component from hard cheese.
LR UK recalled D4s for a faulty fuel tank grommet, likely to cause a severe fire risk, but the same VINs in Aus, no recall at all! Dealer said no recall in Aus, then no action on my car. How cheap of LR!
Hi you two crack me up 😅 pure entertainment and info . I have a Queen of my own after seeing this I went out and put it in giraffe mode and checked all good it appears keep up the great videos
It's about 1/3 left, 2/3 right simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic#:~:text=Some%20other%20countries%20chose%20the,Ireland%2C%20Malta%2C%20and%20Cyprus.
An absolutely brilliant public safety announcement from LR Time. Will be looking forward to the response from the German transport authority. Well done, Christian & Vera
Great vid Dean. It's got to be about the best rush ever when a bass hits a live mackerel especially if you can watch it happen. The ultimate catch in my opinion.
will definitely make sure to check the queens in my shop the xj is a amazing vehicle normally the supercharger Teflon bush goes and causes a knocking noise simple to check
Great video. Shows how things were made wrong as you pointed out Christian. Land Rover need to deal with this. It is the bolt no doubt which is causing the issue. As you said it has no doubt been overtightened. It could have been made differently to save this issue. I as I have said previously do not own a Land Rover product but love the way you both look at the issues and address them. Very entertaining but covering issues which manufacturers do not think about properly when they make them. That was particularly the case with the recent engine rebuild you carried out.
Christian, don't be too angry with people that drive RHD cars as they aren't the ones that force the vast majority of drivers to remove their primary hand from the steering wheel to change gear 😂
Remember if you drive on the right, you drive on the FRENCH side of the road. The people that brought you snails and frogs legs as a food source and bread in the shape of a schlong!
I agree, that's much worse than fried Mars bars with greasy chips; jelly; Mother's Pride bread and best of all what the french call Soluble coffee (Instant coffee)
Driving on the left hand side of the road is a direct result of being conquered by Napoleon Bonaparte. He was left handed. Being so meant that cavalry were forced to pass the opposition with the sword hand (in this case his left) nearest to his foe. Such was his arrogance, he insisted that all his soldiers used their left hand to fight. Blame the French, but for the correct reason.
I always look forward to your videos. Entertainment and knowledge in every episode. I was looking at buying a Jaguar XF or Landrover last year. After watching lots of videos, and reading posts on social media, I cannot buy anything from Jaguar Landrover. They do not look after their customers, and it seems that the quality of their parts leave a lot to be desired. Can't wait for next weeks episode.
Thank you for another wonderful video! I hope the authorities and JLR take this seriously as it's such dangerous problem. My vote is to stick with the Queen if you can get enough content, or an old Defender? I know those old Defenders are so overpriced nowadays though.
D5's must be getting affordable now. Having been driven around in both a few times I personally prefer the D4, but Christian & Vera getting a D5 would add a bit of variety to the channel. 👍
@@AJB1 I think Christian's train of thought is getting a petrol Discovery to work on! Since he mentioned a supercharger. We are all bored of him fixing the TD6's.
Ah, I've not heard of that, mine is an Autobiography with 22's also but has 275 x 40 as standard in the UK. I checked the Government website and over 7300 L405 cars were recalled of 2016 builds with the cracked arm. Thankfully my 2017 is OK.
Its a crap design (having the split/clamp) and the 'wrong' material. My Cayenne 955 has similar long travel double McPherson strut suspension but the knuckle is grey cast iron and the top ball joint is a taper/doesn't have a split. The material choice of aluminium will improve ride quality (sprung Vs unsprung weight) and weight saving fuel economy but comes at the cost of potential catastrophic failure!
Hi vera and christian.very educational episode.you go get landrover christian.its obviously a manufacturers problem,needs a recall.especially at that price!!! Looking forward to the outcome.😊😊😊
Well done Christian, take it to JLR. The designer of the L405 was Gerry McGovern, blame him. The fault would have been picked up on the R&D testing, so shame on you JLR.
