Discovery 3 Lemon - Landrover Australia

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Originally Posted by NQ Disco

Seems reliability has gone out the window with all new vehicles.

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Perception about right. Modern vehicles are complex and a need a lot of maintainance. A lot more can go wrong.

You can't just change the oil and forget them any more.

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Originally Posted by chuck

[FONT="Arial"]My BIL has just bought a 2009 D4D Prado.
The injectors had to be replaced at 110,000km
They were not replaced under warranty & cost $5000 to replace.

I recently sold a 2012 Prado & can tell you that on Prado Point they are having just as many problems with less support from Toyota.

These Prado are no where near the technology of a D3 2.7 let alone a D4 3.0I think they are up to the 4th incarnation of injectors and they are still having problems.

I have a mate with a 2009 200 series that had his passenger window winder fail while still under 3 years & 100,000km and Toyota made him pay for it saying it was a were & tear item.

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I know a guy whose Prado diesel threw a piston outside of Karratha recently, Toyota did pay, but he did discover that they are seeing a few of them. And yes there was a Toyota dealer in Karratha, but because of the volume of mining work it took them a couple of weeks to get to his car.

When he returned he had to spend several thousand replacing the injectors and Toyota wouldnt help with that.

Did it throw a rod because it hydraulicised from water ingress, given the problems with the injectors? If so he did well with the new motor.

Cheers

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Originally Posted by ozscott

Did it throw a rod because it hydraulicised from water ingress, given the problems with the injectors? If so he did well with the new motor.

Cheers

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Don't know the answer to that, but there was definitely some information that Toyota was seeing a few of the same issues.

Now the air conditioner isnt working.. Fans dont even work..

Seriously.. This car is a total lemon

Perhaps this vehicle was a victim of the Qld floods?

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Originally Posted by NQ Disco

Now the air conditioner isnt working.. Fans dont even work..

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Is it just a dead relay?

Silly question... But...

The 'Dealer'; Was it a Landy 'Specialist', regular car lot or a fully franchised Land Rover main dealer??

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