"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