Yes I do, I have worked in RnD departments on prototypes, let’s face it cheap and poorly designed parts have been used and should have picked up on the pre-production vehicles that have in most cases traveled 1 millions miles plus.
Get the XJ. If you do I might get one also. I drove one for a week. After driving my favourite road the comment from the wife was that the seats could be more supportive. Honestly I spanked it!🎉
Another wonderfully funny and informative video. I think I will eventually upgrade from my current L320 to an L405, hopefully by then I'll remember to check if this recall has been done as I'm in the UK but for the moment I've still got a lot of miles to put on my Bianca, she's only done 99,500ish. ❤
As an owner of not just a Land Rover but a jaguar XKR with the 5.0l supercharged engine I would love to see you get the XJR and work on it 😊 great video as always 👍
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I had exactly the same, mine was just newer than recall and Land Rover were having non of it. I even went to the DVSA here in the UK to highlight the danger, they too not interested. Zero concern from Land Rover on this one, glad your highlighting.
I am somewhat convinced that the DOT will force a recall on LR. However, we will find out.
@@Vera_and_Christian I wonder would a C spacer between the join would relieve the stress and make even pressure to stop further cracking on new parts
Re the managers statement saying no problems disclosed in Germany ( or words to that effect) if i can paraphrase Mandy Rice -
Davies “he would (say that)wouldn’t he”.
All i can say is that it is a bit of a rum do. All the best from England.Ps, just want to add to this post to get the Jag, i would like to hear where the knock is from. “Are you feeling Lucky” 😀.
How would your engineer at your work design this part without adding any weight?
@@rob612 IMPRESSED. Thank you.
You and your lovely wife are not just the funniest people on youtube you are also the most enjoyable.Your description of countries that drive on the right hand side was the funniest thing i ever saw on youtube besides being a super mechanic/engineer you are so clever about all things land rover please never stop making the videos
They will never stop making repair videos...................... because they will never buy a Toyota.................
Sent this to a buddy of mine. Lo and behold. He now owes us both a cold one.
I just love the way that Christian explains a situation/problem. When he is finished there is no drought or questions.
Christian you should do "After Dinner Speeches" with the topic "How to make a mountain out of a molehill".
You have "Desktop Mechanics" another RUclipsr has "Health & Safety Police" (UK)
Thanks 😂
Excellent Duty of Care applied here, Christian.
Looking up from underneath and seeing a crack, LR Time never fails to deliver 🤣
Go to your room
@@harveysmith100 😂
Back in the eighties when your ancestors did this, priceless!
Thank you Christian & Vera I love watching your videos & I also know nothing about Toyota cars
Excellent video ! I love your brutal honesty and typical German humour, but also treating the lady at LR with respect (as a salesman should). Greetings from South Africa !👍
Greetings from the UK! I am a Land Rover technician and have done a few of these recalls now. I really think Land Rover need to provide that crack spray to do the recall. It’s worrying what you might not be able to see! I had no idea that the recall wasn’t worldwide so I think that it’s brilliant for sharing this information, I wish you the best of luck with getting a safety recall in Germany.
Thanks. Yes, it is not world wide apparently. Hope the vehicles here are covered soon. Christian
In defence of JLR there is no way the engineers believed the bearings would out last the knuckles……or the engine.
First plausible explanation 😂👍
Thank you so much for this video, I have a L494 and definitely going to check this out.
Ralph from South Africa 🇿🇦
74 countries including India and Austrailia and the UK drive left side lol
Really enjoying your videos. Love Germany and the people. Lived in NRW for 2 years. Didnt want to come back to England... Keep this content coming :)
In Australia a few years ago I had one of Australia's biggest selling cars. The a/c hose leaked out all the gas right on warranty expiry (on time, the car was low klms). The dealer said they had never seen that issue before however the internet was full of discussion on the exact issue. Even a mate who worked at a dealer said it's a common problem. Never trust what the dealer says 😞
Oh what a feeling…..
I agree, the dealers are full of bullshit. Still, the gas leakage beats the heck out of a snapped crankshaft.
