Thread: Defender Puma 2.2 - voice your issues

Originally Posted by clive22

I'm in the same boat, like the truck but the following faults

• split radiator
• adapter shaft
• split oil cooler (did a heap of damage - every cooling ancillary was replaced)
• split turbo hose
• excessive back lash

The radiator and split oil cooler occurred post warranty, LR can to the party with parts on the oil cooler I paid for labor (still $1500) I paid for a new radiator.

While the truck is MY12 ~ 3.5 years old, it's only done 55000 kms, and has been babied and serviced every 6 months.

I fixed the backlash with new drive shafts from ashcroft - can't landrover make a driveshaft after all these years?

Landrover have been OK I guess, but really not good enough - are the upmarket models the same?

Clive

If they were,the company would have been on the scrap heap years ago.

The numerous problems with the later model Deefers is a real shame for many reasons

Last problem was another intake hose. Driving home the light come home again and went into limp mode.
I am getting sick of this lemon.

And I thought "I" was having a fun time with mine.....

• Power stearing unit started peeing oil - replaced after second inspection 10K km.
• Fuel leak from tank - breather line split
• Weeping oil from rear main - Supposedly it's "spilt" oil.... Still weaping.....
• Front diff leaking oil at centre - tightened up
• Air con playing up - nothing wrong supposedly
• Rear door lock mechanism died - replaced on second visit for the problem
• Drivers front spring sagged - replaced front pair minimum but for some reason I thought they did the whole set
• Air con still playing up - can't identify the problem
• Rear door not being able to be opened - fixed - only lasted a week
• Rear door not being able to be opened - fixed again.....
• Fuel leak from top of tank - supposedly it was the breather gasket and the vent hose arrangement to was supposedly superceeded
• Front diff oil now dark....
• Air con No longer working - have to ring up and get it looked at.

It will be 2 years old in mid July, and I have only done 63K in it.

Barbagello's is quite good with the warranty work in some ways. They understand that as a single parent, I can't normally get it in there and work on the same day, so they pick it up from my place of work.
But then legally, I believe we are entitled to claim costs and lost wages etc.


If it didn't make me smile every time I got in it and go great off-road..... I would probably flog it off. And most of my warranty work is little stuff.....


Phill.

Originally Posted by clive22

Landrover have been OK I guess, but really not good enough - are the upmarket models the same?

Clive

My missus has had 2 leased RR Evoque's in the last 4 years... first one swapped for the later one after 90k on it... the second one is now on 30k km's

NO problems whatsoever! Not a single issue.

Just services...

Great cars, not too bad on 'soft off road', quiet comfortable and the with current prices of Defenders, great value too!

Yolo I had no problems at all with my d2 at 90k...not one. No vehicle should although i had a commodore that didn't play ball. I had a Honda Euro current shape 190k...all short runs. Not one issue. If a vehicle still has zero issues above 180k i am impressed. My d2 made it to 160000 and needed an alternator then.

Cheers

If you look at reliabilityindex.com you will see where the defender sits amongst other vehicles, you guessed it, bottom of the list together with Jeep. So, according to that there is 50% chance the defender will fail at any given time. I have the defender for 3 years since new and have to say it is not as reliable as my other vehicles, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Toyota and VW.
I am keep in it because I like it.

Mine has failed three times all Charged Air System. These problems can and will be fixed with Mods when I get my arse into gear.

Originally Posted by ProjectDirector

If you look at reliabilityindex.com you will see where the defender sits amongst other vehicles, you guessed it, bottom of the list together with Jeep. So, according to that there is 50% chance the defender will fail at any given time. I have the defender for 3 years since new and have to say it is not as reliable as my other vehicles, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Toyota and VW.
I am keep in it because I like it.

Mate i dont know how accuarte that reliability undex is. Ive just checked the hilux and land cruiser and they are just as bad as the defender according to that site. I dare say that site is either biased to particular brands or just plain bs...