petergdisco
Member Since: 27 Dec 2007
Location: North West UK
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petergdisco wrote:May 05, so 2yrs 8 months old. 21,500 miles, average about 20mpg! Apart from servicing been in the dealers for:
- recall in 2005 can't remember what for
- one repair/rebuild of EPB
- repair to passenger door trim
- change of coolant header/expansion tank - under warranty
- new ashtray/lighter console due to chewing gum abuse by wife!
Full set of tyres after just 15000miles!
Sorry, forgot to add airbag sensor changed under warranty!
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 4th Jan 2008 10:41 pm |
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CY
Member Since: 16 Aug 2005
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 4506
 
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About 45, 000 miles.
Purchased new December 2004.
Issues so far:
Suspension leak
Front suspension collapse. Rough ride!
Brake pads needed replacing - lots.
Brake lights stopped working.
Sat nav. blanked out and wouldn't operate.
Phone broke.
Rear wiper jammed.
Fuse blown - front and rear washers broken.
Transmission fault - recovered by LRA and sorted.
All painlessly and efficiently resolved. She works like a dream - most of the time - and is still by far the best car.... in the world.  2007 Porsche Boxster (987) 2.7
2008 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE G4 Challenge (1 of 68)
2023 Defender 90 D250 X-Dynamic HSE
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| 5th Jan 2008 12:45 am |
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XX03
Member Since: 03 Sep 2006
Location: London
Posts: 474
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character wrote:Are yer ready for this one then boys and girls........
2005/55 plate D3, police spec.......... 191,000 MILES, YEP BEAT THAT!!!!
Just had 190 service (ie 45k standard service), complete new drivers lower seat assembly on order (warranty), had 2 new front lower arms and wheel alignment (warranty), rear disc brakes, rotated the rear tyres and put the new unused spare on and changed the offside rear with new (down to 4mm on the rear). Had the tow bar recall done as well.
Having new front grill next week when parts for the seat comes in, will change the lower cloth seat on the drivers side (looking a bit warn at the edge) and the EPB RECALL done at the same time.
Oh yes and a complete valet including mop and wax, wash and clean for £90 (inc vat) just to bring the sparkle to him....
MY FIRST D3, running a TD5 Commercial along side thats done 36k since August and had an XYZ switch changed, 4 tyres and a diesel injector valve
I rest my case your honour!! 
At the other end of the scale.........15 months......4832miles
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| 5th Jan 2008 11:41 am |
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YeehawTwistyArms
Member Since: 07 Mar 2007
Location: UK
Posts: 705
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13 Months old and covered 14,500 miles.
Faults:-
EPB squeaks now and again.
That is all.
Always been lucky with car reliability, had an early Alfa 156 V6 for 2 years and it never went wrong once.
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| 5th Jan 2008 11:47 am |
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TazDaz
Member Since: 07 May 2007
Location: South East Essex
Posts: 2858
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D3 now 13 months old. 17200 miles.
3rd row seat release clip broken
Interior alarm (with Rosen DVD) false activation
Front diff / breather pipe
High note horn failure
n/s front wheel bearing
n/s rear cv gaiter / drive shaft
phone module fault
front wiper blades
EPB lock / screeches
all now fixed under warranty, except for EPB (next mission)
Still the best car I've owned though
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| 5th Jan 2008 12:59 pm |
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catweasel
Member Since: 05 May 2006
Location: Bundaleer
Posts: 4805
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16 months, 43000km
in no particular order
wheel brace broke after changing 1 wheel  lucky my brother had the right size for the other(warranty)
glove box light switch failed (warranty)
minor paint defect, dealer repaired
cruise control switches failed and replaced (warranty)
steering wheel airbag distorting, replaced (warranty)
arm rest x2 replaced (warranty)
entire upper glove box frame replaced due to poor hinges (warranty)
rear tailgate seal replaced (warranty) still lets in copious amounts of dust and is still on the to do list
memory seat module reset numerous times and eventually replaced (warranty) still doesn't work and is also on the to do list.
driver side button for electric seat adjustment fell off, replaced as other lost when door was opened (warranty)
four wheel alignment as per TSB (warranty)
rear aircon initially diagnosed as out of balance fan but apparently it is now acceptable. on the to be watched list
growing cack in D pillar, possible paint seperation from sealant. still to be advised by LR
dicky bonnet switch (eventually rectified by myself after dealer failed to sort properly)
cowling under windscreen wipers is disintegrating, possibly not uv stabilised. waiting for dealer to get back to me.
aircon starting to fart.
broken cup holder replaced foc by dealer
radio failed to work on several occasions as well as gearbox and suspension errors although (apparently) the D3 has never logged a single fault code.
estimated travell to dealers, about 8000kms at a rough cost of $2500 to get free  warranty work done and taking about 16 days of my life in the process.
would I buy another. hmmmm.........................
permagrin can been seen but is waning
I have spent more time at the dealers (ecluding the travel and overnight stays ) with this vehicle than I have with all my other vehicles combined over 24 yrs.
also LR your mudflaps are  aswell as the towhitch  and some of the settings can be deAmericanised for other parts of the world. not everyone will sue you for their own stupidity. 
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| 5th Jan 2008 2:08 pm |
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character
Member Since: 01 Jan 2008
Location: wiltshire
Posts: 5781
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Sounds like my ex-HA D3 is built of sturner stuff than most then!!!
Just had a main light bulb go last night, pleased to say its easier to change than my TD5 Commercial, of course was a numbty and only went and changed the wroung bulb...put everything back in place and hey presto...had to start all over again only to find that some HA techician had forced the bulb end into the fitting and cracked the plastic shrowd....amazing what you can do with a bit of insulation tape on a Sat afternoon in the rain!!! 
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| 5th Jan 2008 5:00 pm |
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Gareth
Site Moderator
Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
Posts: 26757
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3 years and 1 month old, 90,000 miles. Still looks new, very pleased with durability of paint and trim considering the use it gets. Interior is still mint.
Had a few early electronic generated suspension hiccups, resulting in one recovery to dealer.
The Park Brake has been a right royal pain all along, BUT it seems to be working fine now after my dealer gave it a thorough overhaul.
Anti roll bar bushes, lower front wishbones, steering components, all replaced to cure knocking.
Seat base (drivers) replaced.
Tail Gate strut failed
Load space cover disintegrated
Ignition key died.
And the usual early car blues of coolant bottle, bonnet warning sensor.
Its not a perfect record, but I still would not change it for anything else but another Discovery 3. Its one hell of a good car
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| 5th Jan 2008 9:16 pm |
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Ent
Member Since: 12 Oct 2007
Location: In the cack
Posts: 6485
  