@@phillippereira6468Toyota
Was it a Toyota? 😉
A gas leak also beats having a front wheel fall off at highway speed!
Christian, I think we have very similar taste in cars. Thanks for taking the time to show everyone this problem and trying to address it in a country that drives on the right side of the road.
Brilliant video as per usual. Christian, your next project car should have the JLR 2.0 litre Ingenium diesel engine in it. There are a lot of them around, and by all accounts it will surely provide you with endless video footage for this channel, especially if you get a car where it's mounted transversely, because that appears to be related to all sorts of grief related to emissions reduction systems.
Yes. Oil dilution problems. Broken timing gear. Electrical gremlins. DPF problems. Horrific diesel consumption. 😂😂😂
Brilliant vid as always. Loved the geography lesson 😂😂.
Hi Guys, another great video. As per your last comment, my 2015 discovery is actually a "hybrid", because it is very often connected to a battery charger.
LOL 😂 👍
I would love to see you pick up an XJ. I think it's one of the nicest Jags ever produced. Massively underrated. You don't see many of them on the road.
Agree
A very good friend of mine lets me use his X351 XJR from time to time.
Hugely underrated.
Supercharged XJ RARE here in the U.K.
GET IT with my wife I’ve figured it out ! It’s easier to seek forgiveness then permission 😂
Had MB, BMW etc. XJ V8 3.5 Petrol was the best of the lot. Wish I’d never sold it. Towed a big caravan with it and still got up to 23mpg. My previous MB E320 returned 15th!
I had an XF, a beautiful car😊😊
The Jaguar will be a brilliant project. Especially as I'm thinking of getting one.
From LR to Jag. You must love misery or high maintenance beautiful vehicles (and women before Vera). 🙃
This is public service broadcasting. I can't see why the clamp bolt is that long, surely that can't be OEM. Well done Christian & Vera, you might have just saved someone's life. Well done.
The first part of the bolt isn't threaded, probably about 25mm or so. I assume it's for helping to locate the slot and taper on the ball joint before being able to pull the full diameter of the bolt through.
One life he saved might have been his own. Of course, 180kph is like 40mph in 'Merica so how dangerous is it really?
yes the bolt is that long also on my 2022 defender x
I work at a JLR Shop in Germany. These are the original OEM bolts.
@@cjhickspe1399more like 100 mph
Excellent work on bringing this to light for many owners outside UK
Hi Christian and Vera . Firstly I don’t own a Land Rover of any description, but , i cannot help but watch your hilarious antics on this channel, I’ve seen everything you’ve posted and it’s excellent.
I especially like the fact that as a half German from a little town called troisdorf , near to porz and cologne , I get great pleasure from your sense of humour, exactly like my uncle Werner !! (Sadly no longer with us) please keep up the good work, and I’m hooked!!!
Thanks
Thailand also drives on the Left, the correct side! Good show!
🦘😀
And Japan 🇯🇵
And Malta and Cyprus.
Wonderful, Land Rovers always deliver. I'm a desktop mechanic and I thought your idea about crack testing was overrated, until I saw the other side cracked as well, so now I'm having a moment of cognitive dissonance. lol. Best of luck getting something to happen before the end of the universe, but we must live in hope. In the meantime, I know now not to park next to a Queen in case it falls on me, so for that I am grateful. I hope you enjoyed your holiday Christian, always nice to have some time.
Yes, don’t park next to them. 😂😂😂 lol. Christian
Excellent video. Thanks for raising awareness, shocked only right hand drive vehicles were subject to recall. Such a dangerous issue.
That is definitely a recall. Once you have notified Land Rover all these vehicles need to be stopped and taken off the road. They will have huge liability here if they can’t prove an aftermarket torque problem.
They should be banned from Europe completely since they are building unsafe vehicles, not fit for purpose and essentially operating as a scam business selling a defective product.
You guys make a great team and a great couple. Love the content!
