A neighbour is considering purchasing a D5, anyone have experience of ownership?
Do the 3ltr diesels have the same problems as D4, chewing cranks etc?
He won’t be buying new, just decent used.
Cheers Wogger

My son runs a Disco5 commercial van as his company workhorse.
He does mega miles each month and he loves it.
Touch wood it has been trouble free in his 2 years of ownership.
Mike. G reg 2.5VM Vogue Portofino red 1991- 1999
V reg 2.5td P38 Rioja red 1999- 2006
53 reg td6 Vogue Oslo blue 2006- 2015
11 reg 4.4 TdV8 Vogue SE. Baltic blue 2015- date.
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Get the 3.0v6 Supercharged its awesome in the Discovery

some history of inlet manifolds cracking in the 3.0L TDV6. same as in the jag.

I’ve driven a lot of D5’s, one over a period of about 4,000 miles. I’ve used them as loan cars and in one case, as a press car, but I’d never buy one / touch one with a barge pole.

It really depends what your neighbour is looking for in a car. The predecessor is better in most aspects if he/she is looking for an all out and practical, spacious, classy Land Rover, with some sense of occasion. Meanwhile, a used SDV8 Fatty, for the same price as a D5, does the luxury off roader thing much more effectively and with a much tougher engine and still manages to feel like a Land Rover product, rather than a high riding, jelly mould, ordinary estate car.

The latest V6 diesel has returned to twin turbochargers and it flies, but none of them are absolutely safe from the dreaded crank failure.

Cheers chaps, I’ll pass it on to my mate

As per Red Merle, go full fat for a better motor  Gone to a good home: 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
2025MY Defender D350 90 in Silicon Silver on coils
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
Many, many other Landies over the years
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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I had a D5 for 18 months - no issues whatsoever, great car but decided to come back to RR for the luxury features. 2005 L322 Vogue Gold gone
2006 L322 Vogue Black gone
2011 L322 Vogue Silver gone
2011 L322 Autobiography Black gone
2015 L405 Autobiography LWB Black gone
2019 L405 P400e Range Rover Autobiography LWB Eiger grey / black roof gone
2001 P38a 30th Anniversary Wimbledon Green gone
2019 L405 P525 Autobiography LWB British Racing Green

Just had the same dilemma.

D5 or 405.

I had a look at a couple of D5’s at the local stealer, but I’m the end went with the Fattie.

There was one which nearly swayed me, it was a montalchino red one which purported to have the 309hp version of the 3.0. Which was tempting, interior is actually quite nice and is of the LR design theme. Externally it is a marmite car, personally I don’t mind it and How the back end looks depends on the colour. In red it looked Ok. Unfortunately it wasn’t a 309hp one. It was “only” the 250hp version. Compared to the Fattie it was a slightly more practical car, as it should be, with the extra row of seats, but I wouldn’t use them.

So on balance I though, as above, a 12 month older 4.4 fattie With a few more miles on it was the nicer option for pretty much the same money. I had no qualms about buying a D5 with the engine. If you look at Ryan’s thread on it, failure rates are low, especially in the FF, and as it’s a Long known issue to LR you would hope that they have gone some way to address it by now. There were failures on D4’s sports and a handful of fatties and there is folklore that 2.7’s snapped cranks all the time! However over been running a 2.7 D4 for 8 years now as a work hack. Serviced on the button. It’s still on its first engine......👍🏻 Touch wood.

Failures that happened were random, and had no relation to mileage or age. My mates D4 went bang when it had 30,000 on it! There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
FFRR 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography Santorini Black.
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