I am looking to purchase a new car i am pretty set on the Range Rover sport or vogue approx 3 years old. I’ve had a Range Rover in the past and had a few issues turbo charger etc and have heard the newer ones are not to good. Does anyone know what they are like and what i can expect to go wrong .Thanks in advance
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Welcome.
Do a bit of looking around on here and you will find most common issues. A 3yr old car should have got over any initial teething problems and should give you a few years of good,before the bad starts.
Look around and don’t rushin, lots about.
Good luck in your search.
J
Do a bit of looking around on here and you will find most common issues. A 3yr old car should have got over any initial teething problems and should give you a few years of good,before the bad starts
.Look around and don’t rushin, lots about.
Good luck in your search.
J
Welcome.
Do a bit of looking around on here and you will find most common issues. A 3yr old car should have got over any initial teething problems and should give you a few years of good,before the bad starts
Look around and don’t rushin, lots about.
Good luck in your search.
J
Thanks a lot I’m going to have a good look around the site I going to speak to Land Rover as well to see about extending the warranty with them
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One quick thing : I take it you are considering a Sport or an L405. Vogue is not a model, it is a trim and can be found across several models of Range Rover.
That out of the way. They all bring their own joys and pains. There are hundreds of threads of the good, the bad, and the ugly , of all models, if you just go read the Range Rover section. There are separate sub sections for each , but you will also find threads on the older Sport in the L322 section.
Spend some time on the search bar, then some time reading all the posts. Then if you have a question, that can't be answered by all the posts already on here, start a new thread in the Range Rover section, and someone should be able to help.
There is one thread on the L405 you should have a look at. I would also check the recall history on both models .
If this is a vehicle you intend to keep, for a year or more, good luck. There are two things we are on here , one is brutally honest about the marque. The second is willing to help.
P.s be aware that as soon as it hits it's first MoT your dealer will not be interested in your vehicle. Have a look for the guy with the under 100k engine, who was told he'd had his moneys worth from it.
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Have no first hand experience here, but there's plenty of threads in this forum regarding the TDV6 engines which manage to snap crankshafts as if they were made of dried spaghetti. There is a thread I recall recently where someone who had taken an extended warranty was refused repair costs when the engine snapped its crank, apparently land rover sub out the warranty extension insurance and the subby says no repair costs as it is a known fault on these engines. Tread very carefully.
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Vehicles don’t leave the showrooms with a fault it only comes known later with second hand vehicles with an unknown history.
Get a water tight warranty and get rid as soon as it’s out of warranty unless u can extend it, so it shouldn’t cost u too much, just the warranty fee, that’s what I do
Get a water tight warranty and get rid as soon as it’s out of warranty unless u can extend it, so it shouldn’t cost u too much, just the warranty fee, that’s what I do
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I'd ask @Tigger Eeyore & Roo about that oneVehicles don’t leave the showrooms with a fault it only comes known later with second hand vehicles with an unknown history.
Get a water tight warranty and get rid as soon as it’s out of warranty unless u can extend it, so it shouldn’t cost u too much, just the warranty fee, that’s what I do
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Makes sure the battery is tiptop at all times, weak batteries seem to cause no end of trouble. If I owned a RR, I would have a couple of new batteries on standby. Oh, and never park it up for more than a couple of weeks.
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Vehicles don’t leave the showrooms with a fault it only comes known later with second hand vehicles with an unknown history.
Get a water tight warranty and get rid as soon as it’s out of warranty unless u can extend it, so it shouldn’t cost u too much, just the warranty fee, that’s what I do
I'd ask @Tigger Eeyore & Roo about that one
Gosh, if only the “don’t leave showrooms with a fault” were the case in reality. There are several cases of near new LR’s being resold after having been taken back with unrepaired faults. One was a Freeloader 2 of mine and I know of 2 very recent L405’s with serious issues with their infotainment systems that were put back on the forecourt. With recent L405’s you need a fairly laid back attitude to infotainment system “eccentricities”! Having said that, who of us is really going to be bothered if iPhone integration has bugs? Personal, I could give a t05s
The crankshaft failure issue with TDV6’s is known, but there are no official statistics available on the rate of failure; it’s all hearsay and rumour. Having said that, it’s sufficiently frequent to be excluded from LR’s own extended warranty.
Personally, I’d steer clear of the TDV6 and buy the SDV8, it’s better suited to the car and corners much flatter, has better brakes and avoids the crank failure issue. It’ll also return a genuine average of around 26-28mpg. A proper RR really benefits from having a V8.
Buy on service history, condition and strong & long warranty. Avoid the TDV6, especially with LR’s own extended warranty.
If you buy the SDV8, check for oil leaks from the internal and electronic oil level sensor. A leak is rare, but it will wreck the electronics of your primary turbocharger and although revised parts are available, it will cost over 7 hours in labour and a total bill as high as £4-5,000 at main dealer rates
Check before you buy and make sure it’s covered under the warranty.Don’t expect to run it on a shoestring!
Have I put you off yet?
Don’t let me do that. Buy the right car, with a V8, with a proper warranty, ignore any silliness from the infotainment system, don’t skimp on maintenance and the car will be joy to own and drive.
Please let us know how you get on....
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Unfortunately, LandyZone hasn’t got into the 21st century with an L405 section yet; I believe it’s expected to be added around 2035AD
Lots of information on fullfatrr.com, but it’s very different to LZ
Lots of information on fullfatrr.com, but it’s very different to LZ
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The L405 and L494 are very different to travel in - try them both before you go ahead. The 405 will feel very like your RR of old, the 494 more like a cross between a full RR and a Golf.
