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Thread: D4 reliability ... should I reconsider plan to buy one?

  1. 17th July 2011, 07:51 PM #1
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    Exclamation D4 reliability ... should I reconsider plan to buy one?

    Hi all.

    I'm moving overseas to live for a couple of years, and given how much I love my D3, I thought it was a no-brainer that I'd lease a D4 while I was there.

    However, since I read the JD Power reports on the D4's reliability (4 out of 10) and the many threads dotted across the internet, I'm really having second thoughts about whether I want to risk a D4.

    Putting aside the fact that we all love Discoverys ... what do you think? I will only have one car overseas. Should it be a D4?

    (I want a car with off road capability, comfort while on the road, that seats 7 in comfort. In this regard I think the Discovery has no peer. But if I can't trust the D4's reliability I will need to re-think and compromise to something else.)
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  2. 17th July 2011, 08:23 PM #2
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    could depend on where you are headed... what about a Prado with the diesel V8?...only while you are O/S of course!!
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  3. 17th July 2011, 09:04 PM #3
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    Is the D4 any worse than the D3 that you've been happy with?
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  4. 17th July 2011, 09:14 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Graeme View Post
    Is the D4 any worse than the D3 that you've been happy with?
    I don't know, you tell me.

    My understanding is that the D3 was built while Landrover was owned by BMW, but the D4 is being manufactured under the ownership of India's TATA, and that is why quality standards are slipping.

    That's what the gossip says. But I came here to hear the experiences of fellow Landrover enthusiasts.
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  5. 17th July 2011, 09:27 PM #5
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    Well, I've had my RRS 3.0 - which is basically a disco 4 in smarter clothes - with absolutely no problems since I bought it new a year ago. And I've given it a pretty good hammering, on road and off. If that's of any help....
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  6. 17th July 2011, 09:37 PM #6
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    Sounds like your already made up your mind on the D4's reliability.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MobyDisco View Post
    I don't know, you tell me.

    My understanding is that the D3 was built while Landrover was owned by BMW, but the D4 is being manufactured under the ownership of India's TATA, and that is why quality standards are slipping.

    That's what the gossip says. But I came here to hear the experiences of fellow Landrover enthusiasts.
    You're Trolling, right?
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  8. 17th July 2011, 10:13 PM #8
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    Why are you gents assuming he is just trying to wind people up. What he has asked is a very fair question from where im sitting.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ozscott View Post
    Why are you gents assuming he is just trying to wind people up. What he has asked is a very fair question from where im sitting.
    I've heard nothing to suggest that the D4 is worse than the D3 let alone anything adverse to do with Tata's stewardship of LR and as the OP has a D3 with which he has been happy, I think he is in a good a position to judge.
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  10. 17th July 2011, 10:59 PM #10
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    I came here for advice and points of view from people who like their Landrovers as much as I do, but who might be better informed about how D4s are panning out reliability wise, to balance against the other opinions I've been hearing from less reliable sources.

    Thank you to those who've so far shared their experience and opinion.
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