Another good video again Simon...mighty useful if anybody out there feels brave! My guess on asking price should be £2500 with that many faults...it would be interesting to know what the vendor wanted. A good project car for you but a bit of a nightmare if you are a private buyer relying on a garage to do any jobs. Good luck with it!!!😀😀😀😀
I think body panels are the least of your concerns when buying a second hand landie , mechanicals is where I spend more of my time , walking a code reader is always a must .
Early car with side steps - definitely recommend checking for rust on the sills - easily checked from underneath - also rust in the centre rear portion of the body in the rear arches and wings. Little disappointed at connecting a code reader, and then clearing DTCs without owner's permission. As another comment suggested - some (not all) of those codes were useful to be aware of - I would have politely told you what I thought of that - had this been my car.
I had asked him and he was worried some of the codes resulted from a flat battery / battery change so was happy for me to see which ones were real and which ones were not... the airbag faults cleared and did no come back so would appear to have been false readings.
@@johns.3821 Just ordered a set of these www.britpart.com/parts/exterior-protection/side-protection/rock-sliders/da7533 So will do a video when we remove the sills....i think some paint will be in order !
Cheap paint will do that, esp single stage paint, which is clearcoat & color in one. That's what they use on cheap resprays, while factory or a quality (e.g. expensive) paint job will be color + a clear coat...
I had an 06 Discovery 3, bought it with only 27,000 miles on it 9 years ago, when great for two years, in year 3 and 4 it needed over £8000 worth of stupid repairs. Egr valves, all the door locks, both front wheel hub assemblies, alternator, rear drop links, corroded brake pipes, front rubber door seals, driver seat fabric worn to a hole and the car was fully serviced by Land Rover. Never again will I by a Land Rover. I had a Freelander before that, head gasket went on that. My conclusion is that Land Rovers are nowhere near the asking price in terms of build quality and design. My friend ordered a brand new Velar, in the first month it was in the garage for 8 days, he handed it back and bought at Volkswagen. Land Rover's reliability issues are fat too numerous for me and I know lots of other drivers feel the same.
To own a Land rover Discovery, one has to be competent in carrying out your own repairs. The Land Rover mechanics will take you for a real ride and empty your pockets fast. They turn your wallets into a bottomless money pit lol
It pays to remember that due to the CAN bus system a single fault in one module can cause fault codes in other modules. I'm guessing all the communication faults that returned are related to the park brake module being disconnected. Would have liked to see you test all the terrain response settings to make sure they all do as they should. If they did in fact work it's highly likely the communication fault is not going to effect the function of the terrain response.
Car Wizard said it best recently, "During these Pandemic times, it's important to remember everyones going through it with you, and they're finding their vehicles are needing repairs they can't afford themselves so they are selling to try and get rid of their headache" (not verbatim; paraphrasing)
Yeah, auto handbrake system is crud... as is the central locking and ride height adjustment. We've had ours for 5 years and had it not been for a very handy car thief stealing our ride, we'd have had to pay thousands to keep her going... we didn't.
If it's Land Rover , just check that you have a spare 20K sitting in the bank for maintenance and repairs just in case, whenever the money light comes on. We have had three varient's, Sport, Evoque and Disco........and they love your wallet.....vehicle can often be found sneaking around house looking for it or thinking what it should break next....to make your day! But hey.........it s love affair and a hard habit to break. They just look.......Elegant, stylish, posh, wanking tractors.........., but I love em to bits even when they cost me a fortune to keep running. Sigh........
Could not have put it better I had one for the last 2 years and I am back to my trusted Pajero/Shogun which still shocks me with how reliable it is but as you say its a love affair so I am looking for my next disco 3
In the words of Lord Humungus "Just Walk Away!", that thing is beat. And that isn't a cold day. If the windows are failing in that weather they probably don't work at all, Discovery 3 owner in the land of -25C here, and my windows work at all temps. With that milage all the rear suspension is toast. Add on the non working air suspension, parking brake in op, windows, questionable air bag codes etc... unless it's $500 car, walk away. Other areas to check: If you live in a rust prone area the brake lines to the rear rust out , rear brake backing plates rust away. As stated above the rear suspension, upper control arms for sure, most likely both bushings in the knuckles, lower arms... front tie rods, swaybar bushings... now we haven't even got to the trans and the sealed for life oil. Given the current owners lack of maintenance I'm going to go with it never have been changed.
My 200r freelander has been a little peach, head gasket changed 11years ago, since that hiccup, she hasn't missed a beat. Would like a D3/D4 prefer the most basic one, manual, cloth seats etc....but would kill to have all the heated bits my freelander has on it (mirrors and seats)
Good video, typical D3 faults and issues. Nothing drastic though. I bet if you pulled the handbrake module cover off in situ (few torx screws and sealer) ....... and manually wound it back to connect the emergency release cable cable it would work fine after you cleaned up and adjusted the handbrake shoes. Most D3 modules do not it need replacingt tbh. Just manually wind it back using a chisel or screwdriver as it will be jammed. saves about 1k tbh for a new unit. I have done a couple of these when garages wanted to charge 1-2k to replace the whole unit.
My fathers disco 4 is a 2010 and he’s owned it for about 6 years now, all it’s ever needed is a fuel sender unit which caused it to cut out and a rear prop shaft...apart from disc and pads and tyres that’s all we’ve ever done...I honestly don’t understand what people do with Land Rovers because our family have owned plenty over the last 30 years... we’ve obviously had some problems in that time, it’s a vehicle at the end of the day!
My own tdi defender has racked up well over 300,000 miles now and it’s my everyday vehicle, I’ve owned it for 18 years and the only thing I’ve done with the engine is the headgasket, apart from the clutch exploded it’s been 100% reliable, it’s obviously had problems but it’s only left me on the side of the road with the clutch problem!
Is picking up a 2006 LR3 for a weekend off-road vehicle a good idea regarding availability of parts? I’d love to get my hands on a nice used one to mess around with. The V8SE seemed to be a decently reliable engine.
Are you sure it has not got air con as you said twice it does not? There is sticker under the bonnet with the gas information on it and sure I seen an air con pipe. Econ button as far as I was aware was to switch of air conditioning. I only ask as if you are doing a buying guide better to have the correct information.
Yes that can be an issue but hard to tell if the problem is about to start... they can fail at 70K mile or never - my Disco 4 has done over 200K miles !
What is this problem that land rovers have with their door locks? I have the same problem with my LR2 rear doors. It should have been a recall. Seems to be a default issue.
Most of the faults cleared and didn't return, the ones that did return were all communication faults that are probably due to the park brake module being disconnected.
Gone are the days where you can just put the keys in and start it, now you have to be an APP genius to even attempt to start it! We are doomed with all this stupid technology!
There is some debate if the car does actually have AC or not - see below comments. Having said that living in the UK the aircon is only used a few weeks every year...
Or you could just buy a real G4, everywhere I take mine (RRS) I get waves and smiles...even done a couple of weddings, lots of smiles... Only drawback is V8 petrol ....20 on a run and 15 round town....
@ Mark Bentley. Theres one on Facebook for £35,000!!!!!! Mine is 70,000 miles in above average condition, first at £22,000 - grand kids are so expensive...
reasons... 1) to trick a fool like me into thinking its a high spec gem ! 2) to trick webuyanycar into paying out loads for it... this clearly did not work as it was for sale on ebay 3) second hand tailgate from a HSE 4) were the G4's all badged as HSE ? 5) The HSE lettering was cheaper from Land Rover... could be true ! 6) He wanted to impress the ladies at work...and as we know all the girls prefer a man with a HSE... These are just a few of the reasons why somebody would do such a thing.......
