Thread: Disco 4 V Landcruiser 200

Sounds good doesn't it Graeme. I find the D4 a relaxed drive on freeway or in traffic

All this thread does is make everyone who doesn't have a D4 feel extremely jealous...........

Originally Posted by zuno555

All this thread does is make everyone who doesn't have a D4 feel extremely jealous...........

Easy fixed... hock the house, the wife, the kids, and the dog (hmm... perhaps keep the dog) - that's what I had to do!. They certainly don't come cheap nowadays - D4s that is.

Regards, Ron

I must say it was a leap of faith for me to buy D4. As an outsider you hear the stories of major drama's and you wonder should I...

So I did I spent a lot of money brought a D4...

The simple truth is the D4 has exceeded my expectations. It is simply a bloody brilliant thing. I got mine January not a single warranty issue. And for me that is highly unusual for any new car I have brought over the years.

My Mini Cooper D (December) also falls into the no warranty issues

Originally Posted by mowog

.. not a single warranty issue.

Faulty headlights (possum lights), faulty CC (speed increases using decrease button), faulty water in fuel warning (driving through puddles), faulty clock (wont stay out of army mode), red triangle (faulty turbo solenoid?), fails to start sometimes, faulty trailer blinker indicator (doesn't work), tow-bar cover screw broke after a couple of uses. I wonder how this compares with the LC.

Hi Graeme, and sorry to hear the problems and sounds like a bit of a lemon.

My 03 RR was with out exaggeration, the most unreliable vehicle I have ever owned.

My wife’s old D3 had no major problems, with the worst being a faulty fuel sensor in the tank and was replaced in the first service.

My 08 RR only repair problem was a passenger mirror folding sensor needed replacing and the sound system needed a reprogram. and thats in over 70k.

The wife’s D4 has not had one single issue in 5 months.

In the last decade, LR have gone from having amongst the most unreliable vehicles to being outstandingly reliable vehicles of any form.

Originally Posted by Graeme

I wonder how this compares with the LC.

Hi Graeme,

Sorry to hear of these niggles! One thing to balance the equation is that Toyota is not without faults. I believe that the OMISSION of features that comes without even having to ask on a same priced category of vehicle like a Land Rover D4 SE puts the Toyota into shame.

Just the other morning, I worked out that the LC200 hasn't got heated side mirrors. How daft is that? I couldn't change lanes safely without cocking a look over my shoulders repeatedly until the glare from the reflected morning sun on the foggy/dew laden external mirrors cleared.

Faults so far are how practically every LC200 owner have experienced, so the classic Japanese build quality - if they get it wrong, it's wrong on all the cars.

Fault with the rear tailshaft spline causing a thump sensation when taking off from a stand still. Every LC200 first released in 2007 has this problem, and also 120 Series Prados. Toyota haven't worked out how to build a tailshaft, I think.

Fault with high oil consumption. Again, this seems to be a universal problemw with the Toyota V8. The early ones consumed as much as 3 litres per 10000 kms. Late model ones better, but still an issue.

No other issue to report thus far.

Originally Posted by Graeme

Faulty headlights (possum lights), faulty CC (speed increases using decrease button), faulty water in fuel warning (driving through puddles), faulty clock (wont stay out of army mode), red triangle (faulty turbo solenoid?), fails to start sometimes, faulty trailer blinker indicator (doesn't work), tow-bar cover screw broke after a couple of uses. I wonder how this compares with the LC.

Sometimes you can be unlucky.

My headlights are a little high but I don't drive much at night. And the D4 high beam is far better than the Mini high beam.