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murdomac101



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United Kingdom 2011 Range Rover Sport 3.0 TDV6 HSE Stornoway Grey
Purchase used RRS - should dealer have changed timing belt

Hi all,

I've recently purchases a 2011 RRS (TDV6) with 60k miles. I'm really happy with it.

The used car dealership conducted a full service and MOT immediately prior to my purchase a month ago. This was the car's seventh service.

A friend (who has had a few RR) has said that the seven year service should include a timing belt change and that the dealer should have changed this as part of the service. They are not a Land Rover specialist, but do carry out repairs/services as well as sales.

Before I engage with the dealer I just wondered if anyone had any views/knowledge on the position.

Thanks all

Mac

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Bill Portland



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105k miles or 7 years (whichever comes 1st) is the service that requires the timing belt to be change. Merc C220 estate Sport AMG
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sally



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Most dealers will do as little as possible prior to a sale. Had you of realised pre purchase, you probably could have used this info to knock them down on price. Maybe you could ask them to do some sort of deal on the cambelt replacement? 2012 Evoque
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RRSTDV8



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If the service was due then it should have included the belts. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
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riverblanche



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Hi and welcome Thumbs Up

as said it should have had the 105k/7 year service which includes all the belts

but

in reality it depends what has been said or wrote on the sales receipt Question
they could say "Yes we do a PDI service on all our cars before leaving us" oil and filter only service?
if anything along the lines of "complete a service in-line with manufacturer schedule"?

as the belt service is round figures of £600 if it was not mentioned prior to sale then just try and anything is a bonus

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Disco_Mikey



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Dealing with used car sales places on an almost daily basis, they do the absolute bare minimum to “prepare” the car for sale...

It’s not usual for a recently sold car to be brought in for a check over, to leave with an estimate of work that should have been done prior to MOT/sale.

And a “full service” is usually an oil and filter change, and an MOT...

I’d be very surprised if they agree to have the belts replaced, or reduce the price accordingly

Post #561651 Thu Jul 19 2018 8:17pm
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