Really excellent and very interesting. I think if this was taken to the dealer there is a possibility that the dealership may change the knuckles with Land Rovers approval and raise an inspection request rather than have an official recall. Your approach was 100% correct. I'm sure now that this video has been on youtube and viewed 100,000s then Range Rover will act, they have too.
Always a great show and very informative.
We will find out. I may get ordered to remove the video. Who knows… Christian
@@Vera_and_ChristianI don’t see how they can ask to remove the video. Everything you did was correct and everything said factual. You also demonstrated that JLR are aware of the issue.
Oh wow. Good for you for taking this to the Department of Transport. I must say that doesn't look like a big or strong enough knuckle for a 2.5 tonne 4x4. My fiancée's Prius barely weighs half that and has two M14 pinch bolts torqued to 153Nm holding the knuckle to the strut! I know the geometry of a Macpherson strut results in different loadings, but it's still a useful illustration.
Buy the Jag, it’s good to get challenged from time to time. Re: Metal fatigue. Many years ago, I worked for Hawker Siddley in Hatfield UK. My office window overlooked the water tank they used to test the hulls of the doomed Comet aircraft before they knew about metal fatigue. The windows of the plane were square shaped, the cracks happened in the corners.
Used to drive past the site. Visited when they were still making 146's. Now it's all a University site
Not sure it was so much the shape of the windows (although Boeing changed the early 707 designs to oval windows from square). It was the riveting processes that started the cracks on metal that was too thin for the pressures being applied and disapplied.
@@1chish They added an aerial and the drilling for that started the crack but the window shape was significant.
@@johnmoruzzi7236 Sorry that was not what the official report found after they created the world first submerged pressure test. A synopsis of the tests revealed:
* G-ALYU was placed inside the tank
* All internal cabin fixtures were
removed and replaced with weights
* ‘YU’ had already completed 1121
Passenger flights
* ‘YU’ had completed 10 pressurised
flights with de Havilland plus other
tests
* A further 1826 simulated cycles were
completed before fatigue failure of the
pressure cabin from a crack growing
from a rivet hole at the forward port
escape hatch
One conclusion was the rivet holes were punched not drilled and this led to fatigue cracks.
An early Comet 2 was also put under the same testing (it had rounded windows) and the failures were in riveting not the windows.
I should add that the XJ is a fabulous car, a friend has one and we took his X351 XJR to Goodwood last year and it was sublime.
I remember reading about this on the RRS forum. Then of course I forgot about it. Just went out and checked my L494 and the top of the knuckle looks to be a slightly different design. So I’m guessing mine have been replaced in the past.
In the UK the failure could be either side since the potholes on our roads are everywhere 😂
You have some of the best content and actual knowledge on LR. thanks for sharring!
😃🙏👌🙋♀️
Sir I have recently joined your channel. You are an online technical library. Love your videos.
Lots of love and respect from Pakistan ❤
You are God sent, I have a friend in Uganda that has the same exact model, I notified him and I hope he doesn't find the crack.
Hi, great episode, two things, yes to the XJL, also, you should put some foam padding on the lift posts? Save the doors from damage
Keep up the good work
The lift has rubber bumpers for the doors. It came with it. Thanks.
Christian, your engineering knowledge is fabulous & you explain there reason for or reasons not, I know engineering field is part of your normal day but just explaining to others helps everyone else
Ah, it must be Sunday morning, top entertainment, thanks to you both.
I have a L494 and will be checking this asap. You guys are hilarious thank you again
Land Rover don’t like paying for recalls. They never admitted the oil dilution issue with diesel Ingenium engines, just gave extra free oil changes until the car was out of warranty so the car was not their problem anymore…….. 😐
No car manufacture likes recalls, our friends Volvo XC40 Hybrid went up in flames at 18 months old - never accepted liability, since found out they are definitely not the only ones...
I could sit and watch your videos for hours Cristian, your knowledge and skills are exemplary. As we say in th UK, "you certainly know your onions!"
The NDT Dye Penetrant method was particularly interesting as I used to do training on that and Magnetic Particle testing with apprentices over here.
