Range Rover Evoque failure of DCDC Converter

tulip1961

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81913066#Comment_81913066

Thankyou for your helpful comment 🙄 honestly ! 🤷‍♀️. I had a 3 month and 4 year old who needed to get home . Regardless of what “I should have done” this failure absolutely should not have happened ! All I posted for is to gauge how many people have had this issue and if Range Rover are doing a recall .

Aylesbury_Duck

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81912976#Comment_81912976

While I won't defend what sounds like yet more shoddy quality control on Land Rover cars (I only know three people with them and they've all had to deal with the cars having lengthy spells in dealerships for various problems), I would challenge that what you've described is dangerous. The warning message sounds like it did its job. Continuing to drive a car with any sort of warning message isn't sensible, beyond pulling over at the next safe place to investigate or call for help. You had 10 miles in which to do so, so I'm afraid that had it finally failed somewhere dangerous, you would bear responsibility for that.

One wonders if your grandchildren's parents might have been "filled with absolute horror and shuddering to think" what might have happened as a result of you ignoring the warning and pressing on and potentially breaking down somewhere more dangerous.

born_again

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81913177#Comment_81913177

Sadly cars are subject to failures. More so with Hybrids, where you are talking for more complex engine/electronics.

MattMattMattUK

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81913177#Comment_81913177

Vehicles should of course ideally not fail, but the claim of "it only did 10 miles" once a warning light came on is not a sensible comment. Warning lights often come on because something critical has failed, the vehicle is saying that the driver needs to pull over now because something has gone wrong, continuing driving can/will make it worse and may also result in catastrophic failure (complete power loss on a motorway, engine seizing etc.).

There have been known quality issues with the Evoque (and Range Rover in general) for several years now, the warranty is laughably short.

There has are some recalls on the Evoke, what specifically for depends on the vehicle, you can check if there are any outstanding recalls on a vehicle on the government MOT site.

https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/

born_again

There has are some recalls on the Evoke, what specifically for depends on the vehicle, you can check if there are any outstanding recalls on a vehicle on the government MOT site.

https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/

This DC/DC is far more likely to be a internal service update. Which do not make it to the Gov site which is where there is a major safety issue.

kia are well known for this.

MattMattMattUK

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81914125#Comment_81914125

I generally agree, but some of the Evokes were subject to a recall for the converter, others were not as it did not fail catastrophically. All owners would have been sent a letter though, and dealt with on taking it in for the annual service. The issue with that is many of them got stuck in garages for months due to lack of parts.

DeathByFluffy

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81913177#Comment_81913177

The point is, within 10 miles there's plenty of places to come off a motorway somewhere safe. If you choose to ignore the light for 10 miles and the car stops somewhere dangerous, that's on you.