Well after 3 weeks of ownership it's let me down. My trusty ml didn't let me down over 5 years of ownership. Took my lad karting today. Left the Rr for 5 hours and it failed to start. No reason....nothing left on... locked etc.... A jump from a pug 307 got me going. British engineering! .....why oh why did I flog the merc!

Luck of the draw....

Pal of mine had an ML430 for 2 weeks before it let him down. I then carried on letting him down until the garage took it back....and he got an ML55 that was also awful..in the end the garage took that after a threat of legal action. He has an X5 at the moment but has nightmares about the ML.

Batteries being dead is common on the RR. Get it drop tested Is this where I put the car details and a bit about myself ?........

And/or check terminal connections, alternator output etc.

Please aslo update your profile so we can see what year/model you have  .
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Yes, but look on the bright side...... if your ML had let you down i bet a simple jump start from pug wouldn't have got it going ..

As a member from *zhe fatherland* i had only minor probs with more than 20 cars and British engineering  All my spelling errorz are belong to me!

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Well.....*cough* I appear to have done the RR a dis service. When I was discussing said loss of battery with my son, he did say "well Dad, you did fully inflate eight kart tyres from the rear charging point whilst leaving the tailgate open and locking and unlocking the thing constantly all day, no wonder it didn't start..."

Good point.....

Since then it's been fine ☺ I apologise for my lack of faith and complete numptyism....

Joe - details updated ☺ 2007 FFRR TdV8 - Java black
1995 TVR Chimaera - Starfire blue
2009 Fiat 500 Abarth Essesse

Good god what happened there! Guess I made my point. 😀 2007 FFRR TdV8 - Java black
1995 TVR Chimaera - Starfire blue
2009 Fiat 500 Abarth Essesse

 Back in a Defender!!

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I know I know Riccarton. I am indeed a monumental plum 😀👍 2007 FFRR TdV8 - Java black
1995 TVR Chimaera - Starfire blue
2009 Fiat 500 Abarth Essesse

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Heard a lot of bad things about ML's too, plus they're fugly  Now: BMW 640d M Sport, Alpine White
Gone: Range Rover 4.4 V8 Vogue, Zambezi Silver, Charcoal Oxford Leather
Also: Mk1 Audi TT 1.8T Quattro, Brilliant Black
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My RRS had the same, happened just the once though, LR assistance attended said the Bluetooth phone link got stuck on! Never happened again.

Then I bought a disco 4 and within 3 weeks exactly the same happened again only the once  2010 defender utility
2010 RRS TDV8 (gone)
2007 discovery 3 (gone)
2004 discovery 4 (gone)
1994 discovery 1
1970 v8 hybrid (gone)
1975 bobtail (gone)

Mum and Dad had an ML. Nothing but trouble from the begining to the end of their ownership.

We read reviews that said it was not up to the usual Mercedes levels of quality, but surely even a bad Benz had to be better than Landrover reliability right?

Wrong. They are back in a Discovery!

MW Car history includes: LR Series 3, RR Classic x 4, LR 101, Discovery 1 and 2 and now FFRR.
Yes I'm a masochist....