Another gem from LR Time ❤
Next week on my FB feed, ‘do you own a 2014-16 Range Rover?’
Land Rover may be compensating owners. We can handle your claim (sub text, we’ll take 60% of your claim) 😆
Love your Wisconsin license plate! @33:05 Lot’s of good wishes from Minnesota, their neighboring state.
We lived in Michigan for almost 10 years👍🙋♀️
Who said the Germans don't have a sense of humour . I laughed at you pair interacting. Marriage made in Heaven. The Jaguar purchase would be great but potentially very costly. Someone previously mentioned Salvage UK and their experience. Cheers to you both
Thanks 👍
I look forward to seeing more on the queen. I have really enjoyed problem solving some of the issues I have had and look forward to seeing more content from you guys.
She was just too reliable until now. 😅👍🙋♀️
You two are brilliant, thank you for a great start to Sunday :)
Good find! and letting the lr time community in on it with serious and entertaining episode. will have to ck in on this in US. my l322 is serving well but have been mulling an L405 because I can get a v6 diesel to join in with you in the v6 diesel russian roulette gambit! Thanks again u2 for the great channel, always a bright Sunday with Vera und Christian🤠🤠
Today I learned two things:
1. When something really is bad Vera says ''Oh my God....Oh my God.''
2. In Germany, when you have a highly efficient functional vehicle lift, when working on suspension you just raise the vehicle 0.5M so you still have to get down onto your knees. Maybe it saves on electricity?
Oh my God .....he's just doing if for the perfect vantage point of the vertically challenged camera operator! No pun intended, we all love Vera.
The right side of the road is the side that everyone else is driving on. Otherwise it hurts!
Noooooo…….. not a jaguar that is not the car four you!
You booth are Landrover enthousiast,even with the queen her troubles!
Landrovers are so fantastic,myself have a discovery2 21years old!
I love that car,even I most work on it!
Great video,hoop that you are successful with your efforts!
Hvl.
❤... your wife is a great help x
Well Well Well..... I am glad that I have the "Problematic" L320 and L319... Glad that you have highlighted the problem.
As an owner of 5 jaaaaaasgs, i could not encourage the XJ project more highly.
I have seen this issue in many cars that have aluminium axles.
Usually caused by over tightening the pinch bolts.
Great video again. I am watching your videos not as a Landrover owner, but I do drive Jaguars. In fact I just bought an XJ with the three liter diesel engine so plenty of similarities. I realize I might be prejudiced but I would love to see you taking on a Jag as a project car. I am sure you’ll have an opinion or two about these cars.
Dear Christian and Vera I have no interest in land rovers or anything mechanical but I love your videos so it must be down to you guys..keep it up please.
Dear Christian and Vera,
I wonder if anybody from the management of JLR watches your videos? If they do how do they justify this potentially life threatening issue not being the subject of a recall outside of the UK?
Thanks for another interesting video.
I know I would loose sleep over such a issue if I would be responsible. Christian
@@Vera_and_Christiangenauso ist es Christian. Total unverantwortlich so was.
I use to make Pinzgauer off road vehicles we always click click about 205nm !! Good job Vera ❤
Aluminum, over time, it will "work harden". Clamping against an air gap, putting the material into a bending overstress situation is bound to cause problems eventually. One reason I'm not a fan of aluminum suspension. They may as well have made the component from hard cheese.
Exactly; aluminium should never be used in a safety critical component like suspension.
Totally s as agree. An open clamp in Aluminium is a no go. Christian
All the braking accelerating and turning and suspension actions of the car transfer partially through that piece of stressed stretched aluminium…..
great video and explanation thanks, I love your sense of humour too, keep up the great work 🙏
LR UK recalled D4s for a faulty fuel tank grommet, likely to cause a severe fire risk, but the same VINs in Aus, no recall at all! Dealer said no recall in Aus, then no action on my car. How cheap of LR!
You guys are freaking phenomenal ! Thank you. Keep it up; please !!!
