Girlfriend was going to work today in my range , and was going down motoway and the low power mode flashed up on the radio , she didnt know why but was lucky the next turn off was right near her work so arrived safe ...
But and big but then all the car did was conk out as she parked ..
no electrics at all ???
she rang me and I said it sounded like the alternator had given up the ghost , called my mate who is top notch auto electrician and he popped along to run some tests ....
the battery was READING ZERO ....
He tried to jump it with no luck so took battery to his workshop to blast it ...

tonight I picked up the fully charged battery and took it to the range and fitted it and hey the car started but then we tested the voltage of the battery to see if the alternator was emmiting a charge back and the voltage was as if it was on countdown lasted 3 min then car shut down . but it could have been very dangerous if happened while driving would have lost steering and , servo brakes!!!!!
I HAVE COME TO CONCLUSION ITS THE ALTERNATOR ??? why o why dont the car display a problem ?????

Lot of it around at the mo, loads of similar tales of woe on D3side.

My alternator had the decency to light up the warning light on the dash before leaving me by the side of the M6 last year - did kill the battery in the process though

how odd that a whole bunch of alternators seem to be going at the same time ,is this a result of recent bad weather,a batch of crap alternators,in my case i dont expect one to last just 23k miles ,thats a pathetic amount.

and dont get me started on replacement parts !

Update no body in Landrover uk has the alternator due to high demand!!!
Was told by m/d to put patten part !!! Hellllloooo! NO!!!
Told that denzo is the make and or own them and they are on back order


It's a joke so at present car is in bits !!! my mechanic recons he has located one I wait to hear??

airwolf222helicopters wrote:

Update no body in Landrover uk has the alternator due to high demand!!!
Was told by m/d to put patten part !!! Hellllloooo! NO!!!
Told that denzo is the make and or own them and they are on back order


It's a joke so at present car is in bits !!! my mechanic recons he has located one I wait to hear??

just a long shot, but lead acid car battery's hate being drained, they need constant re-charging from the
alternator. a re-charged from zero batt may have had the life sucked out of it.
i owned dare i say a new volvo a few years back and accidently left the interior light on over night.
result- battery drain. a re-charge of the batt lasted a few days and then drained, this process continued.
volvo actually wrangled me a new batt free after a period of time.

as a foot note, GEL batts can be discharged/re-charged ok, they use them in the ol folk scooters.
cost a lot more £££'s though.

Check for alternator stock with Nick, the parts manager at Yeovil Land Rover (tell him you're from RRSPORT).

He will tell you the REAL alternator situation and get you one if at all possible. Like this site? Buy some RRSPORT goodies to show your support!

Not quite the same problem, but I managed to crack the bumper on my RRS today - really annoying as I had it in low ratio, hill decent, etc and it just couldn't manage to negotiate a tight bend on a steep country hill. Anyway, gutted as I need a new bumper and my nearest 4 LR garages can't fit me in for 3 weeks+. To say I’m unhappy is an understatement. Can they really be that busy? I thought it was just me that couldn't drive!
Bono

Bonowww,

Yup they are that busy, fixing all the f g balls up the factory and design teams have made.

LPR always seem to find space for me when ever i phone them, usually the same week that i call them  TDV8 HST STORNOWAY ON A 58
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hi all just an UPDATE !!!

Got in very late last night due to waiting for recovery truck from the AA after being tod by landrover that there is no stock of YLE 500 420 ALTERNATOR IN THE CONTRY !!

I was told the factory has none .... rather than getting the car to them at the MD was to get it relayed to home as they have no idea when they will come in stock ...

so rang local recovery and they said for 10 mile trip £240.00 as it has to be lifted due to locked wheels..

But remembered I had AA ROADSIDE RELAY that I have never ever used . So rang told them my problem , none at main dealer and she said ok we will relay you home
Waited ages then some idiot in low loader came and did not know the wheels didnt move ( heavey rain at this point ) then he said he had these plastic wheel skates wow what a bit of kit he banged them under tyres with hammer with little force positioned his elevated lorry back attached winch and the rr skated nice slow up the back got back then slid car slowly in front of my garage then removed skates so at least car is safe at home until this alternator issue is sorted.. The RECOVERY guy was a muppet tho had no clue how to do things,but we got there in end ..... WHATS HAPPENING THO REGARDING THESE ALTERNATORS BEEN TOLD WE ARE NUMBER 28 ON LIST COULD BE 6 WEEKS !!!!!!!!!!! BY MD

Have you tried Euro Car Parts, they found me one for my L322, just £100 MD price £450 fitted it and it worked perfectly. Just an

tried that as last result they dont do them

been advised by my mechanic to put oem , even thos they are so small he thinks its to small for the out put needed thinks LR has done a bo booo but htey will never admit

the saga continues .....................................

Here you go Airwolf, found this one using google.

Maybe worth a phonecall.

http://www.startermotoralternator.com/drupal5/activestuff

I searched on a RRS 2007 2.7 and it came back with a result. 2013 Discovery HSE Luxury - 3.0 SDV6 - Santorini Black
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GONE - RRS - 3.0 TDV6 HSE - Santorini (2010)
GONE - RRS - 2.7 TDV6 HSE - Java Black (2007)
GONE - Porsche Boxster S - 3.2 - Black

hi tried them comes up with wrong part no there is three for 2.7 with ace

many thanks anyway