Range Rover L405 Reliability
Discussion
My L405 15.5MY has been MORE unreliable than my L322 11.5MY.
Since delivery in March, it has had EIGHT campaigns to address various issues...from incorrect wiring harnesses to wrong fuel cap filler through to doors which may unlatch themselves during motion. It has spent circa 6 weeks off the road.
The build quality is shoddy as ever - there is a lot more cheap and nasty plastic IMO hidden from the eye. Steering column cowling coming unclipped, rattles etc.
Lovely car but so complex and so many niggles.
Good luck!!!
Since delivery in March, it has had EIGHT campaigns to address various issues...from incorrect wiring harnesses to wrong fuel cap filler through to doors which may unlatch themselves during motion. It has spent circa 6 weeks off the road.
The build quality is shoddy as ever - there is a lot more cheap and nasty plastic IMO hidden from the eye. Steering column cowling coming unclipped, rattles etc.
Lovely car but so complex and so many niggles.
Good luck!!!
had a '13 SDV8 from new - most unreliable car we ever owned, spent ages off the road, couldn't fault the dealer or LR assist for trying to resolve the issues and they were major ones (providing loan cars of similar standard, etc) but at the end of the day the car is just too complex and wasn't properly debugged prior launch - wouldn't have another I am afraid, despite it being a lovely thing when it was working !
NuMy 14.5 had a load of minor issues on delivery which to be fair should have been picked up at pdi but werent.
Ill blame the dealer for that as other than having to wait to get the imfamous knocking suspension sorted its been faultless ever since.
Ill blame the dealer for that as other than having to wait to get the imfamous knocking suspension sorted its been faultless ever since.
Edited by Aeroresh on Saturday 26th September 14:11
I have a 2013 L405 which has up until recently been faultless in 30k miles. Broke down a couple of weeks ago with a faulty bonnet sensor which totally shut the car down and had to be towed away.
This is acceptable as cars can and do break down so no problems. The issue LR have is the woeful Land Rover Assistance that appear to be overworked, under staffed and totally inflexible.
Absolutely shocking service from a premium manufacturer, if I was driving and had paid for an average price range car then I expect average service but an expensive car like this is worthy of a premium service and LR just don't go anywhere near that.
Anyone who buys one or has to call on this service be aware.
This is acceptable as cars can and do break down so no problems. The issue LR have is the woeful Land Rover Assistance that appear to be overworked, under staffed and totally inflexible.
Absolutely shocking service from a premium manufacturer, if I was driving and had paid for an average price range car then I expect average service but an expensive car like this is worthy of a premium service and LR just don't go anywhere near that.
Anyone who buys one or has to call on this service be aware.
Crazy4557 said:
I have a 2013 L405 which has up until recently been faultless in 30k miles. Broke down a couple of weeks ago with a faulty bonnet sensor which totally shut the car down and had to be towed away.
This is acceptable as cars can and do break down so no problems. The issue LR have is the woeful Land Rover Assistance that appear to be overworked, under staffed and totally inflexible.
Absolutely shocking service from a premium manufacturer, if I was driving and had paid for an average price range car then I expect average service but an expensive car like this is worthy of a premium service and LR just don't go anywhere near that.
Anyone who buys one or has to call on this service be aware.
Is LR Assist a stand alone outfit? Not just the 'premium' RAC or AA chaps?This is acceptable as cars can and do break down so no problems. The issue LR have is the woeful Land Rover Assistance that appear to be overworked, under staffed and totally inflexible.
Absolutely shocking service from a premium manufacturer, if I was driving and had paid for an average price range car then I expect average service but an expensive car like this is worthy of a premium service and LR just don't go anywhere near that.
Anyone who buys one or has to call on this service be aware.
From my experience with 4 calls outs and 3 recoveries with my current Disco 4, it would appear to be a stand alone outfit, that just happens to subcontract a lot of its call outs and recovery work to The AA.
On the basis of these calls and one previous one (on a Freelander 2), I'd say they're a pretty good and very flexible service. Only Land Rover's speed of dealing with an issue, once it's been recovered to the dealer, leaves a lot to be desired. However, their provision of loan cars is very generous, with mostly decent replacement cars (Disco 5's excepted) and they'll let you keep them for several weeks whilst LR's technical department assumes control and attempts to remotely diagnose the simplest of faults on behalf of the dealer!
