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Jim1000
Member Since: 26 Jun 2011
Location: Twickenham, Middlesex, UK
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While this forum is a rock for when we're all worried. It can also be depressing reading about a car that we love but sound as if we hate with all the problems. So, I wonder if it'll be interesting to know the positive - WHO'S GOT THE MOST RELIABLE D3?!! 
I'm really interested to know who can claim to have had the least amount of things done/replaced/fixed that were non-serviceble (ie, tyres, battery, exhaust etc) for the longest serving amount of time!
Any offers?! Nov 04 D3 TDV6 HSE Java Black
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 13th Jul 2011 9:10 pm |
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Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
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Shall I go first!! 78K miles 06 HSE. It has had new ball joints, arb bushes and has 3 new connectors on the aircon pipe. I have owned it from new. DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
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| 13th Jul 2011 9:57 pm |
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Davro
Member Since: 30 Jun 2007
Location: London
Posts: 352
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I think you will find people will want to keep quiet so they do not tempt fate !!!
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| 13th Jul 2011 9:58 pm |
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Jim1000
Member Since: 26 Jun 2011
Location: Twickenham, Middlesex, UK
Posts: 315
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Pelyma. That's an impressive start I think.
Davro. I'm sure youre right! 
Mine's 7 yrs old in Nov. Had one of those free LR visual health checks. There was a list, but I thought I'd got off lightly and had been blessed!.... just a bit of play in a track arm, missing fuel tank heat shield (£20), couple of rubber seal things and the inevitable coolant indicator float thing. But, my tailgate button is getting cranky so that may go soon. Hoping it holds out until Christmas as I'm saving up for the big service and cam belt. Nov 04 D3 TDV6 HSE Java Black
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| 13th Jul 2011 10:03 pm |
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Pedros
Member Since: 25 Jun 2011
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 454
 
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Now this is a good post.
I'm still in the position where I'm wanting to buy a Disco 3 to replace my Disco 2. I've come on to this site to learn. I realise that, as Jim1000 intimates, many contributors are posting about problems and (hopefully) solutions, but that gives a skewed perspective that everyone has problems.
I think to myself that a Disco 3 is really what I want, then I lie in bed at night thinking I should get something inferior but more reliable and break out in a cold sweat thinking of EPB's, blanking plates, bodies being lifted off, electrical gremlins, limp home mode and so forth.
So let's hear from the silent majority. Are you out there all you D3/4 owners with no troubles? If so, set the record straight and post a quick line here.
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| 13th Jul 2011 10:05 pm |
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Jim1000
Member Since: 26 Jun 2011
Location: Twickenham, Middlesex, UK
Posts: 315
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On Top Gear this week J Clarkson was taking the mick out of MG owners and how they secretly hope something goes wrong just so they can get their fingers dirty. Maybe LR owners are similar! Nov 04 D3 TDV6 HSE Java Black
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| 13th Jul 2011 10:09 pm |
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mrandmrsh
Member Since: 25 Sep 2008
Location: Holmfirth
Posts: 487
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As they say on Dragon's Den (in a Jockish accent) "right, that's it, I am out"
C 2012 Defender 110 XS Utility 2.2
2012 D4 Commercial 255 8-speed, Active diff, lots of extras on order, comes Sept - ORDER CANCELLED (isn't divorce expensive....?)
2008/08 D3 HSE G4 - part exchanged for the 110
1987 110 CSW with 200 Tdi (now gone)
2007/57 D3 TDV6 HSE - NOW GONE owned 1/oct/08 to 31/dec/09
2007 Seat Altea Freetrack4 170 tdi (wife's car, wife now gone!)
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| 14th Jul 2011 6:11 am |
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DiscoDad
Member Since: 06 Nov 2006
Location: Beautiful Teesdale
Posts: 3004
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Owned from new, 07MY D3 XS, sold at 3 years old with 75k on the clock.
In that time I had driven to Greece once and the south of France twice.
I had to have the EGR valves replaced under warranty at 55k
One new set of tyres at 38k
...and thats it!
No brake pads, (although the light came on the week I traded it) 
I obviously had no qualms in buying the D4!
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| 14th Jul 2011 8:18 am |
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Discotres
Member Since: 25 Jan 2010
Location: London
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The first 18mths of mine (from brand new) was hell with limp mode problems and xyz switch, it was then, after numerous other attempts to fix including turbo actuator, fitted with a new turbo and switch, never had a problem since, so a year of enjoyment really hence nothing to report on here.................at the moment on 15,000 miles (fingers crossed)
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| 14th Jul 2011 8:29 am |
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Ambo
Member Since: 28 Jun 2010
Location: Ventnor Isle of Wight
Posts: 262
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58 plate, bought with 17000 on the clock, now got 38000, not a thing gone wrong, best car I have ever had. Nick
2009 D3 SE
Isle of Wight Steam Railway
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| 14th Jul 2011 11:20 am |
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DiscoDad
Member Since: 06 Nov 2006
Location: Beautiful Teesdale
Posts: 3004
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Waaa Haaa!
At least I had the sense to post about a car I no longer own!
Good Luck!
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| 14th Jul 2011 11:24 am |
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anglefire
Member Since: 09 Mar 2010
Location: In the Club House
Posts: 4180
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Well, mine has never failed to get me home, even when the rear bearing collapsed (Did make left corners interesting).
But can't claim to have not replaced anything in the last 15months or so.  Mark.
2006, D3 SE Auto - gone but not forgotten.
2014 BMW 530d M Sport Tourer.
1977 Triumph Spitfire 1500
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| 14th Jul 2011 12:25 pm |
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Phil1644
Member Since: 14 Nov 2009
Location: Probably still in work!
Posts: 303
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Have said it on here before, but my parents have had about 10 Disco's & 3 FFRR's in the last 20 years. They live up an unmade track on a welsh mountainside, on the shady side, so when it snows in the winter it sticks & stays! Currently my mum & dad are both running D4's, having each traded their D3's last month. Running "proper" 4x4's are essential. They have 13 acres of mixed grass & woodland and probably a mile of fencing to maintain. My dad also has a tractor to tow various bits of equipment on their land which slopes quite steeply in places. A couple of years ago when the tractor was having its gearbox rebuilt he used a Disco to tow the grass cutters etc. He still uses the D3/D4 to patrol the fence line etc (they have sheep some of the time).
In 20 years they have also towed twin axle caravans all over Europe.
In that 20 years they have had two faults! A folding seat mechanism on the 3rd row seating in a D3, fixed under warranty, and on his D4XS now, the clock loses time, the dealer thinks its a software glitch.
They would not consider any other make of 4x4.
Just hoping my D3 can live up to a reputation like that, just the EGR valves replaced at the moment! Living with my fingers crossed and saving hard for a D4...
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| 14th Jul 2011 3:10 pm |
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Jim1000
Member Since: 26 Jun 2011
Location: Twickenham, Middlesex, UK
Posts: 315
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A refreshing read! There must be more. Nov 04 D3 TDV6 HSE Java Black
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| 14th Jul 2011 5:32 pm |
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Chicken Duck
Member Since: 11 Nov 2009
Location: Italy
Posts: 1387
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I got one  . Track rod ends (coz stealer ripped me off) and new battery (preventative measure),EGR blanks (again preventative) Had mine since 05 (prob f  k up now since i said that! ps sory for all brackets  EDIT= also had to have the air con re gassed. And two 4 wheel allignments (first one connected to track rod ends and stealer chinnanigans
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| 14th Jul 2011 8:30 pm |
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