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Character, do you have the service history and reciepts for your D3? It would interesting to know how long it took and how much it cost to replace the timing belt. Club Exped trailer
Club Timed Climate
Club Flappy paddle steering wheel
Club 300bhp
Club Prospeed test pilot/lab rat
Club National Luna Stella conditioner
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| 5th Jan 2008 9:55 pm |
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catweasel
Member Since: 05 May 2006
Location: Bundaleer
Posts: 4805
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Ent wrote:Character, do you have the service history and reciepts for your D3?
ex highways agency vehicle who would have done the majority of kms and probably didn't pass on the reciepts.
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| 6th Jan 2008 3:34 am |
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mrmarklin
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: People's Republik of Kalifornia
Posts: 168
  
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Thirteen months and about 11,500 miles. It sat in my garage so long last month, that the battery went dead and I had to recharge it.
Only problem was coolant overflow reservoir replaced under warranty.
Seeing some of the mileages run, I'm optimistic about reliability in the future, and I still note that most of the problems were/are with the earlier models.
Next year I'll be taking some long trips in very extreme conditions, so that will tell the tale for me. 8)
The LR3 is a real joy to own, and I'm very happy with my choice in vehicles.  '06 LR3 4.4 V8 HSE Heavy Duty package, Satellite Radio, Luxury Package
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| 6th Jan 2008 6:07 am |
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Harlequin
Member Since: 29 Mar 2007
Location: Hornsea, East Yorkshire
Posts: 231
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15k since buying new in March '07. Best car I have ever owned and the first one where I haven't been going back to the stealers every few weeks for nigglig warranty problems. Minor problems - noisy windscreen wipers and baggy passenger seat base - both fixed under warranty. Averaging 29mpg overall and did 35mpg, yesterday on a 50 mile round trip to Bridlington and back! Knocks the previous (3) D2's into a cocked hat. I was taught to be cautious.
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| 6th Jan 2008 7:04 am |
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Maverick
Member Since: 25 Jul 2007
Location: Lost on the misty mountain hop!
Posts: 2580
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May be a type-o! Ben
1996 Defender 90 300 TDi
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| 6th Jan 2008 10:48 pm |
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catweasel
Member Since: 05 May 2006
Location: Bundaleer
Posts: 4805
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ebay wrote:HIGH MOTORWAY MILES] LAND ROVER WARRANTY TILL 12/2008!!
suspect it is a highways agency vehicle, probably genuine.
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| 7th Jan 2008 5:46 am |
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