Car been at stealers for another week still pulls to the left and steering wheel not central and new bluetooth ecu fitted so phone now works fine.
I have a noisy roller bearing in one turbo I think even tho the dealer said they couldnt find the route of the problem.
Swirswirswirswirswirswir noise.
Car has been off the road since March for 2 months in total now.
But I still love it!!
Still got knocking steering too anyone know if theres a fix for this yet without me trailing through the list of complaints its very slight bout 20mph when turning.
Cheers. Blick with blick windows, big wheels, tow bar for nickin, side steps for the tart, DVD screens for on the go porn, 22" Stormers black and polished... as a matter of fact just about every box ticked.....if I`m going down I`m going down BIG time. ))
Ducati 1098S for the road and track and KTM 250EXC smoker for the mud.

So it's a Java Blick all show no go RRS then....................................... Sorry to hear you have another problem Birdy A Carbon Footprint is the mark a lump of coal makes when it's dropped on the ground.

Tata TDv8 HSE - Stornoway/ebony and straight grain walnut with towpack, Tasmods and an HST grille. Coming soon LEDs in the headlights
Staying - Epsom Green Defender 90 for playing off road

Tim in Scotland wrote:

So it's a Java Blick all show no go RRS then....................................... Sorry to hear you have another problem Birdy

Bad luck mate... one of the great things about the TDV8 is that it doesn't have that dieselly note to it...  

I have experienced a similiar problem with the steering pulling to the left and steering wheel off centre. Dealer found the alignment was out of spec as delivered from LR. Even then it took several alignment attempts with the dealer sending it to another garage in order to try different alignment equipment. Even then it still wandered to the left slightly. I have now changed the front wheels side to side and ............. problem solved. I think the original fault caused a tyre wear problem which in turn caused the car to drift to the left. This changing of the front wheels side to side, to cure this pulling problem, is commonly used by Porsche dealers and has worked for me previously.

Regarding your turbo fault. Can you give more details of this turbo noise? A bearing fault on a turbo is usually fatal for the turbo due to the high rpm involved. I had a noise from the turbo which could only be heard before/after the engine was running. This fault is present on a few TDV8 engines but there is now a software upgrade available. 2008 TDV8, Stornoway Grey, ebony, zabrano trim, TV, Tasmods, mudflaps.

rrsjo wrote:

I have experienced a similiar problem with the steering pulling to the left and steering wheel off centre. Dealer found the alignment was out of spec as delivered from LR. Even then it took several alignment attempts with the dealer sending it to another garage in order to try different alignment equipment. Even then it still wandered to the left slightly. I have now changed the front wheels side to side and ............. problem solved. I think the original fault caused a tyre wear problem which in turn caused the car to drift to the left. This changing of the front wheels side to side, to cure this pulling problem, is commonly used by Porsche dealers and has worked for me previously.

Regarding your turbo fault. Can you give more details of this turbo noise? A bearing fault on a turbo is usually fatal for the turbo due to the high rpm involved. I had a noise from the turbo which could only be heard before/after the engine was running. This fault is present on a few TDV8 engines but there is now a software upgrade available.

Birdy a few folks on here have found that "fixes" are not shared around the dealership service bays and have printed out the fixes that others on here have found have worked, I know it sounds carzy that we have to tell the dealers how to fix problems but often it is a case of handing the service manager a heap of printouts from the forum................................. The service manager at the local dealer even admitted to me that they often don't have time to be looking at the GTR website to see what the latest TSB's are, they arrive by email from LR, get printed out and filed and that's the last of it.............................. often it is us, the owners, that keep the dealer's technical dept up to date! A Carbon Footprint is the mark a lump of coal makes when it's dropped on the ground.

Tata TDv8 HSE - Stornoway/ebony and straight grain walnut with towpack, Tasmods and an HST grille. Coming soon LEDs in the headlights
Staying - Epsom Green Defender 90 for playing off road

Tim in Scotland wrote:

Birdy a few folks on here have found that "fixes" are not shared around the dealership service bays and have printed out the fixes that others on here have found have worked, I know it sounds carzy that we have to tell the dealers how to fix problems but often it is a case of handing the service manager a heap of printouts from the forum................................. The service manager at the local dealer even admitted to me that they often don't have time to be looking at the GTR website to see what the latest TSB's are, they arrive by email from LR, get printed out and filed and that's the last of it.............................. often it is us, the owners, that keep the dealer's technical dept up to date!

Yeah, it is but at least they don't just thrown them in the bin (generally). 

Birdy I recall you had a power upgrade on the car....maybe the noise has something to do with that?

I'd be very careful about posting which performance upgrades one has had done on here. You just never know which LR employee is reading and posting or how it might affect your warranty in the future.

I know that my purchasing dealer spotted my posts. MY08 RRS TDV8 HSE, Stornoway Grey, Ebony and Zabrano, sunroof, hybrid tv, premium ICE, rear E diff, privacy glass, side steps, mud flaps, S/Grey mirror covers, Venture shield,tasmods, smoked indicators, Larini sports exhaust, etc, etc.

ginger wrote:

Birdy I recall you had a power upgrade on the car....maybe the noise has something to do with that?