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A1GSS
Member Since: 12 Sep 2010
Location: Saffron Walden, Essex
Posts: 4691
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| Discovery 4 ranked third in Customer Sat survey |
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Which magazine readers placed it third...:
http://www.which.co.uk/news/2012/03/top-te...mbers_pref ____
Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey
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LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
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5/10 from the VAG stable.
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| 9th Mar 2012 4:04 pm |
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Hairy Dan
Member Since: 19 Jan 2011
Location: Co. Durham
Posts: 12319
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Good result for the D4  a bit surprised the Nissan X-Trail is in there though. Cheers Ian
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| 9th Mar 2012 5:12 pm |
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MadJax
Member Since: 30 May 2011
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 120
 
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Interesting - No Landcruiser or Patrol. Makes me  Discovery 4 2.7 SE
Defender 130 TD5 - Daily Drive
2.7t Caravan
Java TD5 HSE - Gone but not forgotten.
Java V6 Freelander - Had fun in it.
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| 10th Mar 2012 11:51 pm |
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oop north
Member Since: 26 Jun 2009
Location: Preston
Posts: 236
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Still "despite unreliability" though  I will get a D4 when I can believe it is going to be reliable...
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| 11th Mar 2012 8:56 am |
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crews control
Member Since: 18 Mar 2007
Location: Dorset
Posts: 5011
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oop north wrote:Still "despite unreliability" though
My D4 is proving to be just as reliable as the D3 was... neither have lost me a single days work over a total of 140K miles?
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| 11th Mar 2012 11:00 am |
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A1GSS
Member Since: 12 Sep 2010
Location: Saffron Walden, Essex
Posts: 4691
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And my D3 has been almost perfect, only the tailgate problem, fixed under warranty. ____
Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey
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| 11th Mar 2012 11:14 am |
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APL
Member Since: 14 Sep 2011
Location: Europe
Posts: 1130
 
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Same here, my D4 has never let me down apart from one flat battery....
Never had a single problem with any of my previous Discoverys either come to that! 2016 Discovery 4 Commercial
2019 Discovery 5 HSE
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| 11th Mar 2012 11:38 am |
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mickyd4
Member Since: 26 Jun 2010
Location: North
Posts: 786
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D4 now approaching 40,000 miles after 2 years, only a dodgy fuel guage! The old D3 only had an airbag light in about 30,000 miles! So no complaints here either!  Nothing has stopped me driving!   2023 Ineos Grenadier 3.0 Diesel Commercial
2022 Mini John Cooper Works Hatch
2021 Golf MK8 GTD
1978 Land Rover SIII
1993 Range Rover Classic 3.9 V8
2007- Range Rover TDV8 - SOLD
2020 - Discovery 5 3.0 SD6 Landmark - SOLD
2020 - Defender 110 D240 First Edition - SOLD
2012- Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE - SOLD
2009- Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 XS - SOLD
2007- Discovery 3 TDV6 GS- SOLD
2001- Defender 90 Td5 - SOLD
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| 11th Mar 2012 11:59 am |
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oop north
Member Since: 26 Jun 2009
Location: Preston
Posts: 236
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Mine was perfect for three months and then didn't work for more than a couple of days at a time for the next two months. The dealer took six weeks to find two wiring faults, the sunroof leaked and the egr's needed replacing. So it went - the Subaru has been perfect but I have been hoping I can one day believe a D4 will be reliable. The various tales of all range rovers tested by mags haven't helped (electrical problems), still I regularly come on here to try to build up hope! 
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| 11th Mar 2012 2:07 pm |
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nigel207
Member Since: 26 Mar 2009
Location: Nottinghamshire
Posts: 1344
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oop north wrote:Mine was perfect for three months and then didn't work for more than a couple of days at a time for the next two months. The dealer took six weeks to find two wiring faults, the sunroof leaked and the egr's needed replacing. So it went - the Subaru has been perfect but I have been hoping I can one day believe a D4 will be reliable. The various tales of all range rovers tested by mags haven't helped (electrical problems), still I regularly come on here to try to build up hope!
