Defender's reliability?

I've had my '2007 110 for almost 3 years now and still love it. No real drama's with it at all. I have over 70,000kms on the clock and the engine is starting to loosen up nicley he'll rev to nearly 4,500rpm now. We have done some big tours with him, Cape York, Vic High Country, Central NSW, Melbourne.....

Most (only most) of the problems you hear people have with them are noises and clunks and silly things that tend to happen when you have a hand built car in these modern times. Very few of them have actually caused the vehicle to stop or left anyone stranded (apart from Dan's steering pump!).

We tow a heavy camper trailer or a car trailer with a race car on it everywhere and it will happily sit on 110kph all day.

My two cents still one of the best new 4wd's you can buy they just have a few foybles :)

Cheers,

My 30 year old Stage 1 I wouldnt consider to be unreliable in fact I have had more downtime with the Toyotas I am responsible for at work.
That said a 30 year old Rover is more labour intensive to keep moving

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Originally Posted by JohnR

Most (only most) of the problems you hear people have with them are noises and clunks and silly things that tend to happen when you have a hand built car in these modern times.

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An AMG G-Wagen is hand built, including the engine. Yes it'd cost about $160K if they sold them here but it would be wise for LR to look very closely at the G as they redesign the new Defender. The G proves you can get a quality hand built real 4WD today.

What we need is Defender povo model
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and a Defender fully sik edition, yes this a hand built real 4WD with 3 diff locks doing 200km/h
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and a Defender fully sik edition, yes this a hand built real 4WD with 3 diff locks doing 200km/h
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Why would you want an off-roader to do 200 K's an hour you would smash it to bits going over rocks at that speed ...I doubt the car or the driver would fair very well.

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Originally Posted by lardy

Why would you want an off-roader to do 200 K's an hour you would smash it to bits going over rocks at that speed ...I doubt the car or the driver would fair very well.

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Because LR need to sell 50 000 of them a year and the only way to do that is to make them more appealing to the general public. A high spec V8 model even if unaffordable would raise the profile and help sell the lower models. I bet some cashed up grey nomads would buy it anyway to tow their 30ft caravans.

My defender was 11 years old when it finally broke down,in my driveway!!.It has been better than every tojo I've had. Pat

Many thanks for your 2 bob's worth all. My old Series IIA only once left me in the middle of nowhere, and that was a diff failure - not bad for almost 30 years of ownership. Reading the other threads and your responses here tell me that if your luck isn't running with you, a new Landy could be a handful of character-building challenges. Ultimately, you get a fantastic vehicle, but you may have to do warranty battle first.
Decisions decisions...

Remember you only hear of the 5 that give trouble,not the 100 that don't.I'd buy a puma anyday over the rest of the overpriced,overrated crap that makes up the competition. Pat