TD5 reliability

[mike142sl]

I'm considering selling the RR for a TD5 but a colleague last night said they are plagued with reliability problems?.

Must admit it's the first I'd heard, but can anyone else confirm or otherwise this claim.

[Paul]

Had mine for just over two years now...

Only problem I've had was with the starter motor.

Very happy with mine. :D

[barmiebrumie]

Had mine until some scum stole it mon night ,

had no real problem's always started, minor repairs were, brakes fuel valve & general service, would have another one, only fault is they are a bit thirsty but hey there a big motor,

hope that help's


John.

[burgerman]

wifey got a 90 TD5 40k on the clock and has not missed a beat as yet,  In our experience 100% reliable to date :)

[Moneypit]

Just to balance the view!

My Td5 Disco is on a 51 plate and has 62600 miles on the clock.  I have had it for 2 years, in that time I have had replaced:

Gearbox - link between 5th and reverse went.
New Turbo Hoses - Blew
New Engine - Suspect that oil pump fell off - known fault
New Turbo - due to the above
New Alternator - Main dealer took 3 attempts to find fault
2 new batteries - one the terminal corroded/craced the second whilst they were looking for the alternator fault
Aircon pipe replaced

I have had the clutch replaced - earlier, but as they had the engine out at the time t made sense
The suspension bushes done
Brakes  and new tyres but I think that this was at about the right sort of time.

I'm sure there have been some other minor bit's and bob's.

It's due it's MoT on Monday so I'll add anything else that needs doing!

On the plus side there is not much else that could go wrong - touching an awful lot of wood right about now!

Still I do like it and now I've put Colway A/T's on it feels tougher!

[Ost]

My boss sold me his old TDI and has had his 51 plate TD5 from new without any major problems  8)

and he uses it everyday  :)

[C C]

Our Disco TD5 has just past the hundred thousand mark. We’ve had it for the last 50K.

Only one engine fault and that was about 3 months ago. It  had to have a faulty injector  replaced and we had the injector harness replaced at the same time.

The only other expensive problem with the car was replacing two air sacks last winter.

[Moose]

I have had 2 Td5's total milage of 100,000 I have had no engine troubles with either.

The first had a new gearbox (leak) and the second has a vacume switch problem when new, but was fixed easly.  The worst problem is the wandering the current one has.

[Moneypit]

It's due it's MoT on Monday so I'll add anything else that needs doing.

Nothing  :shock:  :shock:

She passed