Are Range Rovers in fact rubbish?

Are Range Rovers in fact rubbish?

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MIDangerfield

Original Poster:

46 posts

103 months

Tuesday 24th November 2015
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I saw this video today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzQCj-dbgN0 which although made me laugh also got me thinking. Are Range Rovers rubbish? My dad has the same model as the guy in the video and he too has had endless issues from failed air suspension, snapped steering components, oil leaks, the dash board trying to do an impression of the Blackpool illuminations etc. The parts all cost a bomb to replace too. I'm not sure it's just the older models either. A well off chap down the road has a brand new Range Rover that in the year since he's had it has been back to the dealer 6 times for various problems! I'm not doubting their ability off road (although most will be lucky if they ride up a curb) but surely the build quality should be up to scratch?

Jimmy Recard

17,540 posts

178 months

Tuesday 24th November 2015
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I had one of those. No problems. It's just turned ten years old and I know the current owner. And the previous owner.

Nothing big. A radiator leak which was fixed under warranty and a couple of compressor seals which cost bugger all to sort at a specialist.

So no, I don't think they are in fact rubbish.

jamieduff1981

8,022 posts

139 months

Tuesday 24th November 2015
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Again no. I know loads of long term Range Rover owners. The only one with recurring serious trouble was the one with an LPG installation to the BMW V8 which died one day and refused to run properly ever again.

The rest are great cars. Not ideal for someone with no money because they were never supposed to be run on Ford Fiesta budgets, but they do what they do and they do it well and in comfort.

You'll find loud and upset owners of Friday afternoon cars from all manufacturers. The more equipment and features a car has the more chance there is of failure.

I know one pair of bumpkins who seek out cars with manual winding windows because electric windows are "just something to go wrong". They did break the handle off their manual windows a year or so back and are less vocal now.

Spoof

1,854 posts

214 months

Tuesday 24th November 2015
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2011 Vogue SE.

Absolutely fantastic car. But maybe I'm a realist, I've never had a car that hasn't gone wrong in one way or another.

gruffalo

7,509 posts

225 months

Tuesday 24th November 2015
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No, I have had 5 range rovers of various types and with the exception of one they have been faultless.

Just got rid of the last one and that ran for 8 years from new in my ownership and just needed servicing and consumables despite regular abuse.

Great Cars that people seem to love trying to pretend they are not.

Just don't mention the P38 though, they deserved their reputation from my experience.

nct001

733 posts

132 months

Tuesday 24th November 2015
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Trader mate of mine sells loads of second hand range rovers.

What does he drive, leases a new Range Rover in his words great cars wouldn't want to own one.

FiF

43,960 posts

250 months

Tuesday 24th November 2015
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Ex colleague is now a salesman in JLR dealership. He generalises customers into two very broad categories, the problem children are more likely to be the ones who don't look after the vehicle properly, those who look after them, check levels, drive with mechanical sympathy, even if spirited progress made, generally don't have issues. Obviously there are some who break the mould, but he reckons he can tell based on the state of their trade in which will be the pita. Obviously hearsay and completely unscientific.

Impasse

15,099 posts

240 months

Tuesday 24th November 2015
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No. I've been driving them for over thirty years in one shape or another (them and me frown ) and haven't ever had any real issues with any of them. However, I haven't made a rather dull YouTube video documenting my uneventful ownership experiences.

jhonn

1,556 posts

148 months

Tuesday 24th November 2015
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Although I've driven them and been around them since the classic came out I've never actually owned one, so I can't say from personal experience.

However, my perception is that when it's running well a Range Rover is a wonderful thing - i.e not rubbish at all. When they have troubles, and some do, then they can be expensive and tiresome to fix.

With so many good alternatives I've never felt the need to take that chance - still like them though.

Morningside

24,110 posts

228 months

Tuesday 24th November 2015
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I find it strange that you don't seem to see any mid '90s Range Rovers on the road.

red_slr

17,122 posts

188 months

Tuesday 24th November 2015
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Excellent, excellent cars. When they work. Which is not often.
We had one for 2 years and it cost c.£6k in repairs over that time, and the previous owner has spent similar over a similar time.

MIDangerfield

Original Poster:

46 posts

103 months

Tuesday 24th November 2015
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Having looked on a few consumer websites it seems as if either nothing goes wrong, or everything does. But this article is quite interesting although it is from 2012 I hasten to add! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2179067/La...

Parisien

622 posts

161 months

Tuesday 24th November 2015
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Mobile heaps of scrap....IMHO, had a P38 for 18th months, needed a garage visit every month or so, I had more bother with it than ALL my previous cars put together since 1978!


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Spoof

1,854 posts

214 months

Tuesday 24th November 2015
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Parisien said:
Mobile heaps of scrap....IMHO, had a P38 for 18th months, needed a garage visit every month or so, I had more bother with it than ALL my previous cars put together since 1978!


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P38 - The Ginger stepchild of the Range Rover lineup.


VonSenger

2,465 posts

188 months

Tuesday 24th November 2015
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Dreadful hateful piles of ste. Wouldn't have another for free.

lostkiwi

4,584 posts

123 months

Tuesday 24th November 2015
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Here we go again - another 'I hate SUVs and can't see the point' thread.

Zyp

14,673 posts

188 months

Tuesday 24th November 2015
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lostkiwi said:
Here we go again - another 'I hate SUVs and can't see the point' thread.
Really?
Can't see that mentioned so far.

kambites

67,461 posts

220 months

Tuesday 24th November 2015
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In terms of build quality and/or reliability I think they're on a par with the German marques these days, which is to say they're about average across the market as a whole.

KungFuPanda

4,324 posts

169 months

Tuesday 24th November 2015
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lostkiwi said:
Here we go again - another 'I hate SUVs and can't see the point' thread.
Far from it. It's about the reliability of Range Rover cars. Nobody has mentioned them in their form as an SUV except you.

lostkiwi

4,584 posts

123 months

Tuesday 24th November 2015
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KungFuPanda said:
lostkiwi said:
Here we go again - another 'I hate SUVs and can't see the point' thread.
Far from it. It's about the reliability of Range Rover cars. Nobody has mentioned them in their form as an SUV except you.
Its a comment on how it will go, not how its gone to date. It happens every time.