Is this typical Landrover Ownership.....

[dazliss]

...Or am I just unlucky?

Last September I bought My 2000 Disco2 TD5 from a reputable non-franchised local dealer. It had avarage miles on for the year and full service history. It drove well and everything worked well..at first. within three months the drivers side rear airspring developed a leak, then the transfer box blew a seal. Now while returning from holiday in devon the clutch self-destructed!!!!!

I can't moan I suppose cuz I have had two long trips through france and have put a fair few miles on it in this country.. just seems to have been an expensive 11 months of ownership :troll:

[L90OOK]

Welcome to Land Rover Ownership!!  :(biglaugh):  :(bigcry):  ](*,)

[hobbit]

They are like kids needs loads of attention :lol:

[ben_haynes]

7 years old What do you expect i got a 17 year old Disco and i have to fix it almost everyday :lol:

[Range Rover Blues]

Hence the sticker (which I really must buy)

"my other car is a Land Rover, it pays to have a spare"

These were after all quite expensive cars with expensive servicing.  It often gets left as the cars gets older too.  Like with other cars you are also often buying someone else's problems.  Mine get progressively more reliable as I get poorer.

[Dirty Gertie]

Is this typical Landrover Ownership.....

Last September I bought My 2000 Disco2 TD5 from a reputable non-franchised local dealer. :troll:

Nope, most of us bought much older Landies than that, from dodgy geezers on street corners!  

[Drift]

Daz do you miss your 13 year old Frontie  
Sorry mate  :lol:

[dazliss]

Daz do you miss your 13 year old Frontie  
Sorry mate  :lol:

You know ste the only thing that has gone wrong with that fronty since it started its new life in france is a fuel line perished!!!! Yes I do miss the old bus..lol.

Well from your comments I guess these events are par for the course, oh well looks like I will be replacing it with something japanese in the future :shock:

[andygod]

Well from your comments I guess these events are par for the course, oh well looks like I will be replacing it with something japanese in the future

Each to his own :lol:  :lol:

[V8MoneyPit]

Well from your comments I guess these events are par for the course, oh well looks like I will be replacing it with something japanese in the future :shock:

It will go wrong 3 times less, but when it does it'll cost 3 times more to repair  :lol:

[Drift]

Daz I wanna be in France with your old wagon  :lol:

So you looking at changing  your motor ?

[C C]

Well to answer to original question.

I bought a Disco II with around fifty thousand on the clock four years ago. I've added another sixty thousand since then.

Other than service items tyres etc it's had.
2 Airbags.
1 Fuel injector. plus wiring loom.
1 Electric window winder
1 Front Hub assy and track rod.

How would that compaer with a 110,000 mile Jap 4x4?

[Jimbo]

My '52 plate Td5 Auto has 92,000 on the clock (80,000 of them done by me), and so far has had.............

One set of BFG AT's - to replace the original worn out rubber
New shock absorbers on all four corners
New o/s window mech (done under warranty)
New n/s/r central locking motor (warranty again)
New main battery
New brake master cylinder
EGR bypass kit

It now needs......

Rear diff input seal - the wife is moaning about the amount of EP90 on the drive !
New windscreen - several large chips that are 'starring'
f/n/s window winder mech - window is permanently fixed shut at the mo  :roll:
Probably a new set of BFG's before winter, the current ones have done about 70,000 and are getting a bit low - bit still well legal !

As for servicing - I gave up using main stealers a long time ago. A mechanic friend does all the usual service stuff - I change the axle and gearbox oils (auto and transfer) every 12,000 miles. Any specialised stuff (ACE filter etc) gets done at a local independant.

Have I just jinxed it ???????

Jim

[dazliss]

I hope not for your sake!!

Just have the Garage on the phone :shock:

the bill has gone up cuz I cooked the flywheel

Never rains but it pours :(

[Mudlark]

Well to answer to original question.

I bought a Disco II with around fifty thousand on the clock four years ago. I've added another sixty thousand since then.

Other than service items tyres etc it's had.
2 Airbags.
1 Fuel injector. plus wiring loom.
1 Electric window winder
1 Front Hub assy and track rod.

How would that compaer with a 110,000 mile Jap 4x4?

I don't know but with a 200,000 mile jap I've never had any of those problems and I don't exactly threat it with kid gloves

[Manicminer]

How would that compare with a 110,000 mile Jap 4x4?

1 handbrake cable at 130,000

If I had to spend more than £300-£400 a year keeping something on the road then I would get rid

[C C]

Well to answer to original question.

I bought a Disco II with around fifty thousand on the clock four years ago. I've added another sixty thousand since then.

Other than service items tyres etc it's had.
2 Airbags.
1 Fuel injector. plus wiring loom.
1 Electric window winder
1 Front Hub assy and track rod.

How would that compaer with a 110,000 mile Jap 4x4?

I don't know but with a 200,000 mile jap I've never had any of those problems and I don't exactly threat it with kid gloves

Wow!!  Are you saying that at 200,000 miles you've not  had to replace any mechanical parts at all?

[Guardian.]

not a 4x4 but, my iveco turbo daily (now also in france) had over 200,000 before it had its first breakage, and that was only the clutch cable!
and that was the worlds most abused van, i never washed or serviced it from the day it left the factory except an oil change about a year before i sold it, and that was about 4 years after i bought it, and it ran on almost neat veg oil its whole life.

[Jimbo]

I hope not for your sake!!

Just have the Garage on the phone :shock:

the bill has gone up cuz I cooked the flywheel

Never rains but it pours :(

There was a recall on early D2's - as the flywheel was prone to self-destruction................might be worth checking to see if yours had the recall done !

[dazliss]

 There was a recall on early D2's - as the flywheel was prone to self-destruction................might be worth checking to see if yours had the recall done !

Thanks for the info, I seem to remember you can check that info on the companies website. Might be worth a look