Anyone else have any of their heat shields fall off? I was pulling into my driveway and heard an awful screaching sound... A piece of my heat shield was scraping on the ground.
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Just had the same experience - diagnosed as loose heat shield at 12 month service with a recommendation to resolve the issue from Guy Salmon in Bristol. Quoted at £1500 to replace. Arranged a meeting with Independent JLR Garage Who anticipates a quick welding resolution!My heart shield is damaged and landrover dealer told me that whole exhaust would need replacing to fix the heat shield. Is this true?
Just discovered the heatshield under the DPF hanging loose. Put the car up on ramps and discovered it's held on by a couple of little mild steel screws into a mild steel bracket on the filter body on one side and presumably a clip of some sort on the other side. Fixed it by passing a piece of stainless screwband round the whole assembly. What annoys me about it though is that it is a stupid design fault as the fixings are never going to last for any significant time where they are. Car is three years old and low milage. The other problem is that what looks like a temperature sensor for the exhaust has it's cable clipped to said heat shield so if the shield fell off completely it would rip out the cable and no doubt cause considerable expense. Going to raise it as a warranty issue but won't hold my breath. A spot of weld may well be a good fix but would be scared of burning through the filter can.Just had the same experience - diagnosed as loose heat shield at 12 month service with a recommendation to resolve the issue from Guy Salmon in Bristol. Quoted at £1500 to replace. Arranged a meeting with Independent JLR Garage Who anticipates a quick welding resolution!
What function does the heat shield actually perform or is it another bit of over engineering from JLR?Just discovered the heatshield under the DPF hanging loose. Put the car up on ramps and discovered it's held on by a couple of little mild steel screws into a mild steel bracket on the filter body on one side and presumably a clip of some sort on the other side. Fixed it by passing a piece of stainless screwband round the whole assembly. What annoys me about it though is that it is a stupid design fault as the fixings are never going to last for any significant time where they are. Car is three years old and low milage. The other problem is that what looks like a temperature sensor for the exhaust has it's cable clipped to said heat shield so if the shield fell off completely it would rip out the cable and no doubt cause considerable expense. Going to raise it as a warranty issue but won't hold my breath. A spot of weld may well be a good fix but would be scared of burning through the filter can.
Hi, just had exactly the same from new Guy Salmon at Cribbs, which JLR dealer did the welding for you? Thanks!Just had the same experience - diagnosed as loose heat shield at 12 month service with a recommendation to resolve the issue from Guy Salmon in Bristol. Quoted at £1500 to replace. Arranged a meeting with Independent JLR Garage Who anticipates a quick welding resolution!