Driving home tonight, lovely 55 mins of the usual joy, then 5 mins from home, car lurched, a big 'bong' followed by restricted performance and RR now sounding like a tractor

Limped home and took the below video;
https://youtube.com/shorts/X-mfpwCWr_Q?si=l50erEbnbA-eFOKv

It's a MY15 L394 RRS Autobiography, only got it in January and it came with 6m warranty.

Will get RAC to take it back to the garage tomorrow.

Thoughts appreciated  Iggy/Ieuan

Current LR =
2015 RR Sport Autobiography
&
1992 Land Rover Defender Camper

- Gone but not forgotten:
MY10 D4 GS
MY05 Disco 3 'S'
MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
1960 Series 2 88" (No idea why I sold it!)

Last edited by Iguana on Fri May 17 2024 1:14pm. Edited 1 time in total

I don’t think it’s terminal. Best bet is to get the codes read and have somebody put eyes on it. 2011 RRS HSE Luxury 3.0 TDV6 Fuji White on Ebony/Ivory
Born and raised in So Cal. Moved to the UK in 2018 for a few years. Now in Poland and looking at moving back to the UK.

I had once a similar (very alarming!) noise and symptoms; it turned out to be a 'fuel injector' - service was about eur 400 altogether.. 🤞

Sounds very much like a fuel injector copper washer leaking, quite common and an easy and cheap fix!!

Thanks all!

Hoping it does turn out to be so, RAC coming in the morning and then get it back to the garage. Will update tomorrow

Update:
It's gone, RAC sent a recovery truck, but he also thinks it's injectors

Now have a Range Rover shaped hole on the drive  Iggy/Ieuan

Current LR =
2015 RR Sport Autobiography
&
1992 Land Rover Defender Camper

- Gone but not forgotten:
MY10 D4 GS
MY05 Disco 3 'S'
MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
1960 Series 2 88" (No idea why I sold it!)

Update, it wasn't the injectors, huge split/hole in the inlet manifold, so needs a new manifold, which is on order, hopefully will get it back next week.

And all under warranty

Cheers Iggy/Ieuan

Current LR =
2015 RR Sport Autobiography
&
1992 Land Rover Defender Camper

- Gone but not forgotten:
MY10 D4 GS
MY05 Disco 3 'S'
MY14 FL2 HSE manual in Blue
MY15 Disco 4 HSE Lux in Santorini Black
MY08 Disco 3 SE manual in Buck Blue
1960 Series 2 88" (No idea why I sold it!)

Maybe worth asking them while it's apart to do the other manifold too, it's not much more labour to do the 2. Would make sense to pay a small contribution now and not have to worry about the other side failing in the future as they are a common weak point up until 2016 model year when the manifolds were revised .

Iguana wrote:

Update, it wasn't the injectors, huge split/hole in the inlet manifold, so needs a new manifold, which is on order, hopefully will get it back next week.

And all under warranty

Cheers

Mine werent covered in the end!

£1200 to replace both - always get both done.