Discovery 3 Lemon - Landrover Australia

Thanks for the replies guys..

The dealership have been ok on most things and have given us a loan car most times. It is a huge inconvenience more than anything.. We live about 70km from the dealership and my wife takes the car in and has to swap over two car seats every time. Nothing is ever speedy and most of the time its a whole day up to a week we are without our vehicle. Have had to cancel trips away for some of these issues.

The fuel system was covered under Landrover Aust as a recall.. been done but obviously it faulted again..

Yes the first few things on the list were covered by the dealer.. Under the statutory 3 month warranty. Tyres were not obviously.

The warranty is with AWN. The landrover dealership said these were the best and everything up to a value would be covered. Told us servicing is every 12k.. Turns out its every 10 for the warranty. (Service Agent / Qual Mechanic only)

Previous owner was a lady driver apparently. Got hold of them and rang them to see if they had any dramas.. Nothing extreme to report.. All services were done at a Mechanic.

It certainly has left a sour taste in my mouth, and i doubt ill ever own another Landrover again.. I still maintain.. Absolutely great car when its on the road.. Just spends way to much time in the workshop..

Oh. Australian Warranty Network... I hate to say it, but you may as well not have a "warranty" at all. You may well find out for yourself its not worth the paper its written on. Been there done that.

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Oh. Australian Warranty Network... I hate to say it, but you may as well not have a "warranty" at all. You may well find out for yourself its not worth the paper its written on. Been there done that.

From their own documentation - (from their extension of new car warranty policy no less, so should be their best product) ... AWN has absolute discretion as to whether it will or will not pay a claim that falls within the Warranty Terms and Conditions and Limitations.

Uhhh, so they can just not pay a claim even though it should be covered, because they don't want to. Brilliant.

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I absolutely hate reading about all these issues and I can relate and feel very sorry for anyone with them as it does tend to burn you!!

Aside from the warranty issues and recalls there is not a lot that can be blamed on anything other than you as the buyer not making a proper evaluation of the car (and yes I know it's practically impossible, however with a keen eye you can pick them). If the car was sold with a roadworthy cert then many of these issues should have been remedied (and I would have thought for that price they should be!!!)

However if the car is sold in "as-is" condition there is nothing you can do to put any blame back on the dealer, sorry to be telling you that, that's just the world of used car sales and it's the main t&c.

However if the dealer has any respect for their customers they will help as much as possible, I know we would have

Will

Depending on who serviced, the issues may not have been picked up.
Dealer sold you a very poor product regarding the warranty.
Why are some dealers selling anything other than an Allianz/LR warranty, especially in Queensland?

Can I ask how many k's the car has, and was all correct servicing carried out?

Also, out of all the D4's you looked at, what was about this one that swayed your decision to purchase?

I believe in getting a "comprehensive" independant assessment undertaken on any vehicle I purchase, (if its second hand and / or out of warranty period).

I recently had one done for a RRSport I bought from a wholesaler in Melbourne.....a good 300 odd bucks worth of assessment....but it gave me peace of mind and really did highlight the faults of the vehicle.

A bit late this time.....but good advice for all I reckon :)

Cheers and I hope it gets better !

Wow - my fault for buying the car apparently.. :confused:

All service history was in the book.. serviced on time and at the scheduled intervals.

Car was bought through Landrover Townsville. Road worthy certificate and we also got an independent mechanic to also look at it.

Still ****s me how the tyres passed and also the battery.. Anyway.. Thats NQ for you.

As for options.. There are not a whole heap of Discovery's for sale in this region.. We test drove every wagon and the disco for its features, safety and comfort came out on top. We paid just under 50k. The vehicle had 78k on the clock. We have just cracked 105 i think. All of our driving is highway driving.. Town is 50km before we have to slow down to town driving.. Done a few 2 & 3000km longer trips in it as well. It has had a **** easy life and we baby this car as it cost 50 bloody thousand dollars.

I read heaps of reviews and the dealership assured me that they are all just stories.. rarely something goes wrong with them.. Wish i had of got them to put that in writing.

Anyway, no use me bitching on here.. Im sure some of you have great experiences, others seem to want to spend money all the time.

I hope someone steals it and burns it to the ground.. :D

unfortunately wont be buying LR again.

I hope someone steals it and burns it to the ground.. :D

unfortunately wont be buying LR again

Not a good story at all. You could just **** this car off and get another lr and be quite happy, you have just as much luck in buying a lemon Tojo or nissan handgranade these days any how.

Good luck what ever you decide

connock

It is untimately buyer beware in purchsing a second hand vehicle. Sounds like you did your research on the vehicle. But you did not read the T&Cs on the warranty.
You were unlucky picking up one which has had that many problems but may have been serviced by a mech who did not know the vehicle.
Had you asked on here earlier you would have received a lot of advice of what to look for and which warranty to get.
As you are keeping it for the moment (assuming it doesn't get flamed ;) ) stay in touch on here and join DISCO4.COM - Index . you will find there is a lot of help.
Hoping the issues are fixed for a while. :D