London Cabbie

peter January 31, 2008 at 3:04 pm

mate obviously u are going the wong way bout having you’re “serious defects” repaired. i have a tx4 auto so have several friends neither i or they have had any problem with the vehicle as to “serious defects” there has been teething problems but the dealership have been extremly helpful and have rectified any teething problems quickly and efficiently. as for slating the company think youre out of order you may well have problems with youre tx4 this doesn’t mean all tx4 drivers are experiencing the same problems as you’rs. as far as i’m concerned the vehicle is excellent and SAFE

g graham January 21, 2009 at 8:51 am

i have a tx4 i purchased in dec 2006 the first problem was rear door not lining up also the cab was like a bowl of jelly to drive .they fonud the rear axle was worped and the replced it then i broke down twice both accasions it was turbo pipes (that they known about )then ther was the time the cab was at the service dealers for 4 days they could not find any faults .i picked the cab up within the hour i broke down the rac came and found the fault it was the lead to the alternator broke away i have also had the radiater replaced the famous fire protection they also supplied me with 4 new tyres and rims and sent down an engineer to set the front steering track rods etc because it was all out of line also my wipers keep moving from there position the dealers have to reset them and now i have just fond out that i will be having a new gearbox because mine is crunching on top of this the real problem is when any thing goes wrong i have to wait for lti to send down an engineer to confirm what the service dealer say (and believe me it takes weeks) i am in the process of trying to get rid of it when the work is done A FRIDAY AFTERNOON CAB

lala4cab September 21, 2009 at 6:08 pm

peter u dont work for lti you joker tx2 was crap tx4 is the ass

billy October 14, 2009 at 1:43 am

THE TX4 IS A PROBLEM WAITING TO HAPPEN WHEN IT HITS A CERTAIN MILEAGE . DEALERS IN SCOTLAND DO NOT KNOW WHY OR HOW IT HAPPENS BUT THEY DO KNOW IT COSTS 3000 TO REPAIR AND IT TAKES 6 DAYS TO GET THE PARTS FROM ITALY THIS IS NOT JUST 1 TAXI THERE ARE A NUMBER OF VEHICHLES IN WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM

DAVE February 16, 2010 at 3:44 pm

I own a 56 plate tx2. In three and a half years and 140,000 had 1 flywheel replaced during warranty and I paid for a solid flywheel with clutch after warranty. had 2 timing chains during warranty. Apart from these small albeit inconvenient problems the cab has been a solid workhorse. When I bought it new other drivers couldn’t believe that I bought a TX2 when I could have purchased the newly introduced Peugeot E7 as they were all doing in droves across the Wirral. 3 years later many of these drivers have offloaded their problem alternatives while I am still driving my TX2 getting 30 plus the the gallon. If LTI still made the tx2 I would gladly purchase another as opposed to the thirsty TX4. even with the problems I have had I would still be saving money with my low fuel consumption over a three to four year ownership. If lti put a Japanese engine in their tx4 or next model I would most definately buy one as the alternatives just aren’t up to scratch. Reading the forums on TX4’s problems I am put off buying one and will carry on driving my TX2 untill LTI invest good money on a good engine.

echo 88 May 23, 2010 at 2:14 pm

you lot think you had problems! ordered my tx4 gold in may 2007 for a delivery in august 2007. taxi arrived a week late!collected from kpm in london.no diesel in it what so ever. while filling up noticed no carpet or floor covering in the boot even on their top spec model. only 1 for hire sign bulb working.within a week noticed when sun shone my taxi wasn’t black but brown due to lack of paint! 4 months later and much complaning finally ended up with a complete repaint inside and out.rear door often taking passengers 2 attemps to shut it .front doors whistling in the wind at speed front rain cover loose. next fuel sender unit replaced new chrome grill after old 1 cracked,rear air con modified front bumper keeps comming loose also front wing loose had new cd player replacedstill keeps stopping and mp3 players only play out of 1 speaker, new heater control pack ,heater re-work heater valve replaced new gear box control pack! this cured the starting problem after having the chips replaced in the keys .gearbox still not right.3 steering coloums ! they still rattle,oil cooler pipe leaking ,gearbox sump, leaking 2 air-con hoses chaffed away on battery plate,cause pipe bracket to difficult to fit!air-con drain not conected carpets soaked. 2 radiators leaking steering box repaired. propshaft repair kit then prop shaft replaced .starter motor wire burned out,heater seals replaced,after carpets soaked again!tubo pipes leaking twice , now for the reworks,turbo pipes,hooter fixing,battery wire,brake plate rework,and of course the fire rework! waiting till next month then will need headlights replaced before warrnty runs outs. would reckon this taxi has lost me over 5 weeks work.

Infiniti June 29, 2010 at 6:50 am

Personally I dont believe there is a better vehicle out there.
No problems to report on mine so I guess its happy days for me

jay July 10, 2010 at 2:25 am

i bought a second hand tx4 in february from m&o worst thing i ever did i have only done 6k in it and have had new prop shaft gear box selector pack and cylinder head just gone on it they wont do head on it free or help towards the cost because it has got 101k on the clock . the after sales service is non existent and the vehicle is slowly making me bankrupt as soon as i can i will be changing this heap of rubbish.