Recent purchaser of approved used L405. With many car purchases, some issues to be addressed.

As the L405 cars have been out since 2012/2013, there are emerging posts of issues from other L405 owners on the forum.

This could become a rolling thread to help existing owners and potential buyers of these cars by means of easily locating a thread of issues, annoyances and how they were resolved.

Won't post additional issues to the thread. Will just future edit this first post with updates/ revisions about our L405, so as to keep issues relevant to our L405 tidy and in one place. It's a start at least:


Digital Handbook

https://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic53882.html

Failed Front Passenger Door Mechanism (Solenoid or Motor or Mechanism or Latch)


TOPiX link

You can use this link for official technical information about your model LR and you can register for free. The link will enable you to access limited but helpful free information. If you pay a fee, you can get fuller information.

https://topix.landrover.jlrext.com


Pre sale preparation

If buying approved used, you can get a fair bit of remedial work agreed to by the seller before you collect the car which will lessen the chances of disappointment when you get the car home. Get the agreement in writing, in detail, before you pay the deposit. That way, both parties know where they stand (don't accept the seller being broad brush general with what is noted down. Be specific. If nothing else, it will put the seller on notice that you have high standards and high expectations);


6 year anti corrosion warranty

If the car has no record of either a main dealer or independent servicer logging the completion of periodic anti corrosion inspections of the car (or indeed any gaps) you will find varying answers from LRCS, LR Franchised Sales Staff and LR service Managers. LRCS told me that at the point of sale, an approved used car has a clean slate and everything returns to valid. The sales staff agreed. The Service Manager did not agree and said the warranty is invalid in those circumstances. If in doubt, get the seller (e.g sales manager, to give you a written pledge that if for whatever reason, LR decline a future corroision warranty claim due to any perceived lack of inspection records before you bought the car, that the selling dealer group will honour such corrosion claims as per the definition and terms of the original LR warranty).


Service Booklet/ 'stamps' -

The L405 does not generally have a traditional, stamped service booklet. The LR concept is that everything is centrally logged on network accessible computer systems;


Spare wheel lifting kit -

Ours is 22" spare wheel. There should be a lifting kit in the boot.


Driver's door latch recall

Recall Action Number: P068v4; Subject: Vehicle Door Will Not Latch;


Deployable towbar recall

Service Action Number: Q602v2; Subject: Deployable Towbar; Publication No.: Q602v2
http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic43895....bar+recall


Cracked windscreens

Nnt evident on the test drive. Discovered after paying for the car but before driving off. The point of this issue is, when viewing these cars over the months, I saw several cars with badly chipped or cracked original RR windscreens. Seller responded that it would not be an MOT fail. Seller was wrong. New windscreen was required.


Rear parcel shelf (broken lugs)

Can be awkward to push up and back and can damage trim if you don't use correct technique. Also check that the resting lugs on the parcel shelf have not snapped off;


Aluminium RR tread plates scratched/ scuffed

Removed and sent to Badger Anodising to be refinished and restored to as new condition (£80 for 4)

Before

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You can go on TOPIX and find numerous additional issues ranging from design faults to faulty components, defective engines, primitive electronics and sheer bad assembly work.

Last edited by scott4197 on 24th Sep 2017 3:13am. Edited 1 time in total

Our L405 is great. Most of the issues with ours are probably more attributable to dealership preparation standards. Even at that, they are no more than teething problems (I hope).

Maybe you could outline actual issues you've experienced.

Last edited by pld118 on 24th Sep 2017 5:32am. Edited 11 times in total

A more comprehensive and useful source of information is TOPIX as I suggested.

TOPIX can be found at this web address: https://topix.landrover.jlrext.com

Last edited by scott4197 on 24th Sep 2017 3:14am. Edited 1 time in total

TOPIX link might be of some assistance.

Sharing experiences is useful.

scott4197 wrote:

You can go on TOPIX and find numerous additional issues ranging from design faults to faulty components, defective engines, primitive electronics and sheer bad assembly work.

pld118 wrote:

TOPIX link might be of some assistance.

Sharing experiences is useful.

Front Suspension Knocking - LTB00557v8

Dealt with on this thread:

http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic44796.html