1st year with the Range Rover L322 overland build. How unreliable is it? 

Your attitude to maintenance is absolutely spot on! These vehicles are absolutely fantastic when in the right hands. Would love to join you on an adventure with my own L322 one day.

Another great explanation of the reality of LR/RR ownership. Preventative maintenance is the key to look after and keep any vehicle or machine running reliably. The reality with older RR’s is that once they become cheap enough to purchase some of these owners do not properly maintain and service them then wonder why they fail, giving the doubters an opportunity to put them down as not good to own.Hopefully some of those watching will change their opinions and be less vocal and critical of the brand. I intend to keep my 2021 L405 bought new for as long as I can by being more realistic with the maintenance schedule as the mileage increases. 👍👍

I have had many land rovers none have really let me down I love them

I own an 05 3l autobiography bought it 2009 174000 miles still strong, awesome machine.

Nothing rides like a Land Rover Range Rover. Great video

That was the most honest speech of all the old Range Rovers owners it's nice to know some people know how to look after a car looking forward to your next video 👍

Well done! . A very fair review indeed! I look forward to owning one soon. Safe travels!

I'm about to purchase an '09 L322. Been a RRC owner, daily driver for the last 10 years. Excited to jump into something slightly more recent. Love the videos mate.

Well done and I consider that all good news. My L322 has 72k miles and I’m getting the point that it is important to keep up with the maintenance. I have the 5.0 gas motor so I’m putting money aside now to deal with the timing chain issue that is sure to come. Thanks for the video.

That was informative. I had bad corrosion with mine. It was 14 years old, so understandable. I nearly lost my fuel tank. Not expensive to replace. Apart from that, I had three years happy motoring in it. I fancy another one.

Great video again, it proves preventative maintenance works.

Very informative, thank you.

Great video, great plans. 👍👍👍

I am on my 2nd l322 had for 5 yrs now & apart from neutral switch & refirb on compressor touch wood never let me down ; the trick is good maintainence

Just got my l322.. changing ball joints rotors brakes.. sensors.. tune up now..

just bought an 08 at 73,000 miles on it. this is going to be fun

Thank you for this excellent and honest video! My 07 3.6TDV8 just needed a new thermostat just shy before 300'000 km. Mechanic told me it was the original, not bad for my old lady. He recommended to replace as well the waterpump (was not bad, just as well the original) and the belts (precaution). Did everthing and she drives like new... Oils and filters as always every 10k. No problems, just don't cut corners. Cheers a swiss living in serbia (where an L322 gets a lot of unbeaten paths to discover)

I had my 2004 4.4 v8 petrol since November 21 as a weekend car. It cost me £4300.00. I have spent 2k on maintenance including full service to gearbox and engine. Suspension components and a new alternator. New brake pads and a caliper. Upgraded to some second hand 20s alloys and tyres then got the tracking sorted and it has ran sweet as a nut since. Looking forward to a family trip to Norfolk in it at the end of the month

Great informal video 😉

3l Vogue SE here sitting on 204000 love your videos

Great video many thanks

Spot on Mark! Totally agree. I have a 2012 115k miles, done approx 7000 miles in the 16months of ownership. Loads of preventative maintenance. Did all my fluids Inc coolant flush and steering fluid change. Oil service every 5000 miles, 2nd MOT in couple of months. Had AC compressor replaced, alternator, pulleys and belts were already done. Got 3 original air struts, one was done previously thinking of overhauling them next year. Great machine, Mrs is using it more than me at the moment 🤣. Love the videos, good work. Btw where is your rear camera for the Auto ox rear view screen mounted? Assume built in reverse camera still works? Cheers and have a good weekend 👍

now I would realy like to buy my fav vehicle..thanks for the video

Owned one for 8 years, only two major failures. The common and known fuel pump wiring issue and a failed alternator at 130k miles

Great luck!

Another awesome video! You have done a lot of preventative work over last 12ths. I have a 17yr old and has taken me 3yrs to replace front and rear upper lower suspension parts, wheel bearings, brakes (inc callipers), compete wet flush twice. The one part that caught me out was the ‘Starter’ motor. Didn’t think about this part. It was original and after 17yrs with no warning just stopped. All fixed now! Ps: oil and filter every 5k miles !

The L322 my favourite Range Rover , I own a 2015 Mercedes ML W166 4x4 & it's great but am going to buy a 2012 L322 at some Stage, It's Timeless still looks fantastic & its the ultimate 4x4 , Great Video

At this time i wish o still live in the Uk... i am Portuguese, in Portugal, and a L322 td6 from 2003 start at arround 17000 euros!!! But i am still looking to find one that will be mine! Keep up! 💪

There is an updated pulley on top left of engine. Make sure it’s done. Glenrands did mine when it was all replaced. Tick on start up is quite norma but not when hot.

Don't own one of these but what you have done is a good idea, these vehicles are big and heavy with lots of complicated things going on ie air suspension, with the weight brakes are going to be impacted and again the weight will still strain a large engine so makes sense to do oil and fluid changes, too many people buy these at a cheap price because they want the luxury and have come from a basic sized car that don't wear as much.

