Thread: Buying a 2007 TDV6 D3

I second what everyone has said. I bought a D3 a year ago and really like it but it does cost a bit. If not already done you may need to consider the following over the next year or two:

Tranny flush and steel pan conversion
Front control arm bushes
Brake overhaul (if EPB module needs replacing its expensive)
Air compressor replacement (when the original fails which it soon will)
Timing belt job (with housing)
Turbo hose replacements
Air strut / shock replacement eventually
Other routine maintenance

All this is the get the vehicle to being mechanically sound. If you are then planning on remote off-roading and want to start adding bull bars / Dual batteries / underbody protection / towing electrics upgrades etc to a car that doesn't have any of this it can all get very expensive.

Walk away. Another will come up. It will. They always do.

I'd walk away as it's unlikely the tranny has been done. If not done before 100k, well, we've all heard the horror stories.

The seller is fobbing you off on the things you're asking, but what about all the stuff that hasn't been said that you're not asking.

Walk away.

Bremund
There is no doubt that the car is due for the 84 month service. The dealer seems to say so himself. As others have said it is 168000 km or 84 months which ever comes first.
Normal service interval is 12000km or 6 months whichever comes first.
Given the age of your vehicle the oil pump housing will be the old type which has failed on other vehicles. Davis Performance Landies will not put everything back together after a belt change if the oil pump housing is the old type. they insist on replacing it - they have been burnt by an engine failure due to the old housing breaking after a belt change.
If the dealer is unwilling to reduce the price by the cost of the major service, then - walk away.
Cheers
Mike

Thanks once again for all the advice.

So a bit of an update. I've pushed the dealer to read the service history to me over the phone. It seems the previous owner did it all by the book plus extra, it has had more servicing that required by Land Rover.

I've also had a friend that is a Land Rover mechanic at a Dealership in Sydney look the car up for me. He says that the Brake Booster recall has been done, however the car is too new and not in the VIN range for the Fuel Pump recall. Should I still worry about the Fuel Pump?

He also advised me to change the oil pump to the 3.0 diesel oil pump.

So I'm thinking I'll still have a look at it on Saturday (I don't mind a drive) and
try and negotiate the price down based on the work needed. I'm thinking it's just the dealer that is a trying to cut costs, not the previous owner.

Originally Posted by bremund

I've also had a friend that is a Land Rover mechanic at a Dealership in Sydney look the car up for me. He says that the Brake Booster recall has been done, however the car is too new and not in the VIN range for the Fuel Pump recall. Should I still worry about the Fuel Pump?

Land Rover

Get the VIN and check if it is in that range.

FWIW, when the HPFP goes - it sheds metal through the whole fuel system. Worst case scenario - replace everything that diesel flows through or stored. That was a $17k warranty job on my previous D3.

A 2008 (built 12/2007) D3 I looked at had a HPFP fail. That and transmission was replaced under warranty.

My D3 was delivered (well waranty activated because it was a demo) in Mar 08, built Nov 07. Definitely had the HPFP recall done.
VIN is A466134 which falls in the middle of the range for the recall, which covers MY07 - MY09 D3's and Sports. Definitely worth checking

Also note - very carefully - there were THREE versions of the recall. The only one which counts is the very last one in November 2010. A dealer could say "the recall was done" - but if it was one of the two earlier ones, the HPFP could well die again!