Land Rover Discovery Sport Panoramic Roof Cracked

Land rover discovery sport general discussion.

Land rover discovery sport panoramic roof cracked.

Land rover sunroof shatters. Manufacturing installation problem taking 1 week old discovery sport to dealership service centre tomorrow for assessment. Picked up my new discovery sport hse last week. At day 4 a large crack appeared in my moon roof.

The local dealer is saying that it is not a warranty issue but the car has only done 900 miles and either myself or my wife have driven it and not heard anything hit the car and there is no impact mark from an object hitting the roof. I took delivery of a discovery sport hse black late december 2015. Starting with the evoque the range gains a new flagship in the form of the autobiography. Was clear the adviser was thinking a piece of dirt was the chip as the area he thought had taken the impact wasn t even cracked.

The dealer state that this is a repair not covered under warranty and therefore should be an insurance claim. Replacing the roof requires the removal and reassembly of the headliner. Have uncovered a serious defect on landrover whereby the sunroof shatters for no apparent reason. Haven t rolled back the pano roof cover in quite a while but will check periodically now.

I have argued that if land rover is selling vehicles that have a panoramic roof that is susceptible to cracking so easily then as an off road vehicle it is not fit for purpose and therefore they should repair it. Driving on normal roads nothing hit roof. I did it through insurance but the total bill including replacing the antenna was around 2 400. Amongst the changes are new model variants and updated engines including mild hybrids.

Whilst driving the car the other day i noticed a crack in the panoramic roof from the passenger side corner running in a wiggly line diagonally down the roof. Land rover offers a fixed or sliding panoramic roof for their models with an upgrade. Be careful i did my repair through the dealer and they did a horrific job. I recently had my glass roof replaced repaired on my 2011 lr4.

As ed says the pano roof is a structural part of the body on the rre so replacement is the best route i also think that a 14 crack would not be repairable at a windscreen repairers it s too long a crack to do with their curing gun. Jaguar land rover north america llc land rover is recalling certain model year 2014 range rover and range rover sport and 2013 2014 lr4 vehicles manufactured september 16 2013 to june 30 2014. The higher in trim level the more standard features you re bound to find the panoramic roof is among them. It was cracked going through a car wash.

These models that include the panoramic roof include the. Land rover has announced a raft of updates for both its strong selling evoque and for the discovery sport. 2016 ds hse 5 2 3rd row climate comfort. I intend to take them to court and would welcome any supporting instances of this type of behaviour that you are aware of.