Great car

I can offer a balanced perspective as I own both a 2002 L322 (TD6) and a 2006 Toyota Land Cruiser LC3. Both now with around 200,000 miles on the clock. I’ve owned the Range Rover for 12 years and the Toyota for 15 years. The Range Rover is kept abroad as a holiday car and covers 3500-4000 miles a year. The Toyota is my everyday car and covers around 10,000 miles a year. In the time I’ve owned the Range Rover, I’ve had new gearbox, turbocharger, front air suspension, fuel pump, wiper motor, brake pipe, discs all round, calipers x 2, handbrake assembly, control arms, driver’s seat valance, and some minor bodywork. Total cost around £16,000. The Toyota has had a new clutch and more recently, new alternator. But this is misleading because when I bought the Toyota it had 26,000 miles on it, as opposed to the Range Rover which had 160,000 miles on it and had not been well looked after, so I was paying for the previous owners’ neglect to a large extent, hence most of the expensive jobs occurred within the first 4 years of ownership. all the parts I’ve replaced, I’m now reaching a “plateau” where the maintenance issues are more reflective of its annual mileage. Now it gets serviced every year by Land Rover (which means every 4000 miles) and gets full anti rust treatment also every year. So yes, all in all the Range Rover is a higher maintenance vehicle, partly because of all its additional features and partly, it has to be said, because of niggling intrinsic weaknesses like water ingress and rust vulnerability, and (with the TD6 at least) because the gearbox is not the best for this engine. But I think the issues are overblown, because of the number of disillusioned second hand buyers who went in with their eyes shut and we’re not prepared, and probably paid for the previous owners’ neglect. Preventative maintenance is the way to go. Personally I don’t replace anything if it’s still functioning properly but I do so at the first hint of an issue, and I will be flushing and replacing the gearbox oil at least every 40,000 miles (regardless of Land Rover’s “sealed for life” claim!) And full anti rust treatment each year. I paid 13,000 Euros for my L322 and if I’ve spent around 18,000 euros since then, that makes 31,000 euros (around £28,000), most of it staggered over 12 years. Most people would consider £28000 reasonable to drive a lovely vehicle like the L322. Just get full service history before purchase, comprehensive breakdown cover with recovery (makes sense whatever you drive) and have access to another vehicle or means of transport if needed.

I think what I'm seeing here is a bit of rose-tinted glasses. If you replace several parts as "preventative maintenance" and change 17 different oils every year for £000s then I don't think that's my idea of a reliable vehicle, but rather one that you know is unreliable so giving extra effort to protect yourself. There's no denying these had several issues over the life, timing chains, turbos, brake pipe rust, body and chassis rust, suspension, intakes, gearboxes and valve stem seals to name a few. For comparison we've had a top spec IS250 for 8 years/14k miles, I think it's had engine oil/filter changes 3/4 times, none of that other stuff and had one sensor and exhaust flexi pipe in that time, still drives like a brand new car and no rust (ungaraged). Not to say of course that the usual reliability hate these get isn't overstated. There's no doubt the reliability is definitely influenced by the dick heads that often buy them and people that spend their entire paycheck on finance to get one. In contrast Jaguar XJs are known to be pretty reliable in the UK and that's down to the complete opposite type of owner buying them. Think if you buy the right one of these new or from the right previous owner it can be generally reliable.

Great video! What's your remap situation? EGR, DPF? I get so many contrasting opinions on what to do and the legality on MOTs etc etc

Very interesting video. Would you mind sharing the costs for the various bits of PM you did? In particular how much changing the different fluids cost as I shall start there.

I am more than happy that the naysayers poke fun at RRs and all the armchair engineers slag them off at the slightest fault. And why? Because hopefully next week I will be buying a rather scruffy but cleanable 2006 L322 3.6 Litre Vogue with an engine management light on. I have seen the DTC code and I am pretty sure I know how to fix it (ex HGV technician). And the car will cost me £1200, bought as seen, no warranty from a car dealer who took it in P/X. And its got 6 months MoT. But this video proves the point about maintenance be it scheduled or preventative. For example in the USA they buy a car and just run it forever until it breaks down and then complain. Not just RRs but most cars. Its surprising how few US car owners actually follow the maintenance schedules. And the USA is where most RR knockers live!

hi where did you get them window stickers on your back window from

Could I buy your car please as my first L322?

Cheers mate I own one in the USA I am a trolly driver but enjoy driving mine as much as I can enjoyed the video

Also Toyota's are basic, cheap and dull. They have nothing on them to go wrong. Any luxury car with air suspension, heated and cooled seats, electronic everything will need more care than a simple back to basics Toyota. A Range Rover is a complicated luxury car, the same levels of reliability as any big Audi, Merc or BMW, it's to be expected

Love these cars. Can we see more of the car and less of you? Nothing personal. Also, Toyota owners...if they put as much effort into looking after their landcruisers, they simply would not die...ever. But nice video nevertheless.

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