Hi all

Had my 13 plate SDV8 VSE in again this past 2 days to sort several issues and they sorted most of the nightly stuff (I hope) but in relation to the drive they replaced the front driveshaft which has improved things a lot, however, it's still much softer than the 15 plate I had which felt much more focused and drove over bad surfaces far better than mine. The damping force feels harder in the 15 plate, by a fair bit.

Dealer says 2 people drove it and said it was great, but same comment prior to them finding a worn driveshaft, and driving home tonight I swear it was much lower than it should be, looking at other cars it just looked wrong as I drove along side, it felt less refined than the 15 which sat proud in the road if you know what I mean?

I called the dealer straight back and they have promised to call me back on Friday, what could need sorting to increase the damping rate and tighten mine up, I want to be pre-armed with some facts for the next round of boll*cks they are going to tell me?

Thanks guys

Carl

What happened with the deal on the AMG ? Is this where I put the car details and a bit about myself ?........

Got cold feet after speaking to you lot

The Merc dealer is opposite and those mean looking AMG's site out front, but I'm in this L405 so really want to get it fixed up, the 15 was a complete contrast to the soft and wallowing ride I have, dealer has no idea how to fix or believes it's right, either way I have a problem?

Good man....I didn't see your last comments but was one of the "dont do it" crew tbh !!!

That said, just come off hols and pal of mine had his new ML350 with him....nice ride but not a RR...by any stretch ! Is this where I put the car details and a bit about myself ?........

I've owned 5 Range Rovers in total, from a 1987 3,5 V8 Carburettor Classic to a 2003 V8 Petrol L322, but what I am seeing on these threads about the L405 is that the build quality / reliability / faults from new is getting worse, which for a bloody expensive car is frankly shocking!

My L405 has been far more unreliable than my L322 and that wasn't exactly fault free either!

That is totally unacceptable for the price and supposed 'prestige' of the car!

Its no wonder the British Car industry (or whats left of it!) is totally screwed!

my l405 tdv6 has been faultless since I bought it new in dec 14, everything about it has been better than my l322 which I bought from new and was a complete nightmare with all sorts of faults appearing all too frequently, I guess it is the luck of the draw with range rovers, you either love them or hate them but always seem to come back !!

Agree with you, I've had 5 in total, the most reliable was the P38 we had for 11 years, this one has cost us a lot of money but we found out after we'd bought it that it had not been serviced for two years! But I still love them!

Had my TDV6 since March and it's been faultless. Only issues are 'design' faults, such as linking a physical button to a virtual response like with the seat heating/cooling operation. Poor reversing camera operation. These are being fixed now. Only other complaint is the Infotainment, so I'll be upgrading as soon as they sort that out. I'm guessing there will be a minor facelift too in MY17.

I've now done over 67k over three different L405 and my experience has been light years better than previous L322. The suspension knock being the well documented failing.

Nick 2019 D5 HSE Lux SDV6 Indus
55 D3 SE
98 MX5 1.8 RS
gone 17 older variants of FFRR

After my L322 was in for the brake recall on Tuesday I sat in £109k of L405 and have to say it was a nice place to be - though a lifetime outside of my northern budget I have to say that in 5-7 years I may be tempted if they are as low as £35k ish? Is this where I put the car details and a bit about myself ?........

What is unbelievable to me is that the MY15s seem to have a totally different set of issues to the MY 13s and 14s (the main issue on these being the suspension knocking). They seem to have fixed the early problems but created new ones. How they manage to do this is beyond me unless they are lowering the quality of some of the components on later models to increase profit.

Had my L322 for 7yrs and put @100,000 miles on it and the only major cost was the gearbox rebuild (which if I had known they go at around 90k miles on the td 3.0L engine I would have sold it at 80k), other than that, tyres pads and discs, 1 ceased brake calliper and a £56 wiring loom. Never paid for 1 MOT (free from dealer and as part of a ridiculously cheap service plan for 4yrs).
Have done around 6k miles in my L405 and no issues except the misaligned bonnet which the dealer corrected.
Suppose you can just be unlucky sometimes as Carl appears to have been. Steve

Main car : FFRR L405 Vogue SDV8
Other car : Vauxhall Lotus Carlton
Past cars : FFRR L322 Vogue TD6 SE (Sept 2006 MY07) ; LandCruiser SWB ; 4-Runner ; Supras; XJS V12 LeMans

@ Carlos.

In view of all the threads about ride differences depending on wheel size and tyres I wondered if there was any difference between your wheels and tyres and those on the MY15 which you preferred.

Probably up a gum tree with that but thought I would ask anyway.  John
2008 Stornoway Grey 3.6 Tdv8 Vogue
2005 TD6 Java Black Vogue - Written off!!
GAP iiD BT
2003 Discovery TD5 Auto, Nanocom Evolution - gone to a new home!
MasseyFerguson 152 - No electronics!! - Sold