Thread: Why Land Rovers have a reputation of breaking down

Thats actually pretty ****-house...

After 10 years of hard day trips and three years of comps, only one time I did not drive the landy home was when I pushed the trailing arm to chassis bracket into a new position and flogged out the bushes that made the car very scary to drive over 20 kph and a mate had a trailer available.
As jeremy Clarkson said ( the most unreliable car in the world is the most reliable car in the world ).
But all that read this will agree and we will not convert any one into beleiving that the british could build anything to rival the mighty japenese imperial force.

It's ironic that the Americans were the ones to teach them about quality .

Indeed it is very "ordinary"...

Question must be asked though, as to WHY the wire is burnt... badly placed next to hot engine parts? electrical fault ? And what is the green wire for ? - or going to ???

On the other hand, my own experiences with Jap vehicles is that the wiring harness is more than adequate in terms of connectors, gauge, length and quality. (Two Crowns, Mazda Bongo 4WD, Mazda Capella - 626 - on LPG and '89 Pajero diesel.)

My opinion so far (95 Classic Vogue) is that LR are still locked in the mind-set of rationing, as it was in Britain for some years after WW II, to put it kindly...

James in Gosnells.

Jeremy was driving a "real" Range Rover on that trip through the jungle.... minimal (if any) electronics and everything else was mechanical, and straighforward...

My mates are always laughing at me and how i seem to brake some thing on the Landrover every time we go 4x4ing. I also remember the old 2a being like a truck to drive on the road. You drive an hour and it felt like you've been driving all day. Its like a kind of sick love. But I would'nt have any thing else.

You poor masochistic Vegemite !

Go on, treat yourself to a late model Mitsutoyossan and a car trailer... put the LR on that, tow it in comfort to the bush, unload said LR and bash bush,,,, re-load and drive home in comfort.

Tractor, - heaps of dollars,
Trailer - more heaps of dollars,
The look on their faces... Pricele$$

I totally agree - we've just attempted to fix the fuel pressure reg on our TD5 - we spent all day trying to get to one bolt.

After much sweat and very sore fingers we agreed that only the Brits could have put it in such a stupid / difficult position to get to - seeming that it is a 'known issue' with D2's....

Problem now fixed, by a very competent LR mechanic - for a price - but I love the car and won't let go of it - yet.......

Steph

Was this dodgy wiring part of the gas fitting?
Says alot for that firm if it is


I saw a Patrol being put on a tow truck today.
It was at the BP near Calder Park heading out of town.
Thay hooked the caravan on and headed back into town.
Unfortunatly somones Easter isn't going to plan.

From what I've seen the Landies do manage to limp home 98% of the time.
Shame I can't say that for other breeds