Things that have gone wrong with your Land Rover
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Piersman2 said:
Eleven said:
The deplorable... Sorry deployable side steps on my FFRR have stopped retracting properly on the near side.
I've found that mine need a can of 3 in one oil sprayed into all the moving parts each onset of winter. Seems to do the trick.LouD86 said:
It seems to be all the modern LR's that are going wrong? I use and abuse my 19 year old v8 disco, and haven't yet had a single fault. Is this the sign of modern times to come?
Very much so, which is why I'll only lease something modern nowadays!
IMHO 04/05 was the last of the 'reliable' cars that you stood a chance of diagnosing and possibly fixing yourself if something went AWOL. The post warranty liability nowadays is a joke.
LouD86 said:
It seems to be all the modern LR's that are going wrong? I use and abuse my 19 year old v8 disco, and haven't yet had a single fault. Is this the sign of modern times to come?
Hardly, the only thing holding them back is building enough of them. They are growing hugely with new factories here and overseas, profitability is approaching a billion pounds a quarter, a hugely successful company.Of course the vehicles often go on for ages, and anyone driving something built ten years or more ago is building something with problems.
But today is different, I'm on my fourth one since 2006, all have been new and all have been brilliant, done over 250,000 mies without any issue of note - but that's not as interesting as the fifteen year old Discover that has an problem!
skyrover said:
most reliability survey's beg to differ
Well the first issue is that the purchase of the Land Rover keeps happening. Whether there are faults or not, the reality is that an awful lot of people who buy one then buy another. You will see this in the second hand value, the Evoque for example is now getting a lot of replacements, people replacing an Evoque with another Evoque.Another issue relates to what is a problem. For example, JLR have identified that with some vehicles if the indicator bulb stops working it should make a noise to indicate it's not happening and it wasn't always doing so. OK, now in practice there are all sorts of ways of dealing with that from nothing through to recalling the vehicles. There's another example that's all to do with an unlikely occurrence with a safety bag, whether not quite right on whether it is to be launched or not. It's obscure, but fixed.
Another factor is what it does, the things my RR can do are amazing, there is nothing out there that I've found that comes close. It's cold here today but when I go out shortly the car will be warm. As I walk towards it the boot opens for me. When I start to reverse out the rear camera - our should I say five of them - informs me what is happening behind me. And so on. I've not had faults with any of this but even if I do Land Rover will pretty quickly sort out problems what most people don't have the facility for in the first place.
But the thing that matters is who goes back and buys again, and that is happening in a huge volume. The hardest bit is getting what you want when you want it because they is such a huge demand for what they make.
HenryJM said:
I've not had faults with any of this but even if I do Land Rover will pretty quickly sort out problems what most people don't have the facility for in the first place.
How do you know if you haven't had any problems?I am a serial Range Rover buyer and am considering buying another imminently because, when they are working, there is nothing better. But let's not pretend that they are reliable, because that is nonsense.
Eleven said:
The deplorable... Sorry deployable side steps on my FFRR have stopped retracting properly on the near side.
on my L405 the drivers side stainless steel tread plate on the deployable steps has started to RUSTLR have agreed to replace on Thursday
the stainless seems to be covered with a clear lacquer? - and that is peeling off
Eleven said:
How do you know if you haven't had any problems?
How would I not know? OK, it may go into a service, they change something I know nothing about and it comes back without me knowing, but if that happens it's hardly serious.Eleven said:
I am a serial Range Rover buyer and am considering buying another imminently because, when they are working, there is nothing better. But let's not pretend that they are reliable, because that is nonsense.
Well that's sort of the point. One could argue the pros and cons of reliability but if you keep going with what you have or replace it with another whilst hundreds of thousands do the same they are doing something right.LouD86 said:
It seems to be all the modern LR's that are going wrong? I use and abuse my 19 year old v8 disco, and haven't yet had a single fault. Is this the sign of modern times to come?
My V8 hasn't missed a beat. The only issue I've had is a leaky sunroof. £7 of sealant and it was soon solved. That said, it gets well looked after and gets treated with mechanical sympathy unlike many. I think a lot of the old ones you see which are broken have had a tough life off road or just get abused and neglected HenryJM said:
Eleven said:
How do you know if you haven't had any problems?
How would I not know? OK, it may go into a service, they change something I know nothing about and it comes back without me knowing, but if that happens it's hardly serious.Eleven said:
I am a serial Range Rover buyer and am considering buying another imminently because, when they are working, there is nothing better. But let's not pretend that they are reliable, because that is nonsense.
Well that's sort of the point. One could argue the pros and cons of reliability but if you keep going with what you have or replace it with another whilst hundreds of thousands do the same they are doing something right.Eleven said:
But then the subject title of this thread is "Things that have gone wrong with your Land Rover", not "Things that went right with the design process of your Land Rover"
Yes, good point, well made. It does seem to be for people who like to whinge about a vehicle that seems to be pretty old and they have no concept of replacing. Each to their own, I'll get my coat.At the risk of tempting a serious disaster, my 2005 142k D3 is in the rudest health I have ever known and it's taken 7 years of ownership and lots of money to make it that way. It was frankly rubbish but bit by bit I have mended it and it now starts/goes without protest even in the coldest of weather. Ironic given I'm determined to replace it with a nearly new D4 this spring. Part of me likes making the world a better place.
As for all you moaners, just bugger off!
As for all you moaners, just bugger off!
Just to add fuel to the fire our 12 year old Hilux at160k miles hasn't needed anything at all, we greased the prop last year as it felt a bit rough on the motorway. It's reguarly thrashed and used off road draging generators up mountains in Scotland to test wind turbine electrical circuits. We gave up dipping the oil as is it doesn't use any at all. We just diesel and go as do I in my new one.
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