Is it time to get a Pajero?

[Gullible]

Our holiday started out OK. The D3 (the we have owned for 2 months) had a full engine and transmission service before we left. We thought of it as insurance as we were towing a 2 tonne caravan 1,000km.

4 days after arriving there was an exhaust smell in the cab. Not much the local mechanics could do at 12pm on christmas eve except give us the name of the nearest Land Rover dealer (1hr away) to book the car in and order parts.

A very hot christmas weekend was spent driving with the windows down.

Tuesday took the D3 to Land Rover. They said it was not the EGR something to do with the pipe by the oil filler and they would need to get the part in. Back the next day to get it fixed and was told the inlet manifold was damaged so the pipe could not be replaced and that they would need to order in the inlet manifold.

Back the next day, waited all day in the dealership from 8am to 4.30pm told that the clips that hold the fuel lines are too warn to be re-used. Land Rover special part and would have to be ordered in. As this was 4.30pm on New Years Eve they would not arrive until Tuesday.

Phone up 2pm on Wednesday and as the car would not be ready until 4.30pm it was decided to wait until Thursday to pick it up.

Phone up Thursday (today). The car is ready to go. I ask if it has been road tested and that there are no more fumes in the cab? Told to phone back in a couple of hours. I phone back and there is problem with my turbo loosing boost, something about the air intake. They will phone me when they know more.

The Land Rover dealer phoned at 11am to let me know that my crossover pipe is cracked and a fire hazard. They will have to order in the part.

So much for heading home today.

I wouldn't mind extending our holiday, only we are without a car that can cross our creek if it floods.
and we sold our tractor so there is lots to do and nothing to do it with.

[Mick_Marsh]

But, it is getting fixed.

[Eevo]

pajero means bull**** in Spanish.

it souds like your engine service didnt include an inspection.

[bsperka]

pajero means bull**** in Spanish.

I need to call you out on that. It is a Spanish slang word meaning 'He who fiddles with himself for sexual gratification'. (Urban dictionary).

[scomac]

Same thing could happen with a Mitsubitsi !!! I rescued a Pajero on the beach last weekend and a Triton. That's two Mitsubities in one day, and on 19's

I think someone took a photo, must find it!!!!

[Eevo]

I need to call you out on that. It is a Spanish slang word meaning 'He who fiddles with himself for sexual gratification'. (Urban dictionary).

oh thats much better!

[TerryO]

The reality is its a 10 year old vehicle and things go wrong with vehicles of this age, the annoying thing was it happened in your and everyone else's Christmas New Years break which also meant it was hard to get parts in a reasonable time.

A Pajero that is 10 years old would have problems as well.

[Meken]

I'd be asking some serious questions of the guys who looked at it before you left!

[DoubleChevron]

Pretty vague descriptions here. I'd say whatever the "cross over" pipe is had cracked causing all the issues. I HATE modern cars for the exact reasons outlined. You need to change "XX" part ... So you change that and break all the plastic housings, plastic clips, plastic hoses, plastic joiners getting to the part to be replaced. So a small job turns into an drama of trying to find brittle plastic parts that are often order in/dealer only.

The Pajero will be the same. Last time we went away my brother rang me .... the Pajero has was pouring out gearbox oil. He was filling the rear diff every 30kms (I have visions of the poor rangie towing our caravan back home, then towing his caravan home, then his Pajero home). I crawled under it and it had spat one of the driveshafts which took the seal with it. So we pushed the seal back in and tapped the driveshaft back in. "tow with it in 4wd to spread the load over both axles" ..... He has investigated since getting home and they are known for spitting rear driveshafts when towing. You need to upgrade the snap rings that hold them in.

I like pre-90's cars. No fragile plastic **** under the bonnets usually

seeya,
Shane L.

[DoubleChevron]

I'd be asking some serious questions of the guys who looked at it before you left!

Why ? I was probably some fragile bit of plastic that broke. Unless you want mechanics to change every bit of plastic under your bonnet when it's serviced, this is "ALL" modern cars for you

seeya,
Shane L.