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Love the content. That's so bad that the recall isn't global. 😊
I love watching you guys. Very informative yet lots of fun. It's wrong that the recall is only for right hand cars. I hope you get it sorted soon
29:56 🤔 All i can say is: YES! YES!🤠 But keep the queen too😉
Good! 👍
Hi you two crack me up 😅 pure entertainment and info . I have a Queen of my own after seeing this I went out and put it in giraffe mode and checked all good it appears keep up the great videos
👌👍but keep an eye on it. Maybe do a crack test at some point🙋♀️
Don't forget the biggest island in the world 🇦🇺australia🇦🇺 also right hand drive, loving your vlogs guys 😁
Or the largest country by population, India.
It's about 1/3 left, 2/3 right simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic#:~:text=Some%20other%20countries%20chose%20the,Ireland%2C%20Malta%2C%20and%20Cyprus.
An absolutely brilliant public safety announcement from LR Time. Will be looking forward to the response from the German transport authority. Well done, Christian & Vera
In Amsterdam we see a lot of cracks but not like this. Schönen Sonntag 🎉
You was thinking what I was thinking 😂.
Were they found by using pink spray?
@@grahameroberts8109in the dark room uhh garage usually by feel
@@grahameroberts8109 talcum powder and a pink flute, or so rumour has it...
Great vid Dean. It's got to be about the best rush ever when a bass hits a live mackerel especially if you can watch it happen.
The ultimate catch in my opinion.
The roads in the UK are terrible and we are constantly banging in and out of potholes.
will definitely make sure to check the queens in my shop the xj is a amazing vehicle normally the supercharger Teflon bush goes and causes a knocking noise simple to check
Assuming the importance of your RUclips channel (and maybe the safety of their customers) Tata motors will send you the recall Monday.
I think I’ll get mail from their lawyer first. Hope this will not harm us or our channel. Christian
@@Vera_and_Christian They should give you a new Range Rover for bringing this to their attention. Thanks for the lovely videos.
Great video. Shows how things were made wrong as you pointed out Christian. Land Rover need to deal with this. It is the bolt no doubt which is causing the issue. As you said it has no doubt been overtightened. It could have been made differently to save this issue. I as I have said previously do not own a Land Rover product but love the way you both look at the issues and address them. Very entertaining but covering issues which manufacturers do not think about properly when they make them. That was particularly the case with the recent engine rebuild you carried out.
I think it would look great next to the Jaaaag😅
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Really enjoy your videos from zimbabwe
Christian, don't be too angry with people that drive RHD cars as they aren't the ones that force the vast majority of drivers to remove their primary hand from the steering wheel to change gear 😂
Aah A Scania man 👍 .... So what he says must be right!
Remember if you drive on the right, you drive on the FRENCH side of the road. The people that brought you snails and frogs legs as a food source and bread in the shape of a schlong!
@@terrortorn I live in France 🤣
I agree, that's much worse than fried Mars bars with greasy chips; jelly; Mother's Pride bread and best of all what the french call Soluble coffee (Instant coffee)
Driving on the left hand side of the road is a direct result of being conquered by Napoleon Bonaparte. He was left handed. Being so meant that cavalry were forced to pass the opposition with the sword hand (in this case his left) nearest to his foe. Such was his arrogance, he insisted that all his soldiers used their left hand to fight. Blame the French, but for the correct reason.
I always look forward to your videos. Entertainment and knowledge in every episode. I was looking at buying a Jaguar XF or Landrover last year. After watching lots of videos, and reading posts on social media, I cannot buy anything from Jaguar Landrover. They do not look after their customers, and it seems that the quality of their parts leave a lot to be desired. Can't wait for next weeks episode.
I also double click. Nothing wrong with doing that. I do hope that LR upgrade their recall for this issue. Thanks for the video.
Double click is the only way to do it, in my opinion. Just feels so wrong to stop after one!!!
Great video guys Very useful update & information , enjoyed watching 👍🏼👍🏼
Definitely buy the Jag, will have plenty of content potential.
Bound to keep them going for years, but they'll need to change the channel name to "Cat-astrophic Capers.
