So sorry for all of you out there with engine failures - I never got any answers as to why the engine failed
JLR are trying to hush this up but there is a reason they are bottom of the reliability charts
The dealer - Hatfields - were useless - just got rid of mine and got the Lexus RX

My 18 month old Disco5 needed a new engine - never really found out why - massive silence from JLR - dealer had 2 others with same issue
Keep complaining to Natasha Plumley at JLR HQ - then sell it and get a Lexus ! That’s what I’m doing !! Great cars but TRULY AWFUL RELIABILITY AND CUSTOMER SERVICE

I have also posted with my car needing a new engine after 18 months - JLR won’t extend the warranty on the new engine
I too drive in Europe - to Spain and my experience of Spanish AA wasnt great And Hatfields the dealer who sold me the car say it’s just the risk you take buying a car !!

I had the same experience as you when the engine blew up in my 18month old Disco5 . Aa of Spain Left me and my dog to sort my own accommodation and get myself home Now dealer Hatfields tells me it’s the risk you take buying JLR when I wanted a 3 yr warranty on the new engine I’m DEFINITELY NEVER buy...

JLR are keeping this very quiet - I still have no info on why my engine seized - again straight after a series of warnings lastly one on oil. I was left on a motorway with no power at all ! My new engine has done 6 k and now dealer wants me to go for 40k service. I have NO CONFIDENCE that the same w...

Mine broke down in Spain after 18months - needed new engine too - about 30k miles - electrics went on motorway
No real reason for this given to me by JLR - just oil issue
Given up with JLR - 2 others like this at the York dealer

My Disco broke down in Spain on my way home just before lockdown After a challenging trip home I waited for the vehicle to arrive back to the uk . Hatfields , the dealer is closed so it eventually was taken to York dealer Inchcape 5 weeks later There it languishes as there are no engines as the fact...