I've gone off at a tangent! I only called by to look at the reliability stories for the RR SDV8 that I've got on order...
On the basis of these calls and one previous one (on a Freelander 2), I'd say they're a pretty good and very flexible service. Only Land Rover's speed of dealing with an issue, once it's been recovered to the dealer, leaves a lot to be desired. However, their provision of loan cars is very generous, with mostly decent replacement cars (Disco 5's excepted) and they'll let you keep them for several weeks whilst LR's technical department assumes control and attempts to remotely diagnose the simplest of faults on behalf of the dealer!
I've gone off at a tangent! I only called by to look at the reliability stories for the RR SDV8 that I've got on order...
Crazy4557 said:
I have a 2013 L405 which has up until recently been faultless in 30k miles. Broke down a couple of weeks ago with a faulty bonnet sensor which totally shut the car down and had to be towed away.
This is acceptable as cars can and do break down so no problems. The issue LR have is the woeful Land Rover Assistance that appear to be overworked, under staffed and totally inflexible.
Absolutely shocking service from a premium manufacturer, if I was driving and had paid for an average price range car then I expect average service but an expensive car like this is worthy of a premium service and LR just don't go anywhere near that.
Anyone who buys one or has to call on this service be aware.
its provided by the AA in "premium" silver vans This is acceptable as cars can and do break down so no problems. The issue LR have is the woeful Land Rover Assistance that appear to be overworked, under staffed and totally inflexible.
Absolutely shocking service from a premium manufacturer, if I was driving and had paid for an average price range car then I expect average service but an expensive car like this is worthy of a premium service and LR just don't go anywhere near that.
Anyone who buys one or has to call on this service be aware.
ironically if the service wasn't premium, but yellow vans it would be better due to the chances of a free patrol being close to you
Had mine for 2 years, 2013 MY with 55k miles, I've done 18k of them, pretty much without issue - there's been 2 occasions when an oil sensor fault has come on - turn it off and turn it back on again has cleared it both times, then had an issue where the bonnet wasn't registering as closed on a slope, so couldn't lock the car, I had had it up and then closed it, but the sensor in the lock is a bit sensitive apparently - open and close on the flat and all sorted.
Red Merle said:
From my experience with 4 calls outs and 3 recoveries with my current Disco 4, it would appear to be a stand alone outfit, that just happens to subcontract a lot of its call outs and recovery work to The AA.
On the basis of these calls and one previous one (on a Freelander 2), I'd say they're a pretty good and very flexible service. Only Land Rover's speed of dealing with an issue, once it's been recovered to the dealer, leaves a lot to be desired. However, their provision of loan cars is very generous, with mostly decent replacement cars (Disco 5's excepted) and they'll let you keep them for several weeks whilst LR's technical department assumes control and attempts to remotely diagnose the simplest of faults on behalf of the dealer!
I've gone off at a tangent! I only called by to look at the reliability stories for the RR SDV8 that I've got on order...
Quick update:On the basis of these calls and one previous one (on a Freelander 2), I'd say they're a pretty good and very flexible service. Only Land Rover's speed of dealing with an issue, once it's been recovered to the dealer, leaves a lot to be desired. However, their provision of loan cars is very generous, with mostly decent replacement cars (Disco 5's excepted) and they'll let you keep them for several weeks whilst LR's technical department assumes control and attempts to remotely diagnose the simplest of faults on behalf of the dealer!
I've gone off at a tangent! I only called by to look at the reliability stories for the RR SDV8 that I've got on order...
I’ve owned the Range Rover SDV8 for nearly 7 months and a bit over 20,000 miles it’s never let me down, it doesn’t rattle and all gone well.
I’ll have a visit for some revised infotainment software in a few weeks and there was one other call to repaint both roof rails that were damaged at the dealer. Other than that incident, the service has been good.
This car is a keeper.
Yes they are reliable if serviced correctly. Mine is a Hybrid 2015 (2016MY) Euro6. I have had mine 2 years and i have had no problems. Apart from having a
a precautionary Transfer box & diff oil change at 30,000 miles. Apparently this is important if you're going to own it for the long term. *JLR Source*
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