I've had my TD4 auto for just over 12 months now. I've spent more money and time on it in that time, than I did on my V6 for 2 years of ownership. So I'd say that the TD4 isn't as reliable as the V6, at least not so far.Mine hasn't broke'd so far this year.
Bloody BMW rubbish under the bonnet. Give me proper British engineering, any day.
Methinks John didn't read the first post in this thread. Our Freelanders don't need chequer plate cause us folks don't tend to climb on top of them.
To be honest LR were always knocked over the years for reliability. LR stepped up it's game over the years to try to solve this. I don't think they're any worser than any other manufacturer, on a comparison of similar type of vehicle. I see a wide verity of vehicles at work as company cars and privately owned. The all seem to have a story of problems and go wrong at some point. I remember when I was little seeing cars 3 or 4 year old cars with rust along the bottom of doors and around the aerial. Yer dun't see that as much now. Things have improved considerably over the years. Something I think most take for granted or perhaps dun't realise.I've had my TD4 auto for just over 12 months now. I've spent more money and time on it in that time, than I did on my V6 for 2 years of ownership. So I'd say that the TD4 isn't as reliable as the V6, at least not so far.
And I still have a water loss and oil in coolant issue to sort.
lol, the days of "rust buckets" on the road are distant memories. Mind you rust issues have "changed" a bit - these days "non-visible" rust seems more prevalent. Taking a prime example of a rust suffering car, the D1, they are likely to be terminated by rust but you can't see it because its in the chassis or places like where the B pillar meets the roof.
It does also seem impossible that cars used to be considered end-of-life at 100K miles, that is often cranked up in just a few years these days and even if its taken a while, the cars are still "young". They may need some maintenance, like belts, viscous couplings or little O rings, but they're good-as
I agree that "all that is good, is not necessarily non-British". My particular pet hate is people selling their Freelanders with the primary selling point being that it has a BMW engine! Yeh, the engines are OK, but I strongly feel they are no better than my British oil burner - just different characteristics. If (Land) Rover hadn't got itself into such a pickle and been passed onto BMW ownership, I'm sure the G Series or 'real' TD4 sister to the TD5 would have been better engines. The current crop of Ingenium engines are superb.
I really do not know what to make of the KV6 though. I know Nodge and Hippo swear by them, and I respect their views, but I keep coming back to this post....
https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/heeeeelp-overheating.302603/#post-3781092
It seems obvious from that list that KV6's die and die young - often/usually not even making the good old 100K miles. Maybe there's something in the KV6 cooling system that's prone to failure but is an easy fix - bit like the humble little O ring in a TD4 fuel pump that's an easy fix, but I bet has seen the very premature death of a lot of TD4 Freelanders.
We also swear at them too.
Relay? Wash your mouth out, my Freelanders have never needed the services of Relay.
Ha! yeah all is working well. However, I was checking the brake pad wear this morning and found the FL pads were nearly worn out! RH side is about 1/3 worn. Not sure what[s going on there. Ordering bits today from Rimmers
TPMS = good idea pressures seem to hold well. Jacking mechanism still in progress. I had to make my own high temp adhesive to stick the insulation in the furnace's lid. A mix of sodium hydroxide [NaOH @100%], distilled water and silica gel! Getting the right NaOH was illuminating! The supplier was quite cagey about giving me details of what % NaOH was in their packet. Apparently it's used as a heat source in drug making = P kitchens! Funny what you learn.
