Didier D., a resident of Talmont-Saint-Hilaire (85 years old), fell in love with Range Rover Evoque, like many other motorists. In the spring of 2016, he decided to get a version TD4 150 new. The Franco-British romance concludes last October, when our reader returns from vacation. The SUV suddenly breaks down near Toulouse, and the odometer only shows 123,200 km!
Didier has no choice but to entrust his car to a local dealer and return home at his own expense, which is 500 km from the “pink city”.
Accelerated moral aging
After investigation, the dealer concluded that the engine and turbine were destroyed. Double breakdown due to oil pump failure. The estimate freezes at Didier: in order to return the Evoque to working condition, it is necessary 13,309 euros ! As a conscientious professional, the head of the workshop of the Land Rover dealership nevertheless appeals for the support of the brand.
She decides to give her unhappy customer a 20% discount. Didier quickly does his calculations and thinks that a loss of €10,647 is unacceptable, knowing that his Evoque is barely more than 5 years old and has less than 130,000 km. So he decides to contact us to get our opinion and force the manufacturer to bend.
Our defense strategy
By its gesture, Land Rover actually means that the service life of its mechanics is approx 150,000 km.
However, the scale of our experts believe that the engine should be able to drive 300,000 km and turbo 200,000 km. Based on this and considering the level of moral aging, as his Evoque is more than 5 years old, Didier can expect Engine at 65%.This is 7092 euros.
On the other hand, the discount given on the turbo is correct. Therefore, the balance due should not exceed 6,217 euros.
Source: Auto Plus
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