That’s what I say too. Christian
I understand the l322 has low resale value but i think you will gain a lot of subscribers and views. Keep up the good work. 👍
Checked mine ...everything was fine, my wife has one crack on drivers side. Not had a recall. Will contact them on Monday.
Wow.
Thank you for another wonderful video! I hope the authorities and JLR take this seriously as it's such dangerous problem. My vote is to stick with the Queen if you can get enough content, or an old Defender? I know those old Defenders are so overpriced nowadays though.
Buy a Discovery 5, or a Defender you'll have a lot of content. Also, they're challenging cars to work on, since they're not home mechanic friendly.
D5's must be getting affordable now. Having been driven around in both a few times I personally prefer the D4, but Christian & Vera getting a D5 would add a bit of variety to the channel. 👍
I just somehow can't get past that rear licence plate positioning on the D5!
@@AJB1 I think Christian's train of thought is getting a petrol Discovery to work on! Since he mentioned a supercharger. We are all bored of him fixing the TD6's.
Thanks for highlighting this, I'm going to check mine today. I noticed you have a non-standard tyre size.
It´s a black edition Autobiograph and it comes standard with 22" and these tires.
Ah, I've not heard of that, mine is an Autobiography with 22's also but has 275 x 40 as standard in the UK. I checked the Government website and over 7300 L405 cars were recalled of 2016 builds with the cracked arm. Thankfully my 2017 is OK.
Its a crap design (having the split/clamp) and the 'wrong' material. My Cayenne 955 has similar long travel double McPherson strut suspension but the knuckle is grey cast iron and the top ball joint is a taper/doesn't have a split.
The material choice of aluminium will improve ride quality (sprung Vs unsprung weight) and weight saving fuel economy but comes at the cost of potential catastrophic failure!
Yes, the Audi A4 has a similar knuckle but without the weak design. Christian
Hi vera and christian.very educational episode.you go get landrover christian.its obviously a manufacturers problem,needs a recall.especially at that price!!! Looking forward to the outcome.😊😊😊
He said “Fahrt” 😂
LOL 😂 😂😂
@@Vera_and_Christian sorry, very childish I know ❤️🇬🇧 😂
Definitely buy the XJ. It will lead to some superb content.
Amazing video again today. I wasn't expecting the other side to cracked too. Wow.
Well done Christian, take it to JLR. The designer of the L405 was Gerry McGovern, blame him. The fault would have been picked up on the R&D testing, so shame on you JLR.
Don't you understand engineering not same as styling?
@@richardsheil5289and the accountants couldn’t care less about any of it
Yes I do, I have worked in RnD departments on prototypes, let’s face it cheap and poorly designed parts have been used and should have picked up on the pre-production vehicles that have in most cases traveled 1 millions miles plus.
Thank you Vera and Christian, your video uploads are soo interesting.
Drainage grills are usually not flush with the road. If it's the same in Germany that may be the reason for more failures on the passenger side.
Great video guys so informative and funny will be watching more well done guys
Get the XJ. If you do I might get one also. I drove one for a week. After driving my favourite road the comment from the wife was that the seats could be more supportive. Honestly I spanked it!🎉
Another wonderfully funny and informative video. I think I will eventually upgrade from my current L320 to an L405, hopefully by then I'll remember to check if this recall has been done as I'm in the UK but for the moment I've still got a lot of miles to put on my Bianca, she's only done 99,500ish. ❤
You guys are a brilliant team.
Well done Cristian and Vera you may just saved peoples lives by this video I hope it gets resolved quickly 👍
Love the way you said "Solihull" Christian, I grew up very close to Solihull which means muddy hill in old English :)
As an owner of not just a Land Rover but a jaguar XKR with the 5.0l supercharged engine I would love to see you get the XJR and work on it 😊 great video as always 👍
You would have thought this would be a worldwide recall
Another excellent presentation thank you both
I've never been so excited to hear about a "death trap"! Thanks for sharing your near death experience with us Christian and Vera :)