Whilst doing my homework on TD5s to see if they are suitable for driving around Africa in, I came across:

Web Rover

It has a list of all the common TD5 faults and the affected VINs.

It generally seems that 1999 cars are the most affected, but is there anyway to look up the list of affected VINs from this site and see what year the problems officially stopped?

Looking at Auto Trader SA - New Cars, Used Cars for sale online, Car Finance, Car Insurance & Car Prices, I'm thinking the best deal will be an '03 D110 TD5 with 140,000km for just AUD$19,000!