"Best 4 Wheel Drive of the Year" JOKE

I purchased the Discovery 3 for my retirement and to undertake a major round Australia trip and have to say when I took delivery I thought this is the best car I had ever owned, three years and 50,000 kilometres down the track my experience includes, instrument pack faulty and replaced, air suspension faults, two new front differentials, tie rod replacement, RH front lower ball joint arm and ball joint replaced, second lower ball joint replaced, three wheel alignments, front window not working, loose wiring, indicators not working, loose wires, water leaking from sunroof, (twice), radio not switching off, radio complete fail, an intermittent fault with another window not working and countless stop light globe replacements. The vehicle has never been off road, always garaged. In the case of my previous (and much less expensive) vehicles, a Nissan Pathfinder, a Mitsubishi Pajero and a Toyota Land Cruiser, I never had the need to replace tyres under 80,000 km, (I have now been informed that one tyre is scrubbed out and requires replacement and 3 nearly worn out). In addition, I usually get 70,000 kms on a set of brakes, 31,000 kms and required replacement. I have always purchased new vehicles, and I have never suffered the litany of maintenance difficulties and inconvenience with any other vehicle, save this Discovery 3. I note from some recent advertising that the Discovery 3 TDV6 has won fourth year in succession both the "Best Large Diesel Wagon" and "Best Overall" category. I certainly purchased my vehicle on the basis of the Discovery 3 being awarded the "Best 4 wheel drive of the year award" and am bitterly disappointed. I have lost total confidence in the Discovery 3 and certainly would not contemplate any form of remote travel in the vehicle. Complaining gets you nowhere on the local scene and ended up going direct to the CEO of Tata Motors, who referred back to the UK who referred back to Australia with no effort by Land Rover to negotiate at any point about what has clearly been a poorly built vehicle.. I guess next step is to advertise my experience on the back of the TDV6 and go to court. Perhaps a Friday arvo car but after speaking to the RACV and the Victorian Department of Justice, (Consumer Affairs) they gave me a clear impression that I was not lonely regarding faults with the Discovery 3. What really rubs is that on the back of the "Best 4 Wheel Drive of the Year" I forked out AUD$85,000 for a long term vehicle investment going into retirement. With warrantee up in a week or so I am frankly very worried given the history of the vehicle that I have a major problem on my hands. I have been talking to LR since September about my concerns to no avail, apparently they regard the fault history as normal.

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You should buy a Land Rover Defender instead- they are one of most reliable cars at all! But no, you wanted luxury, air con, electric windows... I have a Defender 300tdi, no electric to fail, no damm electronic controled transmision to kill my brakes and burn tyres before time...no ABS also, still had sliding panells instead normal windows and car key looks like one i had for a mail box. Purely spartan. Crossed Tunisia and most of Algeirs, no major repairs at 4000 miles off-roading at sahara. Now have more than 100 000 miles in a 15-year old car, I haven't seen many roads! Resistant to abuse. P.S. In my country police and border guards use only them- no other car could survive that ammount of torture. But be aware- they doesnt make them like 10 years before. there is some electronics after 1998 in them. Almost every repair on the older models you can do alone, with a hammer and a set of gedore tools.

land rover discovery 4 HSE

i was in the process in buying a disco, i was shocked to see all of these BAD reports on the vehicle that we truly loved!!!! stearing away from it NOW!!!! i'll stick to my 8 year nissan Xtrail that i have not had a problem with yet!!!!!!!

i was in the process in buying a disco

That is what this website is for, to stop other people making the same mistakes as we have. basically Land Rover products are unreliable, expensive, and Land Rover customer care is no existent, everybody should keep clear of Land Rover and buy another brand, preferably Japanese or German

BUY A DISCOVERY.

iDONT BUY A DISCOVERY 3.

discovery 3

had the car two years bought in hadley green barnet everytime it goes in to be repaired couple of monthes later we have another one. this time we have draging before it kicks into gear. i am toying with the idea of doing a demonstration outside their showroom with placard saying death trap. seven months prior it went in for clutch proplems. my friend has a r reg audi an goes to poland two or three times a year no probs i cant even go to tesco.

Is it true

I hope all this is not true just bought one....

Range Rover Sports MY10

I bought Range Rover Sport MY10 V8 supercharged version which produces 510hps. Here in Queensland the backup service from Land rover dealers are worst then Audi, 3 months down it's air suspension got damaged and ride was noisy unstable. Later it's Built in Sat Nav had all the kinds of issues started to play up with multimedia options especially ipod and cd input. Fuel consumption was beyond my wallet size it drank $236 per week 21L per 100km worst of all spending close to $208,850 with most options wasn't any good apart from luxury. Land Rover dealer at fortitude valley sales team are full of con artist promise vehicle under warranty 3 years or 100,000 km "mate you won't even need to worry, we are just email or call away" as if customer service 4.5/10 and RRS 6/10 not worth your hard earned many fellow aussies. Relief came when I sold RRS within 8 months and bought BMW X5 M MY11 surely it's as powerful, fast, sound of the engine wow and worth $191k.

Land Rover is laughing at us.

Land Rover is laughing at us. Now I know what an abused child feels like. Car: 2007 Discovery 3 TDV6E (Manual) Less than 100 000km on the clock. Problems: Brake booster sucked oil vapor from the engine and literally filled up with oil. Car sounded like a coffee percolator when brakes were applied. Not to mention crap brakes. Boot lid latch stopped working. Front door wouldn't open. Electronic suspension management unit fried itself. Rear diff needed to be replaced All wheel bearings replaced Clutch wore out (I'll let them have that one) Clutch flywheel literally disintegrated. Auto handbrake is on it's way out (surprisingly expensive to fix too) This week's surprise is an erratic engine idle. Can't wait to see how much that will cost to fix. That's just what I can remember off the top of my head. This is just what happened after the motorplan expired. I'm not even shocked anymore. I feel like a battered child. You just get used to it. The worst part is being without a car for a few days out of the month. This car is in mint condition cosmetically. I tried to trade it in and have been offered a half-sucked gob-stopper covered in pocket lint. Which is more than it is worth. Land Rover is laughing at us. They make a seriously poor product and then they charge like a wounded buffalo for parts. And we continue to cough up. The joke is on us. Steve Leach Writer, Thinker, Idea Guy Mobile: 0832346053 steve@indiepeople.co.za | www.printerpages.co.za

Please dont buy Land Rover I know they feel great

I have had my Disco 3 for less than a year and has a mileage of 133 000. Full service history with the vehicle and one owner, all motorway miles. I have religiously serviced this vehicle at a known Land Rover specialist (actually better service than main dealer thank you Land Marque), changed suspension compressor and front drivers side wheel bearing. On the 24/12/2011 my engine died RIP (used engine £3000.00 without fitting) oh the prices are going up for these used engines because they are now more in demand (wonder why) and all around similar mileage. Time belt tensioner snapped only driven this piece of rubbish for just over 9000 miles now. The very worst purchase I have ever made. Upon researching Discovery 3's I have found numerous faults some potentially life threatening. Please dont buy Land Rover I know they feel great driving but seriously the pain of owning one of these is not worth it. http://www.metro.co.uk/news/863713-land-rover-discovery-found-to-be-most-unreliable-car-in-the-country

Almost made the mistake. THANKS

My wife and I were looking at Land Rovers and I thought to do a search on what are their most common problems and well here I am. I will not be buying a Land Rover thanks to this site. My question to Land Rover is do you make anything that doesn't break???

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