Are Disco III's unreliable at higher milages?

[DoubleChevron]

It appears so: ... Landrovers all leak, "do heads" and break diffs and transfer cases constantly ......

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seeya,
Shane L.

[Fitzy2011]

I have 210,000 klms on a 2009 TDV6 and apart from Wheel Bearings and me putting the wrong fuel in, it has been very reliable. I do get it serviced every 12,000 and I tow a 2500kgs van, and I wont be getting rid of it anytime soon!!

[Eevo]

ive read on this forum, that if your d3 diesel goes bang, replace it with something else.

[Bytemrk]

ive read on this forum, that if your d3 diesel goes bang, replace it with something else.

Maybe with a D4 Diesel :D

[Eevo]

Maybe with a D4 Diesel :D

is that a common conversion?

[gghaggis]

It's true that the old LR's have left a less than positive feeling in the 4WD general community. A fair bit of that is the build quality of the 1970 ~ 1990's British motor industry, but it is also due to the British vehicles being quite different to the Japanese template used for most of the 4WD's sold in Australia.

The D3 / D4 / Sport are quite different beasts to any previous LR product. There are no common components with any of the older cars, re-designed from the ground up, as are the factory lines that build them. It's no longer true that you can find your way home by following the oil trail.

I would argue that there are less reliability issues with post-2005 LR's than with post 2005 Cruisers. But again, simple issues that are fairly straight-forward to address if you know the vehicle are often quite outside the experience of traditional Japanese-built 4WD owners or service centres.

One needs to educate oneself on a D3 to really get the best out of it. But that's half the fun :D

Cheers,

Gordon


It appears so: ... Landrovers all leak, "do heads" and break diffs and transfer cases constantly ......

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seeya,
Shane L.

[joel0407]

. A fair bit of that is the build quality of the 1970 ~ 1990's British motor industry

Are you sure it finished in 1990?

I thought the D2 was the most recalled vehicle ever sold in Australia?
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I have a D2.

[loanrangie]

Are you sure it finished in 1990?

I thought the D2 was the most recalled vehicle ever sold in Australia?
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I have a D2.

That would have to be over taken by jeep now.

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[joel0407]

That would have to be over taken by jeep now.

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I don't know. do Jeeps have a lot of recalls or are they just recalled for a long time. LOL

[loanrangie]

I don't know. do Jeeps have a lot of recalls or are they just recalled for a long time. LOL

Both.

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[DiscoDB]

Are you sure it finished in 1990?

I thought the D2 was the most recalled vehicle ever sold in Australia?
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I have a D2.

I had my D2 from new, and to be honest, I was never aware of any recalls at the time as all were dealt with during normal servicing and at no cost to myself. I only had a few minor warranty items that needed sorting as well.

I took over servicing from 260,000 kms about 7 years ago. Ironically the one recall I did miss was for the chaffing fuel lines, and yes mine did hole out shortly afterwards.

Even the two RRC's, and the D1 I had prior (all second or third hand) where very reliable. I used to take the 83 Rangie into some pretty remote spots in the Pilbara without any hesitation - and that was when it was a 10 year old vehicle with no previous service records. The only limitation was the fuel range. Later the 200tdi D1 took me to all the same places - it just used a lot less fuel.

I must have missed the reliability issues in the 20 or so years I have been driving LR products.