I take it that you've (partially) read the What Car? test? It seems that that particular vehicle was an almost pre-production model and by LR's own admission should have been disposed of via the crusher (and not let out of the factory gates). Having had a quick flick though the latest copy, the Audi A1 is also rated as having questionable reliability. We'd better start shouting very loudly that Audi's are unreliable, and keep doing so until we're believed.
Any fault on any car is unacceptable, but sadly they're present, and present on all makes, including Subarus (speaking from experience). But it just seems that LR have to be the butt of everyone, and it wouldn't be British to fight back would it? 
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| 12th Mar 2012 10:49 am |
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Discotres
Member Since: 25 Jan 2010
Location: London
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My D3 has been faultless after first 18mths of total let down, what I don't like is the cr@p that LR PR put out about it should have been in a crusher, yeh right! caught out bang to rights with a a typical  car they 'occasionally' turn out. There is no doubt that they need to get their quality control sorted, it is pure joke how many obvious and simple things that are wrong are let out of the factory, and all this does in INCONVENIENCE the customer. Would I buy another LR product? don't know after my last experience, but now they have sorted my turbo as well as other things it is faultless as I said, I can't risk buying a new one and going through all that 18mths of again, especially when they even give a dodgy one for testing!
So don't take one bit of notice of LR spin, they are at it trying to do damage limitation, unfortunately for them and fortunately for everyone else this forum exists and sticks to FACTS and the TRUTH, STOP making excuses for them
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| 12th Mar 2012 10:57 am |
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nigel207
Member Since: 26 Mar 2009
Location: Nottinghamshire
Posts: 1344
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Calm down! I'm not making any excuses for anyone. Like I said in my post, any fault on any vehicle (be it LR or anyone else) is a fault too many. Whether LR were caught out or what they say is true is anybody's guess. The fact is that when folk read articles on LR products, they only seem to look for any faults (whether they exist or not), and the press find it almost obligatory to put something in because it's LR.
Before anyone gets on their high horse, I have worked with the press (at National level), and at one event, two vehicles of Japanese origin let us down badly as they wouldn't start in the first place. They were both 4X4's, and the manufacturers began with L and H. There were three LR products there that worked without fault. When the article was published, was the unreliability of H and L mentioned? No. In fact it was stated that H and L are always at the top in reliability surveys. Was the fact that the LR's performed brilliantly mentioned? Yes, with the "but" regarding reliability.
All manufacturers spout "spin". The most guilty are BMW. How often do we read "the X3 is capable of doing over 50 mpg". Yeah, right. Only vertically, off a cliff with the engine off! But yet, once again the press continue to spout that and a lot believe it.
Like you, I would be thoroughly p****d off if I'd spent a lot of money on a vehicle that let me down. Indeed, there's a really nice looking bronze D4 for sale on this forum that I'm trying to resist temptation, bearing in mind some of the issues I've had with my D3 which I don't want repeating (warranty or not, it is the inconvenience). But, there are also many happy customers just to balance things. Perhaps LR owners may be more honest than others when it comes to surveys?
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| 12th Mar 2012 11:26 am |
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DG
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Member Since: 12 Dec 2005
Location: The Gaff
Posts: 50934
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Don't worry about DT ...he's one of those whiners about nothing  There's a few of them on here  21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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| 12th Mar 2012 11:31 am |
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Discotres
Member Since: 25 Jan 2010
Location: London
Posts: 8491
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nigel207 wrote:Calm down! I'm not making any excuses for anyone. Like I said in my post, any fault on any vehicle (be it LR or anyone else) is a fault too many. Whether LR were caught out or what they say is true is anybody's guess. The fact is that when folk read articles on LR products, they only seem to look for any faults (whether they exist or not), and the press find it almost obligatory to put something in because it's LR
So what the is this, Scotch Mist? Don't feed the PR machine, or are you one of them? 
nigel207 wrote:I take it that you've (partially) read the What Car? test? It seems that that particular vehicle was an almost pre-production model and by LR's own admission should have been disposed of via the crusher (and not let out of the factory gates). Having had a quick flick though the latest copy, the Audi A1 is also rated as having questionable reliability. We'd better start shouting very loudly that Audi's are unreliable, and keep doing so until we're believed.
THIS FORUM is THE ONLY reliable source
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