Datatek said:

Walk away or be prepared to have your wallet raped Best to never buy an L322 with electronic faults unless you are either an expert or a masochist

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Agarange said:

With buying this car you need and I hope you have checked out the rest if the car.

If there is any rust in the rear door shuts assume its got into the sills and is in the process of rotting the rear jacking points.

You need to inspect the car really.

If this electrical problem is the only issue it has then it might be worth it. However if its the issues extend beyond this then the bill will mount.

Unless you know the cause of its electrical woes you can safely assume its deeper than you think. At present it sound like you are believing what your told.

in June I bought a l322. I don't know what I am doing. I went to see the car figured because it has no electrical woes, good engine and gearbox, good paint and interior, it was alright. It had some mot advisories and a bit of rear arch rust. How bad could that be? There was a suspension fault. The vendor told me its just a fault code that needs clearing, I was skeptical. A specialist that I took it too told me it was the suspension ecu and I bought one as a result. My local garage who are just competent (but also charge for that), plugged into there code reader and new what the problem was -a failed compressor and two height sensors. They also were able to address all it other mechanical defects. I did tell them go through it bumper to bumper and let me know the full list. Rotten brake lines, front cv joints were a bit beyond an advisory and so where the ball joints. They were nicely seized and required replacing. Abs pump failure. Shocked bad pads and rotors even though they had been replaced by the previous owner, bodge repair on the brake lines..... they let me know how bad the sills were.

There was 100 hrs of body work and fabrication e.t.c mostly due to the rust in the rear arch, sills and jacking points. I did also have the tailgate derusted and painted. It was far worse than expected.

My bill was enormous. There was almost none of this work I could have done myself, except for pads and rotors and given the bill I was facing I could not be bothered. Neither could I sell it with a clear conscience.. If knew now what I did not them I would have walked away and search out the prefect 02 to 05 m62 powered l322.

What I am saying is given you have not seen it and inspected it you cant know the full extent of its problems. your friend may be a stand up guy but they may not know much more than me in June.

Buyer beware and good luck.

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