Defender 110 3.0 P400 - Owners Experiences

[Charliecloud]

I'm looking at getting into a 110 P400 in a 2021or 2022 model year. It will do approx 7k a year.

Any owners of the P400 have any experiences, good or bad.

Any must have accessories - It's only going to be used on tarmac or a muddy lane.

I have previously owned a Freelander i6 and a Disco 3 V8

[FTW]

I’ve also been looking. A lot of chat on FB groups of DCDCs failing

[DriveScribe]

On current and recent L663 Defender, the presence of a DC to DC converter is on all MHEV and PHEVs. This includes D200, D250, D300, D350, and P400 MHEV and V8 OCTA.

I've got a P400 engine in a Range Rover and I think it's an underrated engine. Id' take a DC-DC converter any day in exchange for the diesel emissions faff: it's smooth, rapid and flexible. It's not as peak torquey as D300 & D350, but it's broader running from 2000 all the way to 5000 rpm.

[Charliecloud]

Thanks for that, I'm looking at one tomorrow. I've seen the videos that Powerful UK have put out on the DC-DC Converter issue. I'll be interested to see if the factory software upgrade goes any way to sorting the issue.

[DriveScribe]

What did you think of it?