I'm on the verge of placing an order for a new AB 4.4 or SC but I am worried about reliability.

I am quite OCD and can't stand anything not working properly on a car.

I have driven German cars for quite a while now and have had pretty much zero faults. I notice that while perusing say the BMW X5 forum that although there are a lot of people moaning about faults the vast majority are the same 4 or 5 failures. Reading this forum it seems that owners are having problems with almost anything and everything!

My question is, has anyone here had a 405 from new which has been totally reliable and fault free? Now this is an awkward question as I know a lot of people seem quite happy to just 'live with' minor faults but I mean NO faults of any kind what so ever.

I really want to buy a 405 but can't live with faults and detest letting dealers mess about with my cars.

Almost had mine a year, and only one minor fault - The tailgate won't close with the key fob button. They fixed it once, but it happened again. Really minor really, will be fixed first service. Apart from that, nothing at all! MY15.5. Great car, 3.0 is more than fast enough, smooth too and almost 40MPG!

Only had my sdv8 AB for 3 months and 1700 miles but it has been a faultless and sublime place to be. Agueroooooooooo. 93-20
I swear you will never see anything like this ever again....watch it..drink it in.

I bought mine used earlier this year - but have done over 10k miles including 2 return trips to Bordeaux - so 4x750 mile trips and have had no issues at all - no faults, no warnings - all I've done is put fuel in it.

On any forum, you're only ever going to hear about the bad stuff.

I'm hoping for peace on earth and end to all wars, famine and suffering.

As much chance of that as ANY car never having ANY problems!  Got - 2017 SDV8 Autobiography in Loire Blue
Had- 2008 TDV8 Vogue SE in Java black
Had - 2007 S/C in Stornoway Grey

Had mine for 27 months, 30K miles. Only one very minor fault - rising gear change control started to become a bit slow on start up about a year ago, fixed by dealer very quickly. Otherwise (tempting fate), faultless - would not change anything. Still love getting in it every time. And I agree with Pixelpower: 3.0 V6 is excellent, even though less popular it seems. Norman

Current LR: L405 Vogue TDV6 (MY 2014) Aintree Green/ Ivory interior
Past LR: L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 (2002); Discovery series1 V8 (1995)

Had three. First one very early car and had two major failures, in that did not get home, turbo hose [component] failure and rear suspension airbag split after some particularly onerous off-roading, otherwise did 33k miles in 18 months without drama. But remember I do this sort of thing with mine

We have 2 at work circa 4 months old & not particularly high mileage but both have been faultless so far  Paul
L405 now sold

Nick cant you get an old land rover to play with ?

Thanks guys. It seems you get a good one or a bad one, which is a little worrying!

Re cars with zero faults, I've had quite a few and I'm REALLY picky and technical !

Unfortunately if it’s a landrover it will probably have issues at some point in it’s life.
L322 TD6 gearbox, V8 EGR valves, freelander diffs L405 suspension knocks etc.
If you are buying new with the security of a warranty then great. If you are buying used or an enthusiast buying slightly older then yes in all probability unless JLR have made some dramatic quality improvements it will be unreliable.
However as said all manufactures can have issues it’s just JLR chose to abuse that right.
If you require ultra reliability then I am sorry a landrover is not for you. Mine was a blue one!

A part from the L405 suspension knocks (got sorted by the dealer) no prob at all - even on our Autobahns at top speed 250 km/h the car is like on rails  All my spelling errorz are belong to me!

2023 FFRR L460
2021 AM new Vantage

My advice to help avoid issues is to go for the SC  FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
Mantec Sump Guard, Rigid Load liner, MY10 BT upgrade.

hahahaha  All my spelling errorz are belong to me!

2023 FFRR L460
2021 AM new Vantage

London Lad wrote:

Thanks guys. It seems you get a good one or a bad one, which is a little worrying!

Re cars with zero faults, I've had quite a few and I'm REALLY picky and technical !

Don’t forget though sir, most owners DONT come onto forums to say hi! & to brag how trouble free their cars are If you read any forum, it will be full of frustrated owners looking for a resolve to an issue... That after